None of the junk about Ellen started until after her friendship/acquaintance with GWBush was made public, and objected to by the Twitterati. Then her staff started making claims about her.
Ellen has been liked on TV by large general audiences because whatever else she is she seems like a nice person, as does GWBush. I was never surprised that the two of them could put many issues aside and enjoy each other’s company.
Leftists are not nice people. Ellen does not fit in.
I thought the staff comments came after her show hired non-union workers during the Covid-19 virtual shows.