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        <title><![CDATA[The truth behind the 2009 Ellen DeGeneres tweet about making an employee cry]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 2009 tweet from Ellen DeGeneres in which she said she made an employee cry resurfaced on Tuesday, but it&#8217;s not what it seems.</p><p>&#8220;I made one of my employees cry like a baby on today’s show,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/2048052503" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wrote on June 5, 2009</a>. &#8220;Honestly, it felt good.&#8221;</p><p>A source told Page Six that the tweet — which comes amid growing allegations of toxicity at the talk show — was actually made in reference to DeGeneres&#8217; employee Jeannie Klisiewicz, whom the host surprised with a cruise on air.</p><p>DeGeneres had hired Klisiewicz in 2008 after she wrote to the show wanting a job. After a year of work, we&#8217;re told, DeGeneres wanted to &#8220;do something special for her&#8221; because of her positive attitude and because she had entered every contest and never won.</p><p>The emotional segment was <strong>added to EllenTube</strong> three years ago.</p><p>The video comes amid 62-year-old DeGeneres&#8217; attempt to apologize for her alleged toxic behavior behind the scenes of her eponymous talk show.</p><p>On a Zoom call Monday, DeGeneres addressed her employees and said she had no clue where the <strong>rumored no-eye-contact rule began</strong> and that she was going to work to interact more with her staff.</p><p>She also announced the ouster of three top producers from &#8220;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&#8221;: executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman.</p><p>A rep for DeGeneres didn&#8217;t immediately return Page Six&#8217;s request for comment.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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