Comedy legend Margaret Cho just lit a WHOLE MATCHBOOK on Ellen DeGeneres’ reputation—and baby, it’s not looking very “be kind” anymore. 🫣💅
Margaret popped off on The Kelly Mantle Show (aka the best chaos you’re not watching yet) and basically said Ellen was giving ✨evil stepmom in a Disney Channel Original Movie✨ energy their whole friendship.
“Ellen was really weird and not nice to me for most of my career,” Margaret spilled with the calm rage of someone who’s been WAITING to unleash this tea since rotary phones were a thing.
According to Cho, the two met as scrappy baby comedians back in the Jurassic Era (aka the 1980s), when shoulder pads were mandatory and comedy clubs still allowed smoking indoors. Margaret opened for Ellen back then—like, literally opened the stage for her—and thought they were cool.
BUT THEN…
Fast-forward to the 2000s, Ellen had a whole talk show empire, a mansion full of succulents, and an army of dancing moms. And when Margaret came to guest on her show?
Ellen pulled the ultimate “Who is she?” 😳
“She would act like we just met,” Margaret said. Like girl, huh??? Did we not share dressing rooms and dreams???
This is like if your high school lab partner who once copied your bio homework won a Nobel Prize and pretended they didn’t know your name at Whole Foods. RUDE.
Anyway, if you want to see Margaret casually detonate this glitter bomb of awkward memories on national streaming, go watch the full ep of The Kelly Mantle Show. Bring popcorn. And maybe a helmet.
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