Former 'Bachelorette' Star Says Ellen DeGeneres Made Her Feel 'Stupid'

LOADINGERROR LOADINGFormer “Bachelorette” star Ali Fedotowsky-Manno is opening up about her less-than-positive experience being interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres.On the Christmas Eve episode of Kaitlyn Bristowe’s “Off the Vine” podcast, Fedotowsky-Manno recalled being “so excited” to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” while she was at the peak of her reality television fame.

Advertisement Unfortunately, she said, her on-air rapport with DeGeneres left a lot to be desired.“It’s not that she was mean per se.

She just made me feel stupid,” Fedotowsky-Manno explained.“I don’t think she’s a bad person.

Sometimes I bet that you do a job like that all day, every single day for years, you’re just kind of over it.”“I was trying to be, like, funny and, like, personable, and instead of, like, laughing with me, she was laughing at me.Do you know what I mean?” she told Bristowe, also a “Bachelor” franchise alum.

“So I felt really stupid.” Fedotowsky-Manno didn’t specify when that uncomfortable exchange with DeGeneres occurred.The reality TV personality made at least two appearances on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2010, the same year she was a contestant on “The Bachelor” and, later, became the star of “The Bachelorette.”Advertisement Reality TV personality Ali Fedotowsky-Manno (left) was interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres twice in 2010.Getty ImagesDeGeneres has maintained a low public profile after her talk show came to end in 2022 after 19 seasons.

Last fall, she unveiled “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval,” a Netflix comedy special that’s been billed as her final project as an entertainer.In the special, DeGeneres joked about having been “kicked out of show business” for being “mean,” alluding to the explosive allegations of workplace misconduct that surfaced in 2020.Advertisement Those claims were outlined in a pair of BuzzFeed News articles in which “Ellen DeGeneres Show” employee...