Ellen DeGeneres was ripped by her one-time protégée, entertainer Greyson Likelihood, as ‘manipulative,’ ‘self-centered’ and ‘blatantly opportunistic.’
Likelihood, 25, spoke Thursday with Rolling Stone about his relationship with the speak present host, 64, who he first crossed paths with after he was featured in a viral video singing the Woman Gaga hit Paparazzi, making an look on her present on the age of 12 in Might of 2010.
The Oklahoma-born performer mentioned he was overwhelmed when DeGeneres sought to function him on her program.
Bombshell: Ellen DeGeneres, 64, has been slammed by her former protégée, Greyson Likelihood (proper in 2020) as ‘manipulative,’ ‘self-centered’ and ‘blatantly opportunistic’
‘We simply couldn’t imagine what was taking place,’ Likelihood mentioned. ‘We have been so uncertain of what we have been stepping into, and the individual that helped remedy all of that skepticism and chaotic vitality was Ellen.’
Likelihood mentioned that DeGeneres vowed she was ‘going to guard’ him and be there for him, saying, ‘We’re going to do that collectively.’
DeGeneres then created a label known as eleveneleven along with Interscope Geffen A&M Data, inking Likelihood and setting him up with managers, bookers and a publicist.
Likelihood mentioned that when he put out a mini EP in October of 2010, DeGeneres ‘grew to become domineering and approach too controlling’ over him, impacting his psychological well-being.
Likelihood mentioned DeGeneres – who left the air about two years after a poisonous office scandal – exhibited nasty conduct towards him and different staffers, noting, ‘She was simply degrading to individuals.’ He was pictured final yr in Nashville
Likelihood first crossed paths with after he was featured in a viral video singing the Woman Gaga hit Paparazzi, making an look on her present on the age of 12 in Might of 2010
‘My entire week, my entire month, my entire yr might change [with] one textual content message from her,’ he mentioned. ‘That was horrible.’
One rift that developed was over the 2011 Justin Bieber documentary By no means Say By no means, Likelihood mentioned, as DeGeneres acquired an advance copy and instructed him to look at it instantly and sample his work after Bieber’s.
Likelihood mentioned that when he did not watch the doc instantly, DeGeneres chastised his mom Lisa, asking her, ‘What sort of mom are you?’
Likelihood mentioned DeGeneres instructed him, ‘Disillusioned isn’t even remotely what I’m feeling proper now,’ regarding the documentary challenge. He mentioned he realized he was a ‘pawn’ to the speak present host.
Likelihood mentioned DeGeneres – who left the air about two years after a poisonous office scandal – exhibited nasty conduct towards him and staffers, noting, ‘She was simply degrading to individuals.’
Likelihood mentioned DeGeneres – who left the air about two years after a poisonous office scandal – exhibited nasty conduct towards him and staffers, noting, ‘She was simply degrading to individuals’
Likelihood mentioned DeGeneres ‘fully eliminated’ herself and ‘deserted’ him when his profession sagged in 2012, and wouldn’t return his calls. He was pictured in June in LA
He added: ‘She would are available in and have a look at a rack, yell at stylists, berate individuals in entrance of me and say, “That is what you’re carrying on the present.”‘
Likelihood mentioned DeGeneres ‘fully eliminated’ herself and ‘deserted’ him when his profession sagged in 2012, and wouldn’t return his calls.
Likelihood mentioned that he continued to make sporadic appearances on the Ellen present – which he known as ‘a spot of energetic trauma’ – and DeGeneres behaved chilly towards him when the cameras weren’t rolling.
‘At any time when I might come on the present, it was such a faux smile,’ Likelihood mentioned. ‘She wouldn’t even ask, “How are you doing? How are you holding up?” It was identical to, “Right here’s what we’re going to speak about. We’ll see you on there.”‘
Likelihood opened up about an look he made on the present in 2019, as DeGeneres ‘hugged’ him previous to filming.
‘She mentioned, “How have you ever been?”‘ Likelihood mentioned. ‘And that simply killed me inside as a result of I used to be like, “What do you imply how have I f***ing been? The place have you ever been?”‘
Likelihood opened up about an look he made on the present in 2019, as DeGeneres ‘hugged’ him previous to filming
A DeGeneres supply denied the allegations made by Likelihood, saying that she went out of her solution to attempt to assist launch his profession
Within the alternate, Likelihood mentioned a second that felt ‘low cost’ was when DeGeneres mentioned she was pleased with him after he publicly got here out as homosexual in 2017.
He famous, ‘She had nothing to do with that’ and mentioned he ‘hadn’t spoken to her in years’ on the time he went public about his sexual orientation.
‘That’s so tousled, that you just’re now displaying the world as if we’re so tight, we’re so good,’ he mentioned. ‘And behind the scenes, you’re this insanely manipulative particular person.’
Likelihood mentioned he declined a number of invitations to return to the collection, together with one that might have occurred throughout the present’s final two weeks.
‘The primary a part of my profession, I owe a number of because of her and to that group,’ he mentioned. ‘However the purpose why I’m right here at this time speaking about an album, I owe f***ing nothing to her as a result of I used to be the one which needed to pull myself up. She was nowhere to be discovered.’
A DeGeneres supply denied the allegations made by Likelihood, saying that she went out of her solution to attempt to assist launch his profession; and that Likelihood didn’t specific any of his emotions to DeGeneres within the timeframe round his 2019 look.
