Ellen DeGeneres has sparked fierce backlash after a particularly tone deaf joke during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres makes tasteless quarantine-jail joke in now deleted video The so-called funny woman was slammed online after she compared self-isolation in her multi-million dollar LA mansion to “being in jail”.
The 62-year-old – who has been forced to halt production on her studio-based show in order to comply with COVID-19 safety measures - made the ill-timed joke whilst broadcasting her show from home. “One thing that I’ve learned from being in quarantine is that people - this is like being in jail, is what it is,” she said. “It’s mostly because I’ve been wearing the same clothes for 10 days and everyone in here