Ellen DeGeneres Shares Why She Became a Comedian | Relatable | Netflix Is A Joke

Ellen shares the dark and distinct moment she decided she was going to become a famous comedian.
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In her first special since 2003, Ellen revisits her road to stardom and details the heartfelt -- and hilarious -- lessons she's learned along the way.

[@jillybeans053]

Thought I got lost and was on Ted Talk.😂 Well, that was deep.

[@koubaasofien9264]

Yeah ikr. its like ppl payed for a comedy show and in 3 minutes you dont have one joke.

[@flowerchildtokyo]

Me too! 😆

[@eastvandb]

@@koubaasofien9264 Lots of jokes. I laughed out loud several times, but this isn't her fast five minutes for the talk shows. The whole act is thematically connected. It's stand up comedy, but it's also kind of storytelling/theatre as well. When you see it context of the whole special (which has tons of laughs), it works.

[@eastvandb]

@@koubaasofien9264 And, of course, as you can tell by the screams, they came to see HER. She's a massive celebrity now. So they're THRILLED she's telling them her personal stories.

[@kimmy9407]

This is cashmere, no

[@zaynkandal]

Kim Byers its kashmir bas

[@hlengiwezungu8152]

😂😂👍

[@saju5404]

Kashmir,india

[@jagritipandey4748]

@@zaynkandal fabric is known as Cashmere not Kashmir

[@jyotiradityasingh2308]

@@jagritipandey4748 The word cashmere is an old spelling of kashmir

[@ParthPatel-hu1mx]

I found out later that it's a Netflix not a TED talk😂

[@aqdassyed6572]

Happened with me LoL 😆

[@ziia_zoozoo5231]

@Parth Patel...😂😂😂 I saw it was Ellen on Netflix so I clicked...😂😂😂

[@saumya7922]

It's confusing also because the stage and setup is so similar to a Ted talk

[@booklover5800]

Thank you Ellen. It was really inspiring to know that you too were a regular kid.

[@zoronius2275]

Cmon bruh, she's trying to make herself relatable. You shouldn't believe everything you hear.

[@EvilMmM]

Why?

[@GoBlueO23]

Amazing story and just shows you that ellen worked very hard to be where she’s at today. Much respect to her

[@JanaStambaughTejason]

@Kaiba111 Truth. Also I believe the person who posted that was just showing respect to Ellen🤗

[@amandaburkhalter36]

I can't reply now, bc well....you wrote this! Well put! 👏👏 Applauding you and Ellen, lol!

[@aaronredd336]

Ellen is HILARIOUS😂😂😂 She serious but funny at the same time.✊✊

[@zoronius2275]

It's really true that people have different tastes cause I didn't chuckle or even blow air out my nose once. I think poking a turd with a stick would be more amusing than hearing her talk.

[@jaylovestesla1099]

No

[@DWF33]

And narcissistic...

[@jllum]

“You wanna finish laughing? I don’t wanna stop you.” 😂

[@alteabeshiri4698]

He was walking, I was walking, He started running, I had to catch up.... 😂😂😂

[@joseribamarjr5164]

That is a very good piece of story... and inspiring to put our pain into art

[@melonyrichfield8932]

*"This is cashmere, no!"*

[@sarahjohnson7753]

Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing Ellen ❤

[@michellelandreth89]

Ellen is just too magnetic for words! LOVE

[@heathermetz6576]

2:10 “I was a waiter. Which by the way, I think everyone should wait tables at least once in their life!”

[@AF-qn9hc]

Yes, waiting tables is an experience must in order to serve the variety of customers where you face all sorts of compliments and critiques.

[@Bitsy83]

A F sounds like cashiering....yeah, they critique us too.

[@jazura2]

I think she was referring to AOC

[@TotalMishap]

Same here. People suck

[@TotalMishap]

AOC is an idiot if I've ever seen one.

[@sunshinegirl6854]

I LOVE ELLEN SO MUCH! PLEASE ANOTHER SHOW!

[@semireramadani8209]

There always got to be sad stories with a LOT of pain for a big dream coming a REALITY

[@Wigconic.]

