While broadcasting her first show from the living room of her $24 million mansion earlier this week, Ellen cracked a joke about being in quarantine that didn’t land with, well, anyone.
Now, she’s trying to pretend like it never happened. “This is like being in jail, is what it is,” she said. “It’s mostly because I’ve been wearing the same clothes for 10 days and everyone in here is gay.” A Twitter backlash ensued, with many people calling out the comic for cracking a passé joke about prisoners