Ellen DeGeneres will reemerge on daytime television next week for the premiere of season 18 of her namesake NBC talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.What her tone will be following a long summer of scandals and accusations is anyone’s guess, but while Ellen’s image as the “queen of nice” may be tarnished, there’s long been evidence it was perhaps an ill-fitting title to begin with.Related: Ellen DeGeneres pens letter to staff about the allegations against her showIn a recent New York Magazine story, Mariah Carey remembers a particularly distressing 2008 appearance on Ellen that she describes as “extremely uncomfortable.”At the time, there was media speculation that the pop singer was pregnant — a claim Carey had intentionally avoided.