Ellen and Netflix? The duo that i never knew i needed

[@jodyseaman1885]

I heard you do phone call to God when you came to Portland Oregon. 30 years ago. Never knew the rest of the story until your special. I am truly touched and amazed each time I hear you speak of this.

[@missmooninspirethejourneyw7517]

Thnk you for the real inspirtion ellen ove u from the bottom of my heart....

[@sambou6286]

Ellen, a beautiful soul

[@navaladiram5851]

Ellen is truly an Inspiration ♥️

[@realdarkmagician]

Has Netflix bought TedEx ? 🙄 Great content though 👍

[@khadidja404]

Underrated comment xD

[@melaniecarroll1305]

Hi Ellen! My birthday Jan 26. My truck tag said, “Be k1nd” . I had it before I ever saw u say that at the end of one of your shows. I still have it.

[@jiyabothra621]

Anytime if you feel low just watch RELATABLE because it does relate

[@ipshita154]

She's genuinely one of my most favourite people _ever!_

[@punamsubba4988]

I love you soo much Ellen... So unfortunate that unable to watch u live

[@quietsparklez11]

I've always been a fan of Ellen DeGeneres the comedian. Ellen The daytime talk show host kind of fell by the wayside for me. It's great to see the comedian again. One of the greats!

[@rvog6584]

Ellens show is fun! most daytime shows r junk. hers is actually enjoyable ...

[@kouaxiong1033]

I love how normal she was, no aspiration to be famous. Just lost like all of us until she found her true calling. I love it!!

[@vmundoortiz6105]

I have always loved Ellen Comedy she is great

[@BeasCountryFavoritesclark]

She's Been a Great Joy and Friend for me ! Beatrice Clark.

[@tiwari_9010]

Her gig at Johnny Carson was hilarious.

[@sergeyyukhno9324]

She's amazing!

[@sameerbhandari6216]

Be kind to one another ❤

[@acm9616]

LOVE YOU ELLEN

[@ninaviljoen365]

I Love you Ellen!! You are so talented😍😍

[@ChrisPeck-niganma]

Wow. Never been much of a fan of hers but she shows wisdom as well as humor, humility as well as pride in accomplishment. More power to her.

[@zoronius2275]

Damn you're easy to flip. Everything she was saying was only halve truths and you should take everything you hear with a grain of salt.

[@Jesse__H]

oy, this guy. 🙄 -->@@zoronius2275

[@prox6597]

She's so great

[@shashavengesayi6055]

Thank you Fleas for giving us Ellen. Beautiful story 🤩😍😇

[@Ravishrex1]

Best female comic. Change my mind

[@vaishnaviandhare2176]

You are an inspiration 🌸

[@ipshita154]

From being the first woman to be called over to sit down and talk to Johnny Carson to getting the title of funniest person of America. And now she is an international icon.

[@purpura7053]

She wasn't the first woman. She is lying. Joan Rivers was the first.

[@f.l._3786]

She is the best

[@thedex2trex112]

My family loved celb So here I am ☺️☺️☺️

[@vikkorheel9966]

She's AWESOME!

[@DodirAnelaIntuitivnoOtvaranje]

2:10 I agree on this, f.ing hate to see anyone spilin their shit on the waiter and always think they would never do it if they ever worked as one even for a month 😬

[@rushiyelane9909]

no matter what people says, she has worked hard...and I have respect for her

[@michaelmilsom9518]

True stand up is an artform and she is really is one of the few truly mastered it. When you stop and think...that the mighty ELLEN ... all came because this person took a breathe of courage, and took that one step on stage determined to make it her path. Truly inspirational.

[@jackshepard2633]

Because of anxiety. Later, for money. The end.

[@James-cu9ul]

Jack Shepard your profile picture is the best tv show I have ever seen period!

[@TarPalantir133]

@@James-cu9ul except maybe The Wire.

[@a.d.d.4652]

Dr. Shepard, hello.

