Ellen DeGeneresis going back to her roots.On Tuesday’s season 16 premiere of her talk show, the comedian discussed filming herfirst stand-up specialin 15 years. (Her last was 2003’sHere and Nowon HBO.)“I mentioned that I worked a lot over the summer,” she said. “What I did was I went back to stand-up. I didn’t do stand-up for 15 years and I decided … I just all of a sudden was like, I miss stand-up, I want to do it. So I made a deal with Netflix, and I was working on stand-up all summer.”NetflixThe special, titledRelatableand premiering Dec. 18, was taped in Seattle at Benaroya Hall during her eight-show run last month.RELATED VIDEO: Watch the Hilarious (and Adorable) MomentEllen DeGeneresScares BTS!“It was so much fun,” said DeGeneres, 60. “I loved it so much. The audiences were great, Seattle was great. Thank you everybody in San Francisco and San Diego!”Ellenairs weekdays (check local listings).
Ellen DeGeneresis going back to her roots.
On Tuesday’s season 16 premiere of her talk show, the comedian discussed filming herfirst stand-up specialin 15 years. (Her last was 2003’sHere and Nowon HBO.)
“I mentioned that I worked a lot over the summer,” she said. “What I did was I went back to stand-up. I didn’t do stand-up for 15 years and I decided … I just all of a sudden was like, I miss stand-up, I want to do it. So I made a deal with Netflix, and I was working on stand-up all summer.”
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The special, titledRelatableand premiering Dec. 18, was taped in Seattle at Benaroya Hall during her eight-show run last month.
RELATED VIDEO: Watch the Hilarious (and Adorable) MomentEllen DeGeneresScares BTS!
“It was so much fun,” said DeGeneres, 60. “I loved it so much. The audiences were great, Seattle was great. Thank you everybody in San Francisco and San Diego!”
Ellenairs weekdays (check local listings).
source: people.com