“One thing that I’ve learned from being in quarantine is that people — this is like being in jail, is what it is,” Ellen said in the video. The joke, striking many as tone deaf, was met with backlash since she lives in a $27 million mansion. The Washington Post reports that the YouTube video featuring her joke was made private and a tweeted version of the video was deleted.
TOPICS: Ellen DeGeneres, NBC, Coronavirus, Daytime TV