Ellen DeGeneres has expressed support for peaceful protests in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in “the happiest city in America” earlier this month.
Ellen DeGeneres has expressed her support for anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
The 67-year-old star took to Instagram to describe her sadness at what’s happening in “the happiest city in America” following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers earlier this month.
Referring to her 2024 Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, Ellen said in a video clip: “Hey everybody, I just wanted to say, I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis and our country, really, but specifically Minneapolis right now because that’s where I shot my last stand-up special and everybody there couldn’t have been more lovely.
“I shot it there because they say it’s the happiest city in America. And I found that to be true.
“So my thoughts and my prayers are going out to everyone, and I’m proud of everyone who’s protesting peacefully, and I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing.”
Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi relocated to rural England in 2024 and revealed that the pair made the decision to settle in the country on the day when Donald Trump was re-elected as US President.
Speaking at a theatre event in Cheltenham last year, the former Ellen DeGeneres Show host said: “We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in.’
“And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.'”
Ellen’s talk show came to an end after 19 years in 2022 and she doubts that the series would work with modern audiences paying less “attention” to TV – although she revealed that she would be open to presenting a similar programme in Britain.
The comedian said: “I mean, I wish it did, because I would do the same thing here.
“I would love to do that again, but I just feel like people are watching on their phones, or people aren’t really paying attention as much to televisions, because we’re so inundated with information and entertainment.”
DeGeneres explained that she is unsure what she will do in the future but will select her next move “very carefully”.
She said: “I just don’t know what that is yet. I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens but I’m a little bit bored.”
Ellen DeGeneres praises Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters
