- A former camera assistant on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" has compared the workplace culture on the show to the fashion comedy-drama, "The Devil Wears Prada."
- Speaking anonymously with the Australian radio show Stav, Abby & Matt, the former staffer said: "I worked there for a little over a year. It's kind of like 'The Devil Wears Prada.' Everyone is trying to make it to the year."
- The former staffer also criticized celebrities who have come out in support of Ellen. "People like Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry have no idea what it's like to be an Ellen staffer," she said. "It's really unfair that they say things like 'she treated me with respect.' I was not treated in any way similar to how Ashton Kutcher was treated on this show."
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A former camera assistant on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" has compared the workplace culture on the show to the ruthless fashion comedy-drama, "The Devil Wears Prada."
Speaking anonymously with the Australian radio show "Stav, Abby & Matt" on B105, the former staffer said: "I worked there for a little over a year. It's kind of like 'The Devil Wears Prada.' Everyone is trying to make it to the year," she said in reference to the classic Meryl Streep film about a demanding fashion magazine editor who is cruel to her assistants.
The former camera assistant, who said that she chose to leave the show, said that it is a "badge of honor" to make it through a year with Ellen and "have it on your resume." She said that staff are expected to work gruelling 10-hour shifts, but the problems on the show go further than that.
"It's about certain basic rights," she told the radio show. "Like you're asking to be paid for your overtime or you're asking for water on a hot day on a hot set, and you're being told things like: 'If you don't like it here there's the door.'"
She continued: "You're constantly told there's a line out the door for your job and if you don't like it here you can leave."
When asked about her response to the host of celebrities who have recently come out in support of the daytime host, the former staffer said that it was "disappointing" that people are not believing the victims who are speaking out and "telling their truth."
She said: "People like Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry have no idea what it's like to be an Ellen staffer and it's really unfair that they say things like 'she treated me with respect.' I was not treated in any way similar to how Ashton Kutcher was treated on this show."
The former camera assistant said that she "wasn't even allowed in the same room" as Ellen. "Most people are told when Ellen enters the room you and your entire crew need to leave," she said. "Sometimes her bodyguards come forward first and you kind of see them and you know to leave and that's it."
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" is currently being investigated by its distributor, Warner Bros. Television, following several allegations from former staffers about instances of bullying, sexual misconduct, and racial discrimination.
In a letter to staff obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Ellen responded to the allegations. She apologized, writing that she was "disappointed" to hear that some members of her team were not treated with respect, and she took "full responsibility" for the situation.
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