"This is beat for beat the opening of the reputation tour" — Internet reacts to intro shot of Ellen DeGeneres' Netflix special For Your Approval 

The Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval dropped on the digital platform on September 24, 2024, and is promoted as the final comedy special of her career. The popular TV show host addressed multiple topics, including show business, her workplace harrassment scandal, and dealing with fame.

Shortly after Ellen's Netflix special dropped online, fans on X spotted the introduction shot of the series to be allegedly similar to Taylor Swift's Reputation Tour film introduction. It featured DeGeneres walking forward with various headlines and posts about her being accused of workplace harrassment, while a voiceover said:

"Is the queen of nice really the queen of mean?"

Netizens react to Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval's introduction shot, with many comparing it to the Reputation Tour introduction.

"This is beat for beat the opening of the reputation tour," one fan wrote.

The only good thing Ellen has done was voice Dory," another fan added.

"I can already see people using it as a reaction video 😂," a netizen commented.

Fans continued to mock the introduction video, with many alleging it will soon become an internet meme.

"this wannabe rep tour intro..." a user noted.

"She just gave stan twitter a new meme 😭," another netizen wrote.

"this is copying reputation tour intro," a user alleged.

Some of the other reactions are as follows:

"This just makes me believe every single rumour even more," an individual mentioned.

"This makes me believe its true because shes still trippin bout this," a person opined.

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Ellen DeGeneres talks about taking therapy to deal with hatred over workplace harrassment allegations

Ellen DeGeneres - Source: Getty

In her recently-released Netflix special For Your Approval, Ellen DeGeneres opened up about going for therapy to deal with the hatred she was facing over workplace harrassment allegations. She said:

“I was in therapy for a while trying to deal with all the hatred that was coming at me. It was not a common situation for a therapist to deal with."

The talk show host continued:

"At one point, my therapist said, ‘Ellen where do you get this idea that everyone hates you?’ And I said, ‘Well, New York Times, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly, I think Elmo may have said something recently on an episode of Sesame Street."

Ellen DeGeneres also joked about her talk show being canceled over such allegations, quipping that she “got kicked out of show business.” The comedian revealed that her therapist asked her to avoid looking at the news and media, but she would still get to know about news circulating about her through her friends who checked up on her.

“Here’s the problem: I am a comedian who got a talk show and I ended the show every day by saying, ‘Be kind to one another.’ Had I ended my show by saying ‘go f*** yourselves,’ people would’ve been pleasantly surprised to find out I’m kind," DeGeneres joked.

Ellen DeGeneres faced massive backlash on the internet after a July 2020 report by BuzzFeed published an investigation into allegations about the talk show host harboring a toxic workplace environment in her show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The investigation was based on various interviews of employees and executives who worked with DeGeneres on her show.

In her Netflix special, the comedian spoke at length about her experience of going out during those years. According to DeGeneres, wherever she went, be it in a restaurant or in the streets, people would stare at her, assuming she was "mean."

Ellen DeGeneres also claimed her actions with her employees were misinterpreted. The comedian described that she started playing a game of tag with her employees in 2016 and would often chase them around the hallways and the studio. Such actions were misinterpreted as her "terrorizing" her employees.

The comedian admitted that she was “a very immature boss" as she did not want to be a boss. She claimed she never wanted to be in-charge, before addressing some of the criticisms she received over the years for gender-specific rules. DeGeneres stood by some of the rules she created, explaining:

“If we don’t follow those rules, it makes people uncomfortable. And when people get uncomfortable, there are consequences.”

However, Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she is happy and content now, leaving all of the backlash in the past. The comedian explained that she is "happy not being a boss, or a brand, or a billboard" but "just a person."