Ellen's Emotional Plea- Page 11

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 7:47pm

Agreed. I hope Moms and Mutts can go back to their main objective - coming up with an exit strategy for Iraq.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 8:02pm

Sorry, y'all, but I'm with the rescue group on this one. If you thought it was a good enough agency to sign an agreement with them, then you should respect that agreement.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:03pm

I'm still laughing, Phyllis. You are one funny dog lover!

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:15pm

Admittedly, I've been consumed with urgent family matters lately... and I just caught up to this jaw-dropping "news item" and the subsequent BWW thread here today...

...and I feel like I have finally landed on the planet Mars.

W...T...F???? Has our whole world gone nuts? Or just America? Or just the DeGenerites, her followers and her detractors?

I feel a complete disconnect with all things sane. I've watched that clip a few times (it gets crazier and more "foreign" each time). Our dear Ellen clearly skipped a med or three. And now there are law suits and headlines and schnitzel with noodles...

Thank you all for playing, and good night.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:23pm

Thanks, Jane! I like your bird!

If it weren't for this mess I would have never found Rhonda. Thank you, Ellen, for all you did for me!

I think it's funny that not one of Ellen's supporters in this thread have decreed the fact that death threats were made against the lady from the rescue.

I just never would have thought Ellen had such an awful fanbase. It's mind-blowing.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 10:56pm

I finally just watched the thing on Youtube and seriously, all I could think was "Is she for REAL?"

I love where she says, "They called me yesterday and asked how Iggy was and I didn't lie ...." Then she later says she guesses she didn't read everything she should have read. Really? Then why do you have to point out that you didn't lie?

Oh Ellen. We all know the world isn't just middle of the road completely safe comedy and dancing near a couch and we know there are things that make us so upset that our throats constrict as we try to respond to them. But The Great Iggy Removal of 2007 doesn't seem to quite warrant the sobs and the boo hoo tears. Someday we'll all look back on this and laugh.

[JasonM12480]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 10:56pm

I'm a fan of Ellen's, and I do not agree that death threats should have been made. It's not THAT serious. If someone from Ellen's camp DID make any threatening phone calls or emails, then that person should be found out and fired, no questions asked.

Ellen should really drop it soon, though, if she wishes to keep her good name. As much as I believe her heart was in the right place, she can't win this one, since you're dealing with irrational and childish people/organizations. Let it go, get the family another puppy, and move on.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 10:59pm

Who said anything about it being from Ellen's "camp"?

Also, countdown to JohnBoy2 being banned from BWW for life! Hooray!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:01pm

WhileaMEANA..

Your pm's are blocked.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:27am

When's Amanda coming back?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:56am

Anyway, back to Crazy Fest 2007...

This rocked my socks. It's perfectly perfect, so don't go away. And Diva, this time I'll quote the whole thing!

Ellen DeGeneres Sobs Weedily About A Dog: Video

October 17th, 2007 at 15:30 by Stuart Heritage

When you have a daily, long-running TV show named after yourself, it becomes an extension of your personality - so when you give away a dog that you shouldn't have, the show becomes the place where you blubber relentlessly about it.

Thank goodness that Ellen DeGeneres has finally decided to exploit that loophole, then. On yesterday's edition of Ellen DeGeneres' daily daytime TV show Ellen, she opened the show not with a mood-setting humorous monologue, but with a borderline disturbing sobbing tantrum because she gave her pet dog to her hairdresser when she wasn't allowed to and got told off for it. And, really, fans of watching happy go lucky lesbian talkshow hosts break down in a way that'll make you experience a microsecond of pity before it's swamped by the compulsion to start screaming "Pull yourself together, you infuriating red-eyed ninny!" at your monitors should really stick around and watch the video of Ellen DeGeneres crying that we've got.

Animals, as well we all know, are crap. Noisy, hairy ****ting machines who only live to drag the corpses of other animals into your house, the lot of them. And yet celebrities love their animals. If Alicia Silverstone and Sadie Frost aren't getting naked to save animals then Paul McCartney is dressing up as a dough-faced tangerine to stop seals getting hit on the head. Some celebrities even love animals so much they wear coats made from their fur, which is a huge sign of affection. We love sausages, for example, but we don't love them enough to wear a coat made of sausages.

Anyway, no celebrity loves animals as much as Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen DeGeneres loves all animals so much that she's sort of become an unofficial spokesperson on their behalf, or at least she would if only she'd be able to talk lucidly about animals instead of bursting into tears and sniffling "WHYYYYYY?" at the top of her voice every time she thinks an animal injustice has been done. Like yesterday, for example, when a grief-stricken Ellen DeGeneres decided to slash open her heart and tell viewers of Ellen about her tremendous heartache. The Boston Herald reports:

Skipping her usual dance routine, a somber-looking Ellen walked out to audience applause on her TV chatfest yesterday and took a seat in her hostess chair. “Today is a hard day for me … ” the comedian sniffed before breaking down in tears. “I am not capable of coming out and pretending to be funny when things are going so terribly wrong right now.”

Why? What's wrong Ellen? Has someone died? Been diagnosed with an awful illness? It sounds awful, Ellen. Tell us. Quickly Ellen, you're getting us worried now.

