Tag: The Ellen Degeneres Show

Ellen kicked off Pride Month today with a really gay episode. The episode was so gay it didn’t even make sense, but it didn’t have to. First, she introduced a segment about parents sending kids to camp. Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love of All” – a song that RuPaul once referred to as a “drag queen classic” – started to play to introduce the segment, and Ellen started lipsyncing. Then a drag queen came out from backstage and lipsynced with Ellen. The segment...

Wanda Sykes filled in for Ellen yesterday, and she opened the show with a friendly “Hello, white ladies.” Sykes is an actress and comedian, known for her stand-up and her roles in Blackish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The New Adventures of Old Christine. She’s also a lesbian and is married to a woman. In her opening segment, she said that she’s glad to be on The Ellen Degeneres Show without being asked “personal questions” by Ellen, like “How are you?” Sykes did...

Ellen announced that her show has been renewed for another three years. On The Ellen Degeneres Show yesterday, Ellen said that she has been doing her daytime talkshow for 16 years now, or 3000 episodes. “I don’t remember them but I’m told it was enjoyable,” she quipped. She said that her show is like a relationship and sometimes you need to take a break after 16 years. “But I don’t, you’re stuck with me, because I just signed for three more years,” Ellen...

Ellen DeGeneres hosted gay dads Rob and Reece Scheer from Darnestown, Maryland on her show yesterday and the two amazing men nearly brought her to tears. Fair warning: grab your Kleenex because you may not be as strong. The two men have adopted four children with special needs. They were all removed from abusive or neglectful situations and have found a warm and loving home with their new dads. “When the kids arrived, we knew that they came with baggage, from...

Orange is the New Black: This Netflix original series has been pushing boundaries and breaking glass ceilings since its air date in 2013. This sapphic prison tale follows Piper Chapman, a wide-eyed bisexual woman, and the story of her incarceration in an all-women’s state penitentiary.  Along the way we are introduced to a plethora of unique characters, all belonging to different races, sexual orientations, and backgrounds. Along with representing multiple distinct queer characters, this series was also the first mainstream...