(audience cheering)
Ellen is coming under fire again.
Be kind to one another.
The talk show host's mantra
may be "Be kind to one another,"
but this radio host says dealing
with her was a bit of a nightmare.
The producers called us aside and said,
"Now, Neil, no one is to talk to Ellen.
So you don't talk to her.
You don't approach her.
You don't look at her."
Oh, I can't look at her?
I found the whole thing bizarre.
Neil Breen was the executive producer
of an Australian morning show when Ellen brought her show
to Sydney in 2013 and was booked as a guest.
I want everybody to work really, really hard,
hard enough to know that I know they're doing all they can,
but not too hard that I have to pay them overtime.
Right?
So.
Breen says behind the scenes,
things were tense.
I can tell you the people who worked
with her walked on eggshells the whole time
and the whole thing was totally bizarre.
We're there to do an interview
with her to promote what she's doing,
but you can't look at her?
Someone get real.
The allegations come on the heels
of a scathing BuzzFeed article portraying Ellen
as the queen of mean,
which has led to an internal investigation at her show.
When Inside Edition reached Breen in Australia today,
he didn't back off one bit.
When I first saw and first started reading
there were reports of troubles
behind the scenes at her show,
I was not surprised in the slightest
because of what I saw on that day.
Be kind to one another, bye-bye!
A representative for The Ellen Show said
in a statement that they are committed to,
quote, "doing better."
(upbeat music)
