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News.com.au
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Star claims Ellen DeGeneres' staff were ‘cowering' in fear on talk show set
Comedian Adam Carolla claimed Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show staff members were 'scared to death' of her and 'cowering' when he was a guest 15 years ago. The former co-host of the The Man Show recalled his experience during an appearance on After Party with Emily Dashinsky on Tuesday, per Page Six. He said that a segment producer checked in with him before his on-air chat with DeGeneres to make sure he wasn't going to talk about anything outside of what they agreed on beforehand — particularly eating meat as DeGeneres was a vegan at the time. Carolla said the segment producer then nervously double-checked that he was not going to mention eating meat in their conversation. 'I was like, 'Oh, this guy's scared to death. This guy's scared,' he claimed. 'And he came back 20 minutes later right before I went out, and he's like, 'OK, but don't talk about beef or meat or any[thing],'' Carolla said. Carolla compared his experience on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with other talk shows he had been on, noting that the atmosphere at Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno's late-night shows was more laid-back because the hosts were nice. By contrast, he said that that both David Letterman and DeGeneres' staff were in fear. 'Ellen's show, people were scared — real scared,' he claimed. Carolla said he later spoke to a writer who worked for both DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. According to Carolla, the writer said DeGeneres was worse than O'Donnell, whom Carolla also claimed was extremely unpleasant to work with. 'I talked to someone who signed an NDA, so I won't say his name, but he wrote for Ellen,' he said. 'I just went, 'How's Ellen?' And he said, 'Worst person, uh, worst person — not worst person I've worked for, worst person I've ever met.'' 'She's not a nice person at all,' he continued of DeGeneres. 'Everyone was scared of her, which means she's mean,' he also said. 'She's not gonna be mean to me, I'm a guest on the show, right? I wouldn't know it from my exchanges, I would know it from how her staff was cowering.' DeGeneres' rep didn't immediately respond to Page Six 's request for comment. Last September, DeGeneres — who now lives in England with her wife, Portia de Rossi — addressed being labelled as 'mean' and being accused of leading a toxic workplace in her Netflix stand-up special, 'For Your Approval.' The former talk show host told an audience she is 'proud' of who she's become four years after the scandal and no longer cared about being called mean. 'If they like you, you're in, and if they don't, you're out,' she said. 'And I've 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.' 'After a lifetime of caring, I just can't anymore. So I don't,' she added.
Bloomberg
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
A Vegan's Guide to the Best Bakeries and Restaurants in Paris
Brothers Bobby and Myki Stackleather are the owners of the friendly, downtown-chic restaurant Post in New York's East Village. But as vegans for eight years, they use surprising words like 'buttery' and 'sausage' when they talk about their culinary inspirations. 'I remember as a kid watching Julia Child pressing a duck,' says Myki, who takes care of Post's front-of-house operations. 'The heavy butter and the fat—it was so wonderfully rich and decadent.'
The Guardian
16 hours ago
- General
- The Guardian
Animal rights group warns over ‘misleading' footwear labelling
British consumers trying to avoid animal-derived products are being misled by unclear footwear labelling, a leading animal rights charity has said. Under current legislation in the UK, all footwear must be labelled to show the main materials – at least 80% – used in the upper, lining and sock, and outer sole. However, if no single material makes up 80%, the two main materials must be listed. For example, a label or pictogram might show '30% rubber, 70% leather'. Wool is not required to be named on footwear labels. Even when it is a main material, it is grouped under 'textile', which also includes plant-based and synthetic fibres such as cotton, hemp and polyester, unless a brand chooses to specify it. As a result, consumers trying to avoid animal products might unknowingly buy shoes containing wool, believing them to be vegan, said Kate Werner, a senior campaigns manager at Peta, an animal rights organisation. '[Wool] is labelled with the same symbol as vegan textiles, leading consumers to believe that a product with that symbol is 'safe' to purchase from an ethical standpoint,' she added. In a letter to Jonathan Reynolds, the secretary of state for business and trade, Peta has called for regulations to be updated so consumers can make informed choices that align with their values. It also asked for wool to be given a unique symbol 'that clearly communicates its animal origin, such as the one currently used for leather'. It added: 'Many people choose products based on ethical considerations and environmental concerns, and they deserve transparency. If wool is grouped with humane and non-animal materials, it prevents consumers from making informed decisions aligned with their values.' Richard Matthews, the lead officer for fair trading at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), said it was the responsibility of the manufacturer to ensure footwear was properly labelled and not misleading. 'At present, if the footwear is made up of 'mixed materials' the word 'textile' is permitted in the description. If shoes are described as vegan, we would expect this description to be honest. However, if the shoes are generically labelled, and are labelled according to the regulations, this complies with legislation.' Peta pointed to the 'significant suffering' sheep experienced in the wool industry. Grouping wool under the textile symbol 'is misleading, as it obscures the fact that wool production, like leather and sheepskin, involves the exploitation and slaughter of animals', the letter states. A spokesperson for Ethical Consumer, a nonprofit that investigates corporate ethics and product sustainability, said: 'People have a right to know what materials they are buying so they can make informed decisions, because many people do want to avoid supporting animal exploitation and see wool as part of that. Therefore the use of the word 'textile' without reference to wool is misleading, or at very least insufficiently transparent.' A Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said: 'Regulations require the main materials used in shoes to be stated clearly. We encourage anyone who needs more information to speak to their retailer.' CTSI urged consumers with concerns about the presence of animal fibres in footwear to double check before buying them.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Save 30% off eco laundry essential that costs 6p per wash
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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Peta calls for Skegness mascot Jolly Fisherman to be replaced
An animal rights group is calling for a seaside town's century-old mascot to be for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said it was calling for the Jolly Fisherman in Skegness to be replaced with a "Happy Plaice"."There's absolutely nothing jolly about killing fish," Jennifer White, from the group local councillor and former mayor Steve Kirk described the campaign as "nonsense". The original Jolly Fisherman poster, which features the slogan "Skegness is so bracing" was commissioned by the Great Northern Railway to encourage visitors to take the train on their seaside breaks to was commissioned in 1908 for 12 guineas and has become synonymous with the Lincolnshire is also represented by a statue in the White said the best thing would be for the statue to be replaced with a "happy fish" to remind people that fish have a "desire to live and can feel pain and love and joy just as any other animal".She said: "We have sent a letter to the mayor offering to contribute to the cost of a new statue that would replace the so-called Jolly Fisherman."We can all be kind to fish and other animals by simply eating vegan foods and that's really what this statue would represent." In response, Kirk said the Jolly Fisherman was loved throughout the world and was an integral part of Skegness."Anyone who has been around for a while will realise that around once every ten years or so, when they are desperate to raise their profile they [Peta] pick on the poor Jolly Fisherman."It's publicity for them," he week, an appeal was made to find people to don a Jolly costume to go out and about in the resort to meet Kirk said they now had several potential candidates for the has previously been in the news when he was redrawn by New European with the slogan Skegness is so mascot also appeared on the cover of Bill Bryson's book The Road to Little Dribbling. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
