She’s back!Ellen DeGeneres returned to the studio to tape the season 18 premiere of The Ellen Degeneres Show, which premiered Monday, and wasted no time addressing her and the show’s turbulent hiatus.“If you’re watching because you love me, thank you,” she said as she kicked off the monologue, joking, “If you’re watching because you don’t love me, welcome.”“How was everybody’s summer — good?
Mine was great,” she continued.Then she struck a more serious tone and said she’s “learned things that happened here that never should have happened.”“I take that very seriously and I want to say I am so sorry to the people who were affected,” DeGeneres said.“I know that I’m in a position of privilege and power and I realized that with that comes.