Overview

• On a recent episode of The After Party podcast, Carolla said segment producers nervously warned him not to mention meat and that staff were “scared to death” during his 2012 guest appearances.
• He recalled speaking to an NDA-bound writer who called DeGeneres “the worst person I’ve ever met.”
• Carolla contrasted the tense backstage environment to the more relaxed tone he experienced on shows hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno.
• These renewed allegations follow her 2020 apology after former employees detailed a toxic workplace and the show’s cancellation in May 2022.
• DeGeneres has not responded to Carolla’s latest claims and now resides in the United Kingdom with her wife Portia de Rossi.