[Sinner6]

Let's see. Ellen "comes out" and her show tanks. Rosie "comes out" and her magazine tanks. Trend or coincidence?

coincidence. Them coming out was a desperate ploy for ratings/circulation. I never watched the shows or read the mags,in fact I don't know of anyone who did, on the grounds they were terrible. Actually I once saw "Ellen" (the show that is) and it was very mediocre, absolutely nothing special.

[pikachu]

Ellen's show was bombing and she used her revelation to try and boost ratings. I think the so called 'Queen of Nice' started sliding the ratings slope after trying to blast Tom Selleck and the gun permit for her body guards hit the Internet.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Ellen had some good comedy material in her old HBO specials. That's about all I saw of her. Never watched her network TV show.

[Oztrich Boy]

Actually I once saw "Ellen" (the show that is) and it was very mediocre, absolutely nothing special.

You must have seem Ellen before she came out. I saw the VSE coming out show: Two(2) reasonably funny lines in half an hour. And apparently it got worse.

She forgot she was supposed to be doing a comedy, people stopped watching. No great mystery or rampant homophobia explanation needed.