Published: March 20, 2020
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Right now we all need a little kindness. You know, like Ellen Degeneres always talks about! 😊❤️ She’s also notoriously one of the meanest people alive Respond to this with the most insane stories you’ve heard about Ellen being mean & I’ll match every one w/ $2 to @LAFoodBank

Oh and the caveat is yes they have to be real! Cause we need some REAL kindness right now 😉

Well this got out of hand! It’s now hard to tell which stories are real or not, so I’ve rounded up to 300 and donated $600!

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If you can, please give to your local food banks because they are slammed right now. And yeah honestly, be kind, especially to those in the most vulnerable positions right now. But be TRULY kind. Don’t settle for a cheap imitation.

Today I got tagged on this incredible TikTok someone reposted on IG with the caption “Bullying is just as hateful as racism”

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Image in tweet by Kevin T. Porter
Image in tweet by Kevin T. Porter

We threw @electrolemon a surprise birthday party

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Image in tweet by Kevin T. Porter
Image in tweet by Kevin T. Porter

Never let anyone tell you posting can’t change the world ❤️

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank dakota johnson calling out ellen for lying about not getting a birthday invite

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank I worked @RealFoodDaily, served her & Porsha at brunch. She wrote a letter to the owner & complained about my chipped nail polish (not that it was on her plate but just that it was on my hand). I had worked till closing the night before & this was next morn, almost got me fired.

@KevinTPorter @JesseThorn @LAFoodBank Karen Kilgariff was her head writer for 5 years until the writers' strike. When Karen wouldn't cross the picket line she was fired and Ellen never spoke to her again.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Was wrking on a show @ WB that was next to her stage. Was our showrunner's 50th Bday. Caterer grilling steaks outside for special fancy lunch. Ellen sent someone over to demand they stop, as she doesn't eat meat. She's the worst.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank This was back in the day (she was sporting her Carson era mullet), we were in gym and doing crunches as we would commonly do to start the class. Ellen ripped a loud fart and then tried to blame it on me. 😡

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Heard recently that Ellen, the supposed animal lover, has a bad habit of adopting really cute kittens and puppies but as they get older she'll get tired of them and force friends, family or staff to adopt them.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Comic I know became friendly with her, said she openly expressed her deep disdain for her audience and her own show - resents it all!

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Hello Kevin. I’m a comedian in Brooklyn who has been doing a show for two years called “Ellen But Violent” where I reveal the truth about her. Happy to pass along some anecdotes and content... this is my life’s work

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Kathy Griffin said that when Joan Rivers died, Ellen staunchly refused to do a tribute to her because her comedy (and Kathy’s) were “the wrong kind,” too mean-spirited. We love a pious comic.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank An old friend worked on her lot & smiled & said “good afternoon” to her one day & she became unhinged. “Who do you think you are? You don’t look at me” yada yada. She said Portia was with her & seemed embarrassed & tried to calm her down. Has forever changed my opinion of her.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Told my best friend who hates Ellen about this thread and she sent me this

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@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank I can’t vouch for anything being “real” if it didn’t happen to me, but this is as close as I can get: My friend who worked at Real Food Daily says Ellen came in and dined and when she saw her server had a chipped nail, Ellen called management and tried to get her fired.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Was prepared to come here to defend Ellen's honor, read a bunch of legitimate sounding encounters from seemingly credible sources, rethinking my entire existence now.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank We have known Portia & Ellen for years. Want a story? She moved mountains so my husband @cobybrownmusic could preform on her show before his cancer treatment. Why don’t we flip this thing around and reply with a moment of joy you’ve felt because Ellen is in this world. #BeKind

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank I once worked on an American Express commercial with her and BeyoncĂŠ. We talked and i made a joke that made them both laugh. She was actually really nice. I think BeyoncĂŠ was high.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank One time I saw her at a restaurant in LA, the waiter was serving the table next to her, he bumped into her by accident when putting down their food and she stood up and pushed his head into the bowl of hot soup he had just put down on the table. 2nd degree burns

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank My friend wrote for the Ellen Show for two years and told me Ellen didn’t greet her once. In fact, upon employment, staff were told they weren’t allowed to talk to her.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Lotta talk on here about how this post is mean and we should be nice and I have to say: shit talking celebs is true solidarity in dark times, more of this good shit please

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Working for her, I was instructed that I can’t look her in the eye and never ever say hi to her first. “But don’t worry, she definitely won’t be saying hi to you in the first place.” She creates the most toxic environment for her staff.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank I have a friend who used to work at the show who never told me anything specific, but when I learned he worked there and I responded, “I’m sorry,” he just said “oh, so you know?” Lololol

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank I was her agents exec asst for a year, so many! 1st thing you learn on the desk is if he was on a call w another client You have to beep in & say “your kids on the other line, it’s an emergency” so he could take the call as she could never be called back bc she would fire him lol

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Not a first-hand story, but one of my art pieces inspired by her iconic interview with Dakota Johnson 😍💋

Image in tweet by Kevin T. Porter
Image in tweet by Kevin T. Porter

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank Ellen’s game show is nothing but bullying magnified. You couldn’t pay me enough to take any part in that show. Turns my stomach.

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank her best bud is one of history’s most bloodletting sociopathic war criminals who also helped codify a decade-long crusade of homophobia and left thousands of black Americans to die in Louisiana. Radical kindness!!

@KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank this may have been shared already but an intern i know said that, should an intern enter a room ellen is in, ellen will stop what she’s doing & look at the floor until the intern leaves

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