Happy 62nd birthday to Ellen DeGeneres!
DeGeneres played the first gay lead character on American network television and faced serious backlash as she paved the way for others. Multiple advertisers pulled out of the show and ratings dipped soon after. During's fifth and final season, ABC placed viewer discretion warnings before each episode, cautioning"adult content" despite"It just felt so degrading," DeGeneres said of the warnings in a 1998 interview with Diane Sawyer."It's my life.
Of course, DeGeneres went on to host her successful daytime talk show and her coming out episode is seen as groundbreaking today -- the episode won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award.."I wasn't sure if I was going to work again. Time is a strange thing. I was at rock bottom and out of money, with no work in sight. But one step at a time, it gets better."on her daytime talk show with her wife, Portia de Rossi, by her side.
"My character, Ellen Morgan, came out as a lesbian, and I, Ellen DeGeneres, came out at the same time," she told the audience, reflecting on the groundbreaking moment."It was the first time a lead character had come out." "I can't tell you how challenging it was to get this episode made, and at the time, it was so controversial," she tearfully continued."It was the hardest thing that I ever had to do in my life, and I would not change one moment of it because it led me to be exactly where I am today, standing in front of you, which is a joy."The Ellen DeGeneres Show
on Oct. 29, 2007, before he was elected president. His appearance was a definite success, specifically, when he showed off his dance moves with DeGeneres. The clip went viral, and some credit the moment with helping Obama win the hearts of American voters ahead of the election.
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