{"id":1209815,"date":"2022-09-23T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/23\/greyson-chance-slams-ellen-degeneres-as-manipulative-self-centered\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:27:52","slug":"greyson-chance-slams-ellen-degeneres-as-manipulative-self-centered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/23\/greyson-chance-slams-ellen-degeneres-as-manipulative-self-centered\/","title":{"rendered":"Greyson Chance Slams Ellen DeGeneres as Manipulative, Self-Centered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One needn\u2019t know her personally to be aware that Ellen DeGeneres sucks.<\/p>\n<p>Once lauded as a human rights trailblazer, her show\u2019s toxic work environment and horror stories from service workers are part of her legacy forever.<\/p>\n<p>Greyson Chance, who rose to viral fame as a child and is now an adult singer, had the misfortune of meeting her.<\/p>\n<p>She was going to change his life, and she <em>did<\/em>. Just not necessarily in the ways that he had hoped.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Greyson Chance Sings Paparazzi\" class=\"wp-image-55938 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/greyson-chance-sings-paparazzi.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Greyson Chance was just a tween when his school performance of \u201cPaparazzi\u201d made waves online.<\/p>\n<p>Ellen DeGeneres invited him to appear on her show. Lady Gaga herself called in to praise him.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Ellen added him to her brand new record label. He launched a music career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_m1ENlhxP-c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Greyson Chance - Honeysuckle (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_m1ENlhxP-c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>(Absolutely including this because \u201cHoneysuckle\u201d is definitely a great example of his work as an adult)<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, however, Greyson is opening up about his experience with Ellen.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many hotel employees, waiters, producers, crew, and more, he saw a side to her that she never showed on camera.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"930\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-on-season-18.png\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres on Season 18\" class=\"wp-image-353422\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"930\" height=\"980\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres on Season 18\" class=\"wp-image-353422 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-on-season-18.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres looks into the camera here and apologizes for the environment around her talk show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never met someone more manipulative, more self-centered, and more blatantly opportunistic than her,\u201d Greyson described.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to protect you. I\u2019m going to be here for you. We\u2019re going to do this together,\u201d he recalled her saying when he first joined her label.<\/p>\n<p>That was in 2010. Ellen signed him as her first act on eleveneleven, the record label that she co-created.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"873\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-waves.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres Waves\" class=\"wp-image-354079\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"873\" height=\"950\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres Waves\" class=\"wp-image-354079 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-waves.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres waves to her audience members in this photo of the controversial talk show host.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At first, when he released a mini EP just five months after signing with her, things were great.<\/p>\n<p>Ellen was in regular contact. Greyson felt that she became \u201creally invested\u201d in him.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, even then, Greyson observed that she \u201cbecame domineering and way too controlling.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0923_greysonchance_01-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458879\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458879 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0923_greysonchance_01.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy whole week, my whole month, my whole year could change [with] one text message from her,\u201d he noted. \u201cThat was horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greyson recalled a time when she didn\u2019t like a performance video. With one word, he and his team had to redo everything.<\/p>\n<p>And apparently her expectations of absolute creative control extended to his personal life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-on-ellentube.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres on EllenTube\" class=\"wp-image-351198\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"522\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres on EllenTube\" class=\"wp-image-351198 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-on-ellentube.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Will Ellen DeGeneres work to correct the problems on her talk show? Let\u2019s hope so.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Greyson was touring, Ellen sent him an advance copy of Justin Bieber\u2019s <em>Never Say Never<\/em> documentary.<\/p>\n<p>She demanded that he watch it. Tired from touring, Greyson did not make it a priority.<\/p>\n<p>What followed was Ellen contacting his mother in a call so memorable that it is clearly etched into his memory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-returns-to-television-shares-experience-with-cov.png\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres Returns to Television, Shares Experience with COVID Symptoms\" class=\"wp-image-400947\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"515\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres Returns to Television, Shares Experience with COVID Symptoms\" class=\"wp-image-400947 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-returns-to-television-shares-experience-with-cov.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI just remember hearing on the other side of the phone,\u201d he described, \u201cjust yelling [and] beratement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greyson recalled Ellen yelling at his mom: \u201c\u2018What type of mother are you? Do you realize that I went out of my way to get this for you, and he can\u2019t sit down and watch it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisappointed isn\u2019t even remotely what I\u2019m feeling right now,\u201d quoted. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250249\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250249 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres tweeted, \u201cI am so sorry to hear about Alan Thicke\u2019s passing. My love and prayers to his family.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greyson reached a conclusion, even at that young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was clear that, \u2018OK, I\u2019m a pawn in your game.\u2019 So I watched the movie,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Weird way to treat a middle school aged singer. Or, you know, a fellow human being of any age.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"948\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-in-a-chair.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres in a Chair\" class=\"wp-image-405239\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"948\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres in a Chair\" class=\"wp-image-405239 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-in-a-chair.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres is sitting down here on the set of her talk show, looking rather surprised.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ellen would nitpick which clothes Greyson wore.<\/p>\n<p>This transcended professional interest \u2014 for example, banning him from wearing leather, as she was vegan at the time.<\/p>\n<p>(She now eats fish and eggs, but apparently her choices also extend to anyone over whom she wields power)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-on-the-mic-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres on the Mic\" class=\"wp-image-281240\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres on the Mic\" class=\"wp-image-281240 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-on-the-mic-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres is on the mic here at the \u201cOne Voice: Somos Live! A Concert For Disaster Relief.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ellen\u2019s controlling and \u201cdegrading\u201d behavior did not last forever.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Greyson\u2019s ticket sales dropped, and he says that she basically disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>He would even try calling her without hearing back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-in-white-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres in White\" class=\"wp-image-399828\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"824\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres in White\" class=\"wp-image-399828 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-in-white.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres tested positive for the coronavirus in late 2020. Yup, the virus got to quite a few celebrities as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ellen would have him return to the show, but Greyson recalled: \u201cIt was such a fake smile.\u201d Sometimes, they did not even speak backstage.<\/p>\n<p>When Greyson returned to music with Portraits, Ellen of course had him back on the show.<\/p>\n<p>This was 2019. During soundcheck, he said, she hugged him and asked how he had been.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-confused-by-caitlyn-jenners-stance-on-gay-marria-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres: Confused by Caitlyn Jenner's Stance on Gay Marriage\" class=\"wp-image-204501\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres: Confused by Caitlyn Jenner's Stance on Gay Marriage\" class=\"wp-image-204501 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-confused-by-caitlyn-jenners-stance-on-gay-marria.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>It felt bizarre to him, from a woman who he felt had abandoned him seven years earlier. It felt deeply fake.<\/p>\n<p>Her praise for him coming out publicly as gay also felt hollow and \u201ccheap,\u201d Greyson characterized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had nothing to do with that,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cI hadn\u2019t spoken to her in years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-is-happy-714x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres is Happy\" class=\"wp-image-286755\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres is Happy\" class=\"wp-image-286755 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ellen-degeneres-is-happy-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Ellen DeGeneres stands here proudly at the People\u2019s Choice Awards in 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s so messed up, that you\u2019re now showing the world as if we\u2019re so tight. We\u2019re so good,\u201d Greyson lamented.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAnd behind the scenes, you are this insanely manipulative person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, he affirmed, recently reconnecting with Lady Gaga reminded him of what authentic support and encouragement can look like. What it\u2019s <em>supposed <\/em>to look like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One needn\u2019t know her personally to be aware that Ellen DeGeneres sucks. Once lauded as a human rights trailblazer, her show\u2019s toxic work environment and horror stories from service workers are part of her legacy forever. Greyson Chance, who rose to viral fame as a child and is now an adult singer, had the misfortune [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1209816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}