Celine Dion fans left horrified after 'invasive' Ellen DeGeneres interview resurfaces
The clip, which originally aired in 2007 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, has recently resurfaced online - and viewers are revisiting the talk show host's often uncomfortable interviewing style because of it.
In the segment, Ellen commented on Dion's then-six-year-old son René-Charles' long hair, joking, 'It seems like you're busy with something, 'cause you're forgetting to cut your son's hair.'
The comment was met with mixed reactions from the audience - laughter with audible gasps - but Dion didn't hold back.
'Do you have a problem with that?' she asked, clearly caught off guard.
Ellen tried to walk it back, saying she didn't have a problem, but then doubled down: 'That is some long hair!'
Dion responded with grace but set firm boundaries, explaining that her son made his own choices about his appearance.
'Whatever I will do, I won't please everyone… Do you know that René-Charles makes his own decisions?' she said. 'When he's ready, I'll cut it.'
Ellen quickly moved on to another topic, seemingly brushing off Dion's response.
The moment, largely forgotten until now, has sparked renewed scrutiny in light of previous controversies surrounding Ellen's behavior toward guests.
In 2020, BuzzFeed News published an investigation into the Ellen Show's alleged toxic workplace environment, which led to a broader reexamination of past interviews.
One notable example is Mariah Carey 's 2008 appearance, where she was pressured into revealing a pregnancy she later miscarried.
Carey would later call the experience 'extremely uncomfortable.'
Though Ellen denied knowing about any toxicity behind the scenes - even insisting in 2021 that celebrity guests always commented on the show's 'happy atmosphere' - old clips like this are once again calling that into question.
Now, fans are reacting to the Dion moment with fresh eyes.
'I love how badly some of these Ellen clips have aged,' one Reddit user wrote.
Fans slammed Ellen for her comments, pointing out similarities between this interview and other 'rude' ones the host had over the years
'She was viewed as a "fun" and "happy" place to go promote things and instead some people got rude invasive questions masked under humor and some people she literally scared the daylights out of with her "surprises."'
'This is also such a weird topic for Ellen to bring up,' another wrote.
'She has Céline Dion sitting with her on on a talk show, and she wants to focus on her kids hair?'
Some users even questioned why it took so long for Ellen to be exposed for some of her 'terrible' behavior.
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