Ellen Degeneres and her long-running successful daytime talk show have come under fire over the recent months amidst allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct within her production crew. Just yesterday three producers for the show were fired, and Degeneres apologized for the behavior of the now-former staff members of the show. People.com reported on the internal investigation and have more details here.
Enter comedian Eric Andre who has embraced an online petition to get him to replace Degeneres on the heartwarming show. The petition has garnered 44,000 signatures according to Consequence of Sound.. You can sign the petition here Funny or Die covered it in-depth.
Now clearly this is a joke, but Andre seems really on board for the idea.
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 4, 2020
Campaign for @ericandre to replace #ellen on #nbc continues. #deepfake pic.twitter.com/RD8xYZs4Ux
— Brian Monarch (@brianmonarch) August 6, 2020
— Eric Andre (@ericandre) August 4, 2020
To say that Andre who just recently released his Netflix comedy special ‘Legalize Everything’ would be an odd pick for the the Ellen Show would be an understatement. He is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most uninhibited and challenging comedians in the game who displayed this on his Adult Swim counterculture classic ‘the Eric Andre Show’. If you are not familiar, here is a taste. Note there is a lot of NSFW language and the phrase “you really think those words you just said should be on television?”
