A former bodyguard for Ellen DeGeneres said in an interview on Friday that he had a "kind of demeaning" experience with the host.
Speaking to Fox News, Tom Majercak disclosed that he was hired to protect DeGeneres and her mother and wife, Portia de Rossi, for the night of the 2014 Oscars, but that DeGeneres was rather cold.
"I'm holding their hands and walking them through individuals and large groups of people," he told the publication. "Ellen is the one person that I've been assigned to — and I've been assigned to quite a few celebrities — that has never taken the time to say hi to me."
Watch Ellen’s emotional message to celebrate life every day:Majercak did say that while actress Portia was "very pleasant and carried on a conversation", his experience with the famed talk show host was "kind of demeaning".
"Ellen pretty much just gave me a side glance out of her eye and didn't even say 'hello,' or 'thank you for protecting my mother, my wife, and me,'" he claimed.
This comes after beauty blogger NikkiTutorials spoke about being interviewed by Ellen, as rumours continue to swirl regarding her frosty persona.
In two revealing interviews, the YouTuber NikkieTutorials, also known as Nikkie De Jager, slammed DeGeneres, describing her as “distant and cold”, and detailing her experience on The Ellen Show.
“Call me naive, but I kind of expected to be welcomed with confetti cannons: ‘Welcome to The Ellen DeGeneres Show!’ But instead, I was greeted by an angry intern who was a bit overworked,” the 26-year-old makeup artist said in a translated version of an interview with Dutch publication & C. ''I was expecting a Disney show, but got Teletubbies after dark.''
Watch Nikkie on Ellen below:Nikkie went on to speak about how she was forbidden from using the nearest bathroom, which was apparently reserved for a bigger celebrity that was due to go on next. Instead, she was told to use the public bathroom.
“I was not allowed to use the nearest toilet, because it was reserved for the Jonas Brothers. Why do they get a private toilet, I thought,” she explained.