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Top TV Stories of 2007: Ellen DeGeneres and the dog(s)
by Jen Creer, posted Dec 26th 2007 8:00AM
Ellen DeGeneres just can't stay away from controversy. Even though she hasn't done anything as ballsy as coming out (I guess you can't do that twice, can you?), which fortunately didn't tank her career, this year was a bang-up year for Ellen in the news. The first dog I am referring to in the title is, in fact, a canine. Did anybody not hear about Ellen's infamous dog story? Ellen adopted a dog from a dog agency called Mutts and Moms, and signed agreements at the time that if the adoption didn't work out, she would return the dog to the agency. I presume Ms. DeGeneres has signed contracts before, but maybe this one didn't count. Maybe this one didn't seem binding. Or maybe she was just in a hurry that day, and didn't actually read it. (MSNBC claims that DeGeneres didn't read the contract, and that her partner Portia de Rossi signed).The doggy adoption didn't work out, so she gave the dog to her hairdresser, who had two young daughters. The owners of Mutts and Moms were not impressed, and took the dog back, presumably scarring the young girls for life. I wonder if Ellen will pay for their therapy... Maybe she can work out a deal with Dr. Phil! She wept and pleaded on her show to no avail: the owners of Mutts and Moms kept the dog. Which is unfortunate, because that was the last dog that needed to be adopted in the whole world, and there is no hope now for the hairdresser's daughters...
Perhaps the fact that Ellen's tears did not sway Mutts and Moms is the reason for the next dog... Ellen showed her support of the WGA strike for one entire day before she crossed picket lines and returned to filming her show. In her defense, she claims she did it for the crew that would be left unemployed if she didn't go on air. If only Ellen had used her tears to try to convince the studios to return to the negotiating table, but that didn't go over so well the last time, so might as well just keep making jokes.
Apparently, the nature of DeGeneres's contract, as well as the fact that she is allowed to write her own material under WGA guidelines, demands that she return to work or she will be out of a job too. However, you have to think maybe she has some money saved for a rainy day and that her career would bounce back from this... it always has before.
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