Ellen DeGeneres struggled to hold back her tears as she made her entrance for the last episode of her talk show.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which began in 2003, is set to air its final episode on Thursday, May 26, after a challenging period amid the ‘toxic workplace’ scandal.
In a recently released clip showing the 64-year-old host preparing for her last show, she appeared from behind a screen to a cheering audience, which included her wife Portia de Rossi and brother Vance DeGeneres in the front row.
Ellen then placed her hand on her chest and said, ‘Thank you’, with Portia also visibly emotional. The show host will be joined by Jennifer Aniston, nearly 20 years after the Friends star’s first appearance on the show. It will mark her 20th appearance on Ellen.
The final episode. Tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/E3yKaLzHTd
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) May 26, 2022
The final episode will also feature appearances from musicians Pink and Billie Eilish, and was filmed in April.
As the show wraps up, Ellen shared on Instagram:
‘Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show, which airs on May 26th.
‘When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist. Social Media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal.
‘We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. But whatever was happening, my goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour.
‘Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.’