Ellen DeGeneres makes on-air apology, vows a โnew chapterโ
She included several quips that lightened the tone but didnโt match the seriousness of the allegations. โThe Ellen DeGeneres Showโ started its 18th season in Los Angeles with the host on stage for the first time in months after taping from DeGeneresโs home during quarantine. There wasnโt a studio audience but a virtual one, with faces beamed in on monitors put in the audience seats. In her monologue, DeGeneres dryly joked that her summer was โsuper-terrific.โThe host also addressed the allegations that the off-camera DeGeneres is very different than her sunny on-air persona. I take that very seriously, and I want to say I am so sorry to the people that were affected,โ DeGeneres said in her monologue.