Ellen DeGeneres then went on to tearfully explain that she got a dog from a rescue agency last month, but somewhat surprisingly the dog didn't like her cats, so Ellen decided to give the dog away to another family, breaking the terms of the rescue agency's contract. So the dog has gone back to the care home. That's it. A dog that was in a care home is back in a care home. Needless to say Ellen DeGeneres didn't take the news well. Watch Ellen DeGeneres' breakdown for yourself…

Needless to say, it's hugely uncomfortable to watch a woman break down in tears like this, especially a woman so rational that she actually bribed a vet to let a recently-neutered dog sleep in bed with him. And to make matters worse, Ellen DeGeneres' embarrassing sob-attack couldn't have been avoided either, because it's not as if she could have simply arranged for the family to formally adopt the dog from the agency themselves, or bought them a new dog, or something. Is it.

Anyway, this mental little outburst has no doubt affected the future of Ellen DeGeneres' career, especially any hope that she'd get to host the Oscars again. Face it - the last thing the organisers want is someone who, in the middle of the witty Jack Nicholson-referencing opening song, breaks down in an unstoppable flood of snotty tears because she's just remembered the time she read a story about a hamster that was stuck in a f*cking shoe once.


Aw. Sum. Updated On: 10/18/07 at 12:56 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:17am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres says she's done talking about her canine dilemma and is pleading for calm, saying on her show that the controversy surrounding an adopted dog has "gotten out of hand."

During a Wednesday taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," to be aired Thursday, DeGeneres told viewers she wouldn't speak again until the dog, Iggy, is returned to DeGeneres' hairdresser and the woman's young daughters.

The dispute erupted last month when DeGeneres and her partner adopted Iggy, a black Brussels Griffon mix terrier. When Iggy wasn't able to get along with DeGeneres' cats, the couple gave the dog to DeGeneres' hairdresser.

Mutts and Moms, the nonprofit dog-rescue organization that originally gave DeGeneres the dog, later took it back, saying the talk show host had violated the adoption agreement by not informing them that she was giving the dog away. That set off a firestorm of nasty e-mails and threats directed at the agency after DeGeneres shared the blow by blow with viewers on her show this week.

"Let me just say this, it's gotten out of hand," DeGeneres said on the segment to air Thursday. "I want nothing, nothing more than that dog returned to that family. But you don't resort to violence. So anybody out there, please stop that. Please don't threaten or do whatever."

The angry calls got so bad that Marina Batkis, co-owner of the dog rescue organization, said she had to close her business and stay home Wednesday, a day after DeGeneres broadcast a tearful, televised plea for the dog to be returned to her hairdresser and the woman's daughters.

"My life is being threatened. This is horrible," a tearful Batkis said outside her home.

DeGeneres has acknowledged she erred but said her hairdresser and her family shouldn't be punished. Batkis has refused to back down.

"If Ellen wants to place dogs and decide what's a good home, then she should start her own rescue group," she told "Inside Edition." "But I'm the one doing this and I know what I'm doing."

DeGeneres said several agencies had offered to provide the family another dog, even one that looked like Iggy.

"And unfortunately, Ruby, the little girl, doesn't want another dog, she wants Iggy," said DeGeneres on the show to air Thursday. "It's not a toy that's broken that you can replace. It's a dog."

Ellen DeGeneres to Stop Dog Pleas

[erikaamato]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:31am

I'm with b12b. This whole thing is from the Bizarro World.

It's so out of proportion, I can't even begin to comment.

Ugh.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:43am

Justine has no comment, either.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:02pm

Edited because Nedioca had his last comment removed. I wonder if his bosses didn't like what he had to say. Updated On: 10/18/07 at 12:02 PM

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:15pm

Someday we'll all look back on this and laugh.

...and that day shall be known as "day before yesterday."



See, even Winston agrees.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:25pm

Freida isn't ready to laugh yet.

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:51pm

Elwood farts in Freida's general direction.
Updated On: 10/18/07 at 12:51 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:53pm

John Boy doesn't care.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:54pm

I'm pretty sure that's JohnBoy2.

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:55pm

::burp:: Has anyone seen Rhonda?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:55pm

Um, John Boy is a dog. JohnBoy2 is a man (duh!).

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:09pm

PRS,

What is your point?

Do you just hate anything about animal adoption or is it just Ellen?

Why be proud of posting a link to some no-body who says this about animals...

"Animals, as well we all know, are crap. Noisy, hairy ****ting machines who only live to drag the corpses of other animals into your house, the lot of them. And yet celebrities love their animals."

Is it that you hate animals? Or just celebrities?

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:16pm

...or is it just that you hate people who want additional special treatment despite not reading contracts, following the rules or meeting pre-established criteria?

Well? Which is it?

What does Rhonda hate?

WWPD? Updated On: 10/18/07 at 01:16 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:23pm

With everything else going on...


Why is the focus "Well, she signed a contract!!!"



Here it is.

She made sure the animal was going into a home where it was loved.

Is that a problem?

It's a ****ing dog. Dogs KNOW where they want to be. Don't get all high and mighty.

I live next door to a woman, who has a full time job rescuing animals. I see them EVERY DAY. And all they are looking for is a home where the person wants them.

I'm not going to be elegant about this. But PRS,



Shut up.




When was the last time YOU saved an animal?

(I'm very against posting this...but I'm getting mad.)