Ellen DeGeneres was in tears when she came out to her beloved audience for the last time, taking her final bow on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that is set to air tomorrow.
In a newly released clip, the 64-year-old comedian appears from behind the screen in front of a cheering audience, as she has always done for the past 19 seasons of the hit series.
A visibly overwhelmed Eileen can be seen struggling to hold back her tears as she steps into the audience, with her wife, Portia de Rossi, and her brother, Vance DeGeneres, sitting in the front row.
Farewell: Ellen DeGeneres Is Heading Out TEARS for the Last Time… While Cheer On Her First-Row Wife Portia De Rossi From The Final Show With Guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie NK, Billie Eilish
Clearly emotional, the TV veteran put her hand over her heart as she said ‘thank you’ to the audience, as Portia, 49, was seen tearfully looking.
For her latest show, which will air in full tomorrow, Ellen will be joined by first-list guests Jennifer Aniston and Billie Eilish.
Friends icon Jennifer was the first guest star on Ellen’s show in 2003, and this last episode marks her 20th appearance in total.
Giving up their gal: wife Elaine Portia de Rossi and brother Vance DeGeneres can be seen sitting in the front row for the final show
GO: Eileen stopped her tears as she put her hand over her voice to a thunderous applause
Go: It was all too much for comedy because she took it all in.
Gone: At last it looked as if Eileen had given in to her feelings
The show has been star-studded for the past few weeks and has featured guests including Oprah Winfrey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Zac Efron and Bruno Mars.
DailyMail.com first broke the news that the talk show would be ending in May last year, after a toxic workplace scandal led to the firing of three major producers.
She confirmed the news herself shortly thereafter in a statement, saying: “When you’re a creative person, you need to be constantly challenged – as cool as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s not a challenge anymore. “
Biggest fan: Portia’s wife and brother Vance were seen cheering from the sidelines
Next step: Elaine and Portia are said to be traveling to Rwanda
End: Elaine came out in front of her fans for the last time in the final episode scheduled to air tomorrow
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Posted on Wednesday, Elaine said Oprah told her about the show’s ending: ‘I won’t really feel like it until September, when I’m usually back [into production]”.
With the show coming to a close, the TV star will be spending time in Rwanda with her wife Portia, where she has opened an educational campus that helps save wild mountain gorillas.
Speaking about the emotional final season, she said, “I knew this season was going to be my last season, so I really tried to take it all in. And it’s funny because the last two months you’ve been more emotional than me. It’s been in the last week or two.”
Coming out with great fanfare: The show has been packed with stars in the past few weeks and has featured guests including Oprah Winfrey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Mila Kunis
I was really impressed after 2 months, but last week I didn’t because I really wanted to enjoy it. I was working with [former monk] Jay Shetty a lot too because of my presence and so am I. I was very present in all of that.
The former sitcom star also told THR that “a big movie role would be attractive to her now that she’s leaving television during the day.
She told them, ‘There is definitely that opportunity, and there have been two offers to that. It just depends on the timing. That would be awesome.’
“But then I also love doing stand ups, so I can always write another special and go out and [perform]Which [wife] Portia [de Rossi]preference. I really loved it when we went out on what she calls a “tour”. She does not understand, we only went to seven cities.
SIGN OUT: Eileen has always been considered the queen of daytime television since her premiere in 2003
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