DeGeneres, once celebrated as the face of kindness, faces serious backlash as former employees come forward with harrowing accounts of mistreatment on her show. From being reprimanded for mundane actions to being fired for health-related issues, the tales paint a disturbing portrait of a star whose wrath seems to overshadow her public persona. Comedian Kevin T. Porter even sparked a viral thread of horror stories about DeGeneres’s behavior, further tarnishing her image.