Ellen Degeneres reveals she’s been diagnosed with Osteoporosis, OCD, and ADHD.The former talk show host, 66, shared an update on her health in her new Netflix comedy special, For Your Approval. “I don’t even know how I’m standing up right now.
I’m like a human sandcastle. I could disintegrate in the shower,” the comedian confessed. She added: “It’s hard to be honest about aging and seem cool." In addition to osteoporosis, Ellen also opened up on learning she had arthritis. “I had excruciating pain one day and I thought I tore a ligament or something and I got an MRI and they said, ‘No, it's just arthritis'". “I said, ‘How did I get that?’ And he said, ‘Oh it just happens at your age.'” In the TV special, the star also reveals that she found it "devastating" to be branded "mean".The comedian's long-running daytime talk show came under fire in 2020 over allegations of a toxic workplace and while she used to "care what people think" of her as a way to calculate her success, she's given up worrying about the opinions of others after allowing the negative labels to "consume" her.
Ellen said: “When you’re a public figure, you’re open to everyone’s interpretation. And I’m sure you’ve heard the saying that, ‘What other people think of me is none of my business.’ "Because people will say all kinds of things and you have no control over that.
But you know the truth and that’s all that matters. “I’ve spent an entire