"Last time you're going to see me": Ellen DeGeneres to "disappear" after Netflix special

So hurry up already.

Ellen DeGeneres is bowing out from a decades-long comedy career, capping 
off a mixed legacy as a trailblazing queer pioneer and a bad boss.

“This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, 
I’m done,” she said at a July stand-up show in San Francisco, according to 
SFGate.

The retirement announcement came as fans asked whether they could expect 
to see her on film or stage anytime soon, with the comedian doubling down 
when asked if she would reprise her role as Dory in Pixar’s “Finding 
Nemo.”  

“No, I’m going bye-bye, remember?” the 33-time Daytime Emmy winner said.

DeGeneres, currently on a national tour titled “Ellen's Last Stand... Up,” 
has kept a low profile for the past two years.

The comedian — whose coming out on her '90s sitcom fostered a cultural 
shift in the acceptance of LGBTQ+ people in America — has developed a 
controversial reputation after leaving her two-decade-running talk show, 
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

In the recent stand-up show, the comedian didn’t shy away from the 
allegations that contributed to the show’s end — including those that she 
fostered a hostile, racist, and sexist work environment — telling a crowd 
that she was “kicked out of show business for being mean.”

“Next time, I’ll be kicked out for being old. Old, gay, and mean: the 
triple crown,” she joked. “I am many things, but I am not mean.”

DeGeneres, 66, will release the special to Netflix later this year, per an 
Instagram post.

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/10/last-time-youre-going-to-see-me-ellen-
degeneres-to-disappear-after-netflix-special/