Overview

• Cho said on The Kelly Mantle Show that DeGeneres treated her like a stranger on her talk show despite their early-1980s comedy circuit history.
• She recounted that a producer informed her that DeGeneres cut a segment where David Bowie praised Cho’s elaborate “Chinese emperor” outfit.
• DeGeneres ended her talk show in 2022 amid workplace allegations and released her final stand-up special before retiring in 2024 and relocating to the UK.
• Cho suggested that DeGeneres harbored negative feelings because her girlfriends and wives favored Cho’s performances.
• Other comedians, such as Rosie O’Donnell and Kathy Griffin, have also shared accounts of tense or dismissive interactions with DeGeneres.