Ellen DeGeneres left the U.S. for the U.K. in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, but the expat still feels compelled to weigh in on current events.
The former talk show host posted a video on social media over the weekend lamenting the violence in Minnesota. Her concern? Not the law enforcement officers being harassed and endangered for doing their jobs, but rather the anti-ICE agitators doing the harassing and endangering.
On Monday’s show, Megyn was joined by Matt Walsh, host of Real History with Matt Walsh, to discuss DeGeneres’ tone deaf remarks and what’s motivating them.
Ellen Weighs In
Renee Good was shot and killed during a confrontation with ICE agents in Minneapolis nearly two weeks ago, but DeGeneres decided to enter the chat this weekend. On Instagram, she first posted a photo of Good with the caption, “I’m so sad, and so angry, and so worried.” The post also included reaction from Marianne Williamson and a statement from Good’s wife.
And then came DeGeneres’ own thoughts on the matter in an Instagram Reel. “Hey, everybody. I just wanted to say I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis and… our country, really, but specifically Minneapolis right now,” the video began. Watch:
Makeup-free and clad in jeans and a striped polo, DeGeneres explained that she filmed the last standup special of her career in Minneapolis and “everybody there couldn’t have been more lovely.” She said she chose the location for the August 2024 show, which later aired on Netflix, because “they say it’s the happiest city in America.”
She claimed she “found that to be true,” before offering her praise and support for the protesters. “So, my thoughts and my prayers are going out to everyone,” DeGeneres said. “I’m proud of everyone who’s protesting peacefully, and I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing.”
“Anyway, just sending love,” she concluded.
‘Shame on Her’
Megyn joked that it was such a relief to finally hear from the disgraced comedian. “I know you have been asking yourself: What would Ellen think of all this? She abandoned the United States to go live in the U.K., but it is still really important to all of us what she thinks,” she quipped.
Walsh, for one, was immensely grateful for the clarity. “I really appreciate that… Like everyone, I’ve been very lost these past few weeks. I don’t know exactly what to think. I think I know what I think, but then I’m thinking, Well, what does Ellen DeGeneres have to say? And then I turn on daytime TV, and she isn’t there anymore because she got fired,” he joked. “But there it is [on social media].”
The unceremonious end of DeGeneres’ eponymous show is, in Megyn’s opinion, relevant to this situation. “Let’s not forget why Ellen lost her daytime show. It’s because she was a bully. She bullied people who were less powerful than she was,” Megyn noted. “So, it’s no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres is totally fine with what these so-called protesters – terrorists – are doing in the streets of Minneapolis. It is no surprise whatsoever.”
In Megyn’s view, DeGeneres’ message was clear. “When she says, ‘I’m very sorry for any protesters who have gotten hurt,’ she, of course, is talking about Renee Good. I’m sure, just like most leftists, she has been fed the same lies we have heard from CNN from the beginning, and she has chosen to believe them because she is ignorant,” she posited. “And it is not blind ignorance; it is willful ignorance [because] it suits her ideological purposes.”
“Shame on her,” Megyn concluded. “Enjoy England. I’m sorry that our friends across the pond are stuck with Ellen. But let’s face it: They gave us Harry and Meghan, so they deserve it.”
You can check out Megyn’s full interview with Walsh by tuning in to episode 1,233 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.