14 Celebs Who Were Sued Or Called Out By Employees

Some alleged they were fired for taking medical and bereavement leave, and one said she walked off her job after being subjected to comments about her race. 

A former employee said, “If [Ellen] wants to have her own show and have her name on the show title, she needs to be more involved to see what’s going on. I think the executive producers surround her and tell her, ‘Things are going great, everybody’s happy,’ and she just believes that, but it’s her responsibility to go beyond that.”

In a joint statement, executive producers Ed Glavin, Mary Connelly, and Andy Lassner said, “Over the course of nearly two decades, 3,000 episodes, and employing over 1,000 staff members, we have strived to create an open, safe, and inclusive work environment. We are truly heartbroken and sorry to learn that even one person in our production family has had a negative experience. It’s not who we are and not who we strive to be, and not the mission Ellen has set for us. For the record, the day to day responsibility of the Ellen show is completely on us. We take all of this very seriously and we realize, as many in the world are learning, that we need to do better, are committed to do better, and we will do better.”

Soon after, dozens of former employees also accused several top producers of sexual misconduct behind the scenes. The producers denied such allegations, and in a statement, Warner Bros. said it “hoped to determine the validity and extent of publicly reported allegations and to understand the full breadth of the show’s day-to-day culture.”

The show ended several months later.