Ellen DeGeneres Bullies Margaret Cho
In an interview on The Kelly Mantle Show, Cho brought up Ellen and their relationship over the years, explaining that she's "somebody that I've known for such a long time" and that "the public perception of her is more true" now. Cho got started in stand up comedy around the same time as Ellen did back in the 1980s.
"She's mean," Cho said about the 67-year-old. "She was like, a mean girl. But also she would be real nice. I think she always had kind of negative feelings towards me because her girlfriends and wives always liked me."
"Ellen was really weird and not nice to me for most of my career," Cho continued. "I opened for her in the 1980s, when she was a headliner in comedy clubs and way before her big fame. So then later, when I would do her talk show in the 2000s, she acted like we just met. And I'm like, b****, what? Like, that's weird. We go way back. It's so creepy and weird."
Ellen Cuts Margaret Cho's Skits
One instance in which Cho was supposed to be on the show was on David Bowie's episode. "The night before, I had come to his show wearing this giant Chinese emperor outfit. He was really thrilled about it and he talked at length about it. And she cut it out of the show, which made me so mad,” Cho said.
"The producer, who is a really good friend of mine, had to call me and tell me, 'I can't believe she did this, she cut it out of the show. But you need to know, that he was going on and on about your outfit. He loves you. God said your name,'" she continued. "I don't know if it was personal, maybe it was for time,” Cho added. "But still, I'm going to take it personally just because I decided to."