{"id":718971,"date":"2019-10-08T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/watch-ellen-degeneres-defends-friendship-with-george-w-bush\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T16:22:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:22:38","slug":"watch-ellen-degeneres-defends-friendship-with-george-w-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/watch-ellen-degeneres-defends-friendship-with-george-w-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres defends friendship with George W. Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1570393035614.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".l8wwjxxjbm.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Comedian-host Ellen DeGeneres has defended her friendship with George W. Bush, after facing backlash for a photograph with the former US president.<\/p>\n<p> The comedian came under fire for sitting next to former president at the Dallas Cowboys football game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> She addressed the online criticism that came her way during the taping of &#8220;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&#8221;, which will go on air on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Yes, that was me at the Cowboys game with George W. Bush over the weekend. Here&#8217;s the whole story. Here&#8217;s the thing: I&#8217;m friends with George Bush. In fact, I&#8217;m friends with a lot of people who don&#8217;t share the same beliefs that I have,&#8221; DeGeneres said.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We&#8217;re all different and I think that we&#8217;ve forgotten that that&#8217;s okay that we&#8217;re all different&#8230; but just because I don&#8217;t agree with someone on everything doesn&#8217;t mean that I&#8217;m not going to be friends with them,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".l8wwjxxjbm.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".l8wwjxxjbm.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".l8wwjxxjbm.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian-host Ellen DeGeneres has defended her friendship with George W. 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