A singer who discovered fame as a viral YouTube sensation has made explosive claims about former talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.
Greyson Likelihood shot to stardom at age 12 in 2010 for his standard cowl of Woman Gaga’s track Paparazzi on the video-sharing platform, prompting DeGeneres to ask him on her standard present.
Nonetheless, regardless of being “found” by the comic, Likelihood has claimed he was mistreated and later “deserted” by DeGeneres – who he additionally described as “manipulative and self-centred”.
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“We simply could not consider what was taking place,” Likelihood instructed Rolling Stone of his in a single day fame.
“We have been so not sure of what we have been entering into, and the person who helped treatment all of that scepticism and chaotic power was Ellen.”
Likelihood stated he took his first-ever aircraft trip to fulfill DeGeneres in Los Angeles, the place the host reportedly assured him: “I’ll shield you.”
The now 25-year-old has claimed DeGeneres did not make good on her promise.
At first, she gifted Likelihood $10,000 and a brand new piano and even signed him on as an act on her new label. His profession was primarily in her arms.
Right now Likelihood alleged DeGeneres turned “domineering and method too controlling”.
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“My entire week, my entire month, my entire yr may change [with] one textual content message from her,” Likelihood instructed the publication. “That was horrible.”
When album gross sales and ticket gross sales for Likelihood’s performances dwindled in 2012, the singer stated DeGeneres utterly “deserted” him.
Her label dropped him and he or she was allegedly uncontactable for fairly a while, regardless of his makes an attempt to get in contact.
“I’ve by no means met somebody extra manipulative, extra self-centred, and extra blatantly opportunistic than her,” Likelihood added.
The younger musician went on to look on the Ellen Present a number of instances following their fall-out to assist his profession and described the set as a spot of “energetic trauma”.
His final look on the now-defunct discuss present was in 2019.
DeGeneres reportedly declined to touch upon the Rolling Stone article.
A supply near the previous host, nonetheless, reportedly stated she denies Likelihood’s recollection of their relationship.
Likelihood’s claims comes after studies about DeGeneres fostering a “poisonous” work surroundings on the set of her present.
In March 2020, podcast host Kevin T. Porter wrote on Twitter that Ellen is “notoriously one of many meanest folks alive,” asking followers to reply with the “most insane tales you have heard about Ellen being imply.” The Twitter thread was stuffed with hundreds of responses.
A number of months later a BuzzFeed Information journalist spoke to 10 nameless former workers of The Ellen DeGeneres Present, who detailed quite a lot of ways in which the mega-star had created a poisonous work surroundings.
These included one individual being fired after taking medical depart/bereavement days, racist feedback and basic microaggressions.
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