Margaret Cho accuses Ellen DeGeneres of being ‘creepy and weird' towards her
Ellen DeGeneres has yet another enemy in Hollywood.
Margaret Cho appeared on the latest episode of 'The Kelly Mantle Show' and spoke about the strained relationship she's had with the fellow standup comedian.
'Ellen was really weird and not nice to me for most of my career,' said Cho, 56.
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9 Margaret Cho on 'The Kelly Mantle Show.'
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9 Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show in 2016.
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'I opened for her in the 1980s, when she was a headliner in comedy clubs, way before her big fame,' Cho recalled of DeGeneres, 67. 'So then later, when I would do her talk show in the 2000s, she acted like we just met.'
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Cho added: 'And I'm like, 'B–ch, what?' Like that's weird. We go way back. It's so creepy and weird.'
9 Margaret Cho performs standup at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, Calif. on June 20.
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'Also the other thing was David Bowie had been on [DeGeneres'] show and he was so excited that the night before that I had come to his show wearing this giant Chinese Emperor outfit,' Cho remembered. ' He was really thrilled about it and he talked at length about it — and she cut it out of the show. Which made me so mad.'
9 Margaret Cho performs in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in May 2025.
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'The producer, who's a really good friend of mine, had to call me and tell me, 'I can't believe she did this, but she cut it out of the show,'' Cho shared. ''But you need to know that he was going on and on about your outfit. He loves you. God said your name.''
Cho called the alleged incident 'so rude,' adding, 'I don't know if it was personal, maybe it [cut] was for time. But still, I'm going to take it personally just because I decided to.'
The Post has reached out to DeGeneres' rep for comment.
9 Ellen DeGeneres on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in April 2021.
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Cho previously called DeGeneres 'scary' while discussing DeGeneres' 2020 talk show toxic workplace scandal on the 'Hot Takes and Deep Dives' podcast.
'I think she definitely is scary. I'm still scared of Ellen,' said Cho. 'Everyone should be scared of Ellen.'
9 Margaret Cho speaks onstage at The Drop: Margaret Cho at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on April 01, 2025.
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DeGeneres ended her eponymous talk show with Season 19 in May 2022 following toxic workplace claims.
In 2020, current and former staffers spoke anonymously about their alleged experience on set of the talk show for a BuzzFeed News report. She apologized to staff at the time and producers Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman and Jonathan Norman exited the show.
9 Ellen DeGeneres during Michelle Obama's book tour in Washington DC in Nov. 2022.
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Last year, in the final stand-up special of her career, DeGeneres touched on the controversies, claiming she was 'kicked out of show business' after reports alleged the star wasn't as friendly in real life as her on-air persona.
9 Ellen DeGeneres hosting her talk show in April 2022.
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9 Ellen DeGeneres during her opening monologue on Season 18 of her show.
Like Cho, other stars including Rosie O'Donnell and 'The Bachelorette' alum Ali Fedotowsky have called out DeGeneres for her alleged bad behavior over the years.
DeGeneres currently lives in the UK with her wife, Portia de Rossi, after fleeing the US following Donald Trump's reelection.
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