Ellen DeGeneres laughed off the idea that she was ever mean after being canceled due to “toxic” workplace claims in what she’s called her final stand-up comedy special.

Debuting on Tuesday on Netflix, “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval” touches on the end of the 66-year-old former talk show host’s career in Hollywood for a second time — this time when her talk show career ended after 19 seasons due to “toxic” workplace claims on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” A Buzzfeed report published in 2020 about “The Ellen Show” claimed it was a “toxic” workplace — full of intimidation and even alleged sexual abuse.

“Alright, let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me,” DeGeneres said in the special. “I got chickens. … Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business for being mean.”

“I got kicked out of show business. Yeah, because I’m mean. You can’t be mean and be in show business. They’ll kick you out. No mean people in show business,” she joked. “Yeah, y’all heard that I was mean. Everybody heard that I was mean.”

“That was a big story, huh. That had some legs on it,” DeGeneres continued. “The first I heard about it I … I came across a headline that said, ‘How Ellen DeGeneres became the most hated person in America.’ Now I didn’t see the other names on the ballot, but I have to — it’s an impressive title, it really is.”

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The comedian joked that what made it “worse” was “there was no trophy, no awards banquet, nothing. It was quite a shock to me … because for 17 years, there were all these polls that basically said I was one of the most trusted people in the country.”

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“Here’s the problem: I’m a comedian who got a talk show and I ended the show every day by saying, ‘Be kind to one another,'” DeGeneres explained. “Yeah, I know, it seemed like a good idea. … Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go f*** yourselves,’ people would have been pleasantly surprised to find out I’m kind.”

At one point, she talked about how this was her second ousting from show business, the first being in 1997 when she came out as a lesbian.

“Kicked me out before because I told them I was gay. No gay people in show business. They kick you out. Can’t be gay and be in show business,” Ellen joked. “Eventually they’re going to kick me out a third time for being old — mean, old, and gay, the triple crown.”

Near the end of the hour-plus special, DeGeneres looped back around again to being labeled mean.

“Because being in this business, I have had to care what people think,” the comedian said. “Because being a comedian or a host, it’s our only real currency for success … and I have spent an entire lifetime trying to make people happy. And I’ve cared far too much what other people think of me.”

“So, the thought of anyone thinking that I’m mean was devastating to me. And it consumed me for a long time,” she added, noting that with time, we gain perspective. “With perspective, caring what people think, to a degree, is healthy. But not if it affects your mental health.”

“So after a lifetime of caring, I just can’t anymore. So, I don’t,” DeGeneres said. “I have a choice of people remembering me as someone who is mean or someone who is beloved … beloved, I chose that.”

DeGeneres closed the show by saying, “I’m so glad I got to say goodbye on my terms.”

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The Kamala Harris campaign refused to answer whether she would continue flying migrants into the interior of the country via a controversial government program if she wins the presidential election in November.

The Harris campaign refused to answer whether or not the Democrat supported a migrant parole program that allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants into the United States when asked by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, all while attempting to portray the Vice President as tough on the border.

“As a prosecutor for 20 years, Vice President Harris has spent her career putting criminals behind bars and upholding the rule of law,” the statement from a campaign spokeswoman said. “As Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris went after international drug gangs, human traffickers, and cartels.”

The statement went on to add that Harris supports a piece of border legislation that would end the use of the controversial Customs and Border Patrol One app, which allows migrants to remotely schedule asylum interview appointments from outside the United States. The legislation does not, however, address the migrant flight program, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of inadmissible aliens into the interior of the United States.

The controversial program has allowed nearly 530,000 migrants to fly directly into the United States and receive a two-year parole allowing them to live and work in the country.

The Harris campaign’s statement is the latest way in which the Democrat has attempted to portray herself as tough on the border despite the Biden-Harris administration presiding over an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration.

More than 10 million people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since Biden was inaugurated in 2021.

The Harris campaign has, however, consistently attempted to sanitize Harris’ border record, even running an advertisement that includes an aerial shot of President Trump’s border wall.

Members of the media have also attempted to downplay Harris’ role in the border crisis despite President Biden tasking her with stemming the flow of migration to the southern border.