**Rumor Surrounding Ellen DeGeneres Allegedly Blocks Her Television Comeback Plans**
*Published Oct. 20, 2025, 4:45 p.m. ET*
A brutal rumor is reportedly crushing Ellen DeGeneres’ hopes of reviving her once-glittering television career. RadarOnline.com reveals claims that the 67-year-old former talk show host stopped a staffer from leaving work to deal with her daughter’s bone marrow transplant operation.
Having quit Hollywood last year to live quietly with her wife, Portia de Rossi, 52, on a sprawling 10,000-square-foot farm in the Cotswolds, England, DeGeneres is said to be “devastated” after the story reignited long-standing allegations about her alleged cruelty toward staff.
### ‘The Rumor Has Spread Like Wildfire’
Despite retreating to the English countryside to “let the dust settle,” insiders say DeGeneres has been privately plotting a career comeback. However, the latest scandal appears to have made that impossible.
“The rumor has spread like wildfire and refuses to go away,” said a source close to the former *Ellen DeGeneres Show* team. “People are saying she once stopped a staff member from leaving work to handle her daughter’s bone marrow transplant. Whether it’s exaggerated or not, it’s landed like a bombshell and has stuck in producers’ minds.”
“The whole of Hollywood seems to remember it, and every time Ellen floats ideas about getting back on screens, it comes up in meetings and she is snubbed. Ellen knows how damaging it looks – heartless, cold, and completely indefensible. She’s fuming that this could ruin her chances forever.”
### What Is The Rumor?
The allegations were first made by a former cameraman who worked on *The Ellen DeGeneres Show* for nearly a decade. He claimed the host made “unthinkable demands” on her team – including asking a mother to reschedule her child’s surgery to fit around the show’s production schedule.
“The kid had a major surgery – like a bone marrow transplant,” he claimed. “It was asked of this particular person if the kid’s ‘thing’ was the same week as the Christmas holiday week.”
He also alleged that DeGeneres would intimidate staff with a single glare, describing it as “like a queen looking for her next execution.”
The comments sparked a fresh online backlash, with critics labeling her behavior “loathsome” and “heartless.”
### Ellen’s Recent Confession: Boredom in the Countryside
This scandal surfaces just weeks after DeGeneres admitted in a live interview with British broadcaster Richard Bacon that she had grown “a little bored” with life in the countryside and missed performing.
“I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens, but I’m a little bit bored,” she confessed.
### Comeback Plans Now in Jeopardy
Insiders say the confession was part of a soft launch for a Hollywood return – a plan now in tatters.
“She’s been reaching out to former industry contacts and feeling cautiously optimistic,” said another source. “With talk that Kelly Clarkson might scale back her show, Ellen saw an opening she thought she could step into. But this new scandal has blown that apart – she knows a story like this makes her radioactive.”
“No network is going to gamble on her now.”
Former staffers have previously accused DeGeneres of creating a toxic work environment, alleging bullying, intimidation, and discrimination. However, this latest rumor—linking her to a child’s medical crisis—has been described by insiders as “the final nail.”
“Ellen knows full well how disastrous this is,” said one industry source. “She’s furious, moody, and taking it out on everyone around her. Portia’s the only one who can soothe her, but even she’s worn down by it.”
“The rest of Ellen’s circle has completely lost patience with her endless self-pity.”
### Portia de Rossi Urges Focus on New Life
According to those close to the couple, de Rossi has encouraged her wife to focus on her new life in Britain. Yet DeGeneres remains obsessed with redemption.
“She keeps insisting that her legacy can’t end with people seeing her as cruel or toxic,” the insider said. “She’s totally convinced she’s been unfairly targeted. But the reality is, whenever she starts to make progress, another story surfaces and pulls her right back down.”
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As the rumors continue to swirl, Ellen DeGeneres’ path back to television appears increasingly uncertain. Only time will tell if she can overcome the damage to her reputation and regain her place in the spotlight.
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