[@NamelesssYT]

@@TarPalantir133 well u definitely don't know about breaking bad

[@vethir]

it's not necessarily a bad thing plus she gives it away all the time ik you specifically didn't say it was bad but i'm just saying in case somebody salty comes along and reads this

[@cloo2937]

what an inspiration to all man and woman. Love u Ellen

[@spiritualempress6691]

Omg I moved in momentarily with my father and he had bedbugs and refused to admit it so these damn things LOVED my blood so would focus on me ... if y’all haven’t had an Aquarius break down, you aren’t worthy to run with us. We go through and put up with a lot of shit and after a month of NO SLEEP on a couch I got saved. The Aquarius journey ❤️😊

[@thegammeryoutube9828]

Ellen I love you thanks for sharing your story

[@flyingsky7447]

She is great!

[@itsnotnina]

how the hell has this just 1Comment?😂😂

[@Blank-yc9hm]

don t know

[@SusanLiu112k]

Everyone else is speechless

[@aslamchan1155]

LOVE U ELLEN❤️

[@elirabian]

She's awesome.

[@cian634]

How is it possible that Ellen looks the same as she did then

[@TheMizou1997]

It is not possible becausd she doesnt look the same HHHH

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Lesbians dont age duh.

[@proctologistbarbie]

@@James.Stark.Ben.Edition RICH lesbians don't age

[@epdlp4506]

Money is the key to most problems in life including aging

[@TotalMishap]

Doesn't look the same at all. Go watch that old clip. She was much younger looking.

[@Aayush620]

Inspiring 👏

[@GospelWithTheGays]

You're one of the main reasons I started my comedy motivational KZbin channel! I just love U!! Thanks for spreading love and laughter! Love it

[@hariseldon2450]

Ellen and Oprah have worked hard for their fame and fortune! All respect, to them both🙏

[@shree8994]

Dude! I agree with you... Netflix is a joke. Also Ellen is great 💕

[@SohamShivoham]

Ellen says coalmining, *cameraman points at 2 lol black bald guys*

[@bynahelemaal]

Abhishek Sharma lol I thought it was a white guy... with the cap

[@TheElenaNumb]

@@bynahelemaal he is white cuz i saw the comment when she said it

[@ezj9103]

I really like Ellen regardless of her sexual preference. You see her heart. Its genuine. I like that.

[@jazr7997]

❤️love Ellen

[@snoovegrewal7711]

i love her, i just love her,,, she is my support system

[@Birdbike719]

watched Relatable last week. Great show.

[@reshubhandare23796]

I love you so much Ellen

[@sagatuppercut2960]

Ellen seems like such a happy person. I never knew she had sad moments in her life. I feel like giving her a hug.

[@josephstalin6969]

And here i thought Infinity war was one hell of a mashup and then i see ellen and netflix... well

[@lamiyatarannum6079]

Fleas joke from gf's car accident!? Daaaaaaammmnnnn

[@perriredd615]

Super Inspiration!!! I love some Ellen! And life is so unpredictable! That's the MAIGIC of it i still believe in🌠⭐💫✨🌟

[@sidneyprescott6504]

@@perriredd615 do u still love her now?

[@juandiegocarvajal2029]

Literally comedy saves ellen life ... incredible story

[@252525jimmyy]

She got me with "cashmere"

[@gauravpatil2174]

i didn't understand that, please explain?

[@jeanne8507]

Gaurav Patil - Cashmere is a very expensive fabric. It’s also difficult to clean. Ellen was afraid that the baby would spit up or poop or pee on her cashmere clothes, so she said “no” and would not hold the baby. I hope I helped.

[@gauravpatil2174]

@@jeanne8507 so cashmere clothes are like from kashmir in india?

[@BeasCountryFavoritesclark]

I tried for years to get to go meet ,Ellen ,or to be on her audience, or even part of her Christmas Show ,Never could find my way ,.Never could win tickets 🎟, I'll just be content to say that I will always love her !❤

[@AsheshDubey]

This was Funny AND motivational!💙 Love you ellen!

