Referencing the debate she has actually dealt with in current months, Baldwin continued, “We all have some patches of white water here, but you keep going. Don’t you stop doing what you’re doing.”
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DeGeneres appreciated. “Thank you so much, Alec,” she informed him. “That means so much to me. I appreciate it.”
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“Yeah, there have been some rapids,” she quipped, “and I am maneuvering the raft.”
The long time host dealt with those “rapids” in an opening monologue throughout the season best on Monday, Sept. 21. “As you may have heard, this summer there were allegations of a toxic work environment at our show and then there was an investigation,” she stated, attending to the claims with audiences for the very first time. “I learned that things happened here that never should have happened. I take that very seriously and I want to say I am so sorry to the people who were affected.”
She took obligation for what takes place at her name program and ensured fans that “we have made the necessary changes and today we are starting a new chapter.”
