“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres said.
Ellen DeGeneres has been a stalwart of daytime talk shows for nearly 20 years, but the host announced this week “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will be ending after its 19th season. “When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres told The Hollywood Reporter. DeGeneres,63, told her staff about the decision on Tuesday and will discuss it on the May 13 episode of the show, during which she will sit down with fellow talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, THR reports. Warner Bros.’ Unscripted TV President Mike Darnell told THR that “all good things must come to an end,” but “you still have hope that truly great things never will.” DeGeneres revealed in a 2018 New York Times profile that she was considering retiring from the show and that she had received conflicting advice on the decision from her wife, Portia de Rossi, and from her older brother, Vance DeGeneres.