[@ankitjain3169]

She starts with what is like being a celebrity after so many years ever since she first presented on Jhonny's show ( best ever comedy act not probably her best as there are so many of them). Did anyone noticed how Jhonny began to introduce her as a "young comedy entrepre". Correct me if I'm wrong did he mean entrepreneur!!!... in that time!!! It was 1986.

[@aj12271]

I disagree with many of her world, political & social views. But the world is a better more interesting place because of Ellen. Nice to hear some of her life story. Genuine person.

[@alicetulllyhall1]

Good, clean fun....that's Ellen!! A national treasure!!

[@wolverineiscool7161]

and a shrew, dont forget that's ellen!

[@alicetulllyhall1]

@@wolverineiscool7161 how do you figure, Wolverine?

[@vipulbhatt1268]

Ellen is best!!!

[@danielletovar7014]

there's no enough words to describe my love for Ellen!!

[@varsha4010]

This was really a nice life story

[@annkurian8478]

She inspires me to have life goals! ❤️🌻

[@jhustinharp4360]

I Love You Ellen!

[@blaq_betty]

Beautiful soul

[@aashigupta8629]

She's an ICON. I LOVE HER. period.

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

Wait, was Ellen the first female standup on Carson? Or first to be interviewed after? Like how could she possibly be the first? She’s not old! I will google this I guess, I’m just stunned. I am old enough to have Carson on home made vhs recorded from tv - but this is news to me if Ellen was the first woman to do standup on his show.

[@purpura7053]

She is lying. She wasn't the first female standup on Carson. Joan Rivers was 20 years before Ellen.

[@RaulAPinto]

I may be wrong, but I think Joan Rivers was called to Johnny's desk in late 60's

[@purpura7053]

Exactly. Joan was called 20 years before Ellen. Ellen is lying. Joan Rivers is a legend.

[@paigewashington6018]

Prayer IS talking to God and He answers. We just gotta quit expecting Him to answer in certain ways and more would understand. God is awesome

[@salmighazali917]

So true

[@messimayim073]

The only Sweta I have left in Life.. Love you Ellen.... ♥️🥰🤗🤣

[@priyankabhat2551]

Ellen I love you

[@GoBlueO23]

Netflix is killing it

[@error404blah]

I bet the $400 million in her pocket feels really good right about now

[@rukushrestha9826]

U the best Ellen.. Love watching u n your humour

[@FAISALN0]

Netflix pleaaaase get someone funny give them a special

[@bjs2022]

"…I didn’t graduate high school…” (sic)

[@earthculture2996]

Bruce John Shourt Whats sic?

[@bjs2022]

Double_Dips Of_Delight I was quoting her error that I suspect would make her English teacher cringe. From the Urban Dictionary: (sic) (Latin for "thus") is a bracketed expression used to indicate that an unusual spelling, phrase, or any other preceding quoted material is intended to be read or printed exactly as shown (rather than being an error) and should not be corrected. Ellen made a transitive verb error. In the last few years there’s been an epidemic of it. She did not “graduate school”. Her school graduated her. Or, she was graduated from school, and, as frequently and correctly phrased, "I graduated from school."

[@gika8324]

@@bjs2022 oooh thanks I didn't know that

[@bjs2022]

Zahira J That’s a classic and not infrequent Johnny Carson statement but without the "oooh thanks" (sic).

[@gika8324]

@@bjs2022 I didn't know that either. You are a knowledgeable person. 🙂

[@samikshyakunwar3296]

Ellen is best person of the world

[@taisenscoolstuff732]

Ellen should make a special stand up comedy!

[@dominikelser7847]

Uhmm, this clip is literally from her stand up special.

[@donaldtrumpwithasmallloano8666]

She's hilarious

[@kozen651]

she doesnt like you

[@donaldtrumpwithasmallloano8666]

@@kozen651 That's because she loves me

[@noneofyours16]

Side note, Jonny Carson was fine when he was young

[@sandyg.8318]

She has the same eyes as Danny Gonzalez

[@oli.y]

*Relatable*

[@susans654]

Hahaha... "his is cashmere, no!"