Megyn Kelly has reignited discussions surrounding Ellen DeGeneres’ alleged off-camera conduct with a fiery critique on her show.

In her broadcast, Kelly criticized DeGeneres for a recent video opposing ICE, while introducing new claims regarding DeGeneres’ reported treatment of her staff during her time on television.

On The Megyn Kelly Show, Kelly accused DeGeneres of hypocrisy and ideological blindness, revealing what she described as insider information: producers on DeGeneres’ show were allegedly instructed not to make eye contact with her in the hallways.

This bold assertion came as Kelly criticized DeGeneres for supporting anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, suggesting that the alleged toxic environment DeGeneres fostered is reflected in her political opinions.

“Ellen DeGeneres felt the need to weigh in,” Kelly remarked at the start of her segment, mockingly addressing the comedian’s involvement in U.S. political discourse from abroad.

‘And I know you like I have been asking yourself – what, what would Ellen think of all this?,’ she mocked.

‘She’s abandoned the United States to go live in the UK, but it’s still really important to all of us what she thinks. And so I have an answer for you today, and here it is…’ 

Kelly then pivoted to DeGeneres’ past, asserting that the downfall of her long-running daytime show was deserved.

‘Let’s not forget why Ellen lost her daytime show,’ Kelly said. ‘It’s because she was a bully.’

Megyn Kelly accused Ellen DeGeneres of past workplace bullying during a monologue 

Kelly claimed she was ‘very reliably informed’ that producers on The Ellen DeGeneres show were allegedly not allowed to make eye contact with her in hallways

She went on to allege that during DeGeneres’ reign as host, staff members were subjected to rigid and demeaning rules, including one she said she learned through a trusted personal connection.

‘She had a rule – I’m very reliably informed – you were not allowed to look her in the eye as one of her producers when you walked past her in the hallway,’ Kelly claimed.

She made the allegation as part of a broader criticism of DeGeneres’ social-media intervention in Minneapolis, where unrest has followed the fatal shooting of a protester during demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement agents.

‘And so it’s no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres is totally fine with what these so-called protesters, terrorists are doing in the streets of Minneapolis. It’s no surprise whatsoever,’ Kelly continued.

‘And when she says, I’m very sorry for any protesters getting hurt, she of course, is talking about Renee Good. And I’m sure, just like most leftists, she’s been fed the same lies we’ve heard from CNN now from the beginning, and she’s chosen to believe them because she’s ignorant and it’s willful, it’s not blind ignorance, it’s willful ignorance. It suits her ideological purposes. Shame on her. Enjoy England. 

‘I’m sorry that our friends across the pond are stuck with Ellen, but let’s face it, they gave us Harry and Meghan, so they deserve it,’ Kelly said.

Kelly’s rant was triggered by a video posted on Sunday by DeGeneres, the gaunt-looking 67-year-old former host criticized US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and expressed solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis.

DeGeneres offered her two cents about the turmoil in the city in a roughly minute-long clip that appeared to be filmed inside her $19 million UK mansion. 

Renee Good was shot three times in the face at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis earlier this month

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot dead by ICE in Minneapolis on January 7

In the video, DeGeneres criticized US Immigration and Customs Enforcement while praising demonstrators she said had ‘been hurt just for protesting.’

The remarks appeared to reference 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent at a protest on January 7. 

The incident remains under investigation. Earlier in the day, DeGeneres had posted a message honoring Good, writing in a caption: ‘I’m so sad, and so angry, and so worried.’

In the subsequent video, DeGeneres appeared emotional as she addressed the situation directly.

‘Hey everybody I just wanted to say I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis, and our country, really,’ she said. ‘But specifically Minneapolis right now, because it’s where I shot my last stand up special. And everybody there couldn’t have been more lovely.’

She continued: ‘I shot it there because they said it’s the happiest city in America, and I found that to be true.’

‘So my thoughts and my prayers are going out to everyone, and I’m proud of everyone who’s protesting peacefully, and I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing,’ DeGeneres added. ‘Anyway, just sending love.’

An accompanying caption declared simply: ‘I love you,’ addressed to the city of Minneapolis.

DeGeneres left the United States with her longtime wife, Portia de Rossi, in late 2024, shortly after Donald Trump’s election victory. 

The couple have since made a lavish seven-bedroom estate in the Cotswolds their primary residence, though reports late last year suggested the British weather may have driven them back to California temporarily, where they were spotted shopping over Christmas.

The longtime TV host left the US with wife Portia De Rossi in late 2024 after Donald Trump’s election win

The Ellen DeGeneres Show ended in 2022 after widespread allegations of a toxic workplace culture emerged. DeGeneres said she was ‘shocked and surprised’ by some of the allegations 

The Ellen DeGeneres Show ran from 2003 until 2022 and was canceled after allegations of a toxic workplace culture erupted publicly in 2020.

Former staffers told BuzzFeed that year that they had been fired for taking bereavement leave and for taking sick leave following a suicide attempt, triggering a flood of similar claims on social media. 

Three top producers were ultimately fired amid accusations that they had maintained a ‘choke hold’ on staff complaints and prevented them from being escalated.

DeGeneres addressed the controversy after the show’s cancellation in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, saying: ‘I think that I learned a lot, and there were some things that came up that I was shocked and surprised by. It was eye-opening, but I just trust that that had to happen.’

Her final stand-up special, Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, was filmed in Minneapolis two years later – just months before Trump’s win.

The unrest in Minneapolis traces back to a December YouTube video by conservative commentator Nick Shirley, who claimed to have uncovered a $100 million fraud scheme involving Somali child-care centers. 

As the allegations gained traction, federal authorities deployed hundreds of ICE agents to Minnesota as part of an immigration crackdown.

Good was shot three times while sitting in the driver’s seat of her car during a protest against that deployment. 

One law-enforcement officer told CNN this month that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to deploy agents to Minnesota was due in part to the video’s spread. 

The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that it is conducting an internal review of the shooting.