“When we started this show, I couldn’t say ‘gay’ on the show.
She would continue using humor to point out a striking reality of being a gay person when her daytime duties began in 2003.
Very few stations wanted to buy the show, and here we are 20 years later, celebrating this amazing journey together.” Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different. Turning to the show’s origins, DeGeneres continued: “Twenty years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work. Ellen DeGeneres Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
