“The ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind.
That was the headline.”
She was watching it happen to me, the comedian recalled.

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She went through it with me.
Said DeGeneres, I’m making jokes about what happened to me, but it was devastating.
It took a long time for me to want to do anything again."
The talk show laterparted ways with three producers.
DeGeneresrepeatedly apologized to her staffandoffered them new perksfollowing the report.
Said DeGeneres, “I think that we need more laughter and less drama.”