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        <title><![CDATA[Ellen DeGeneres’ ‘bizarre’ demands revealed by TV producer]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ellen left a less-than-DeGeneres impression Down Under.</p><p>The television host&#8217;s staff were walking on eggshells as they made a series of &#8220;bizarre&#8221; demands during a 2013 appearance on Australia&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show, a former producer on the morning program claimed.</p><p>&#8220;[Ellen DeGeneres&#8217;] producers called us aside &#8230; and said, &#8216;Now, Neil, no one is to talk to Ellen. You don&#8217;t talk to her, you don&#8217;t approach her, you don&#8217;t look at her,&#8217;&#8221; Neil Breen said this week on <strong>radio station 4BC</strong>, where he&#8217;s now a host.</p><p>The demands came after Ellen&#8217;s staff already had &#8220;watered down&#8221; her appearance on &#8220;Today&#8221; from a spot co-hosting the Sydney-based show to doing just a sit-down interview in Melbourne, which meant the production had to relocate 443 miles, Breen said.</p><p>&#8220;&#8216;She&#8217;ll come in, she&#8217;ll sit down, she&#8217;ll talk to Richard and then Ellen will leave.&#8217; And I sort of said, &#8216;I can&#8217;t look at her?&#8217; I found the whole thing bizarre,&#8221; he added.</p><p>He also said her team controlled how the interview would be conducted, from lighting to seating. Breen said he couldn&#8217;t tell what type of person DeGeneres was, as he &#8220;never got to talk to her.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I have no idea whether she&#8217;s a nice person or not, I wouldn&#8217;t have a clue,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But I can tell you the people who worked with her walked on eggshells the whole time, and the whole thing was totally bizarre.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re there to do an interview to promote what she&#8217;s doing, but you can&#8217;t look at her? Someone get real.&#8221;</p><p>A rep for &#8220;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&#8221; didn&#8217;t immediately return Page Six&#8217;s request for comment.</p><p>Breen&#8217;s revelations came after WarnerMedia announced it formally <strong>launched an investigation</strong> into the &#8220;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&#8221; following a slew of <strong>allegations against the workplace</strong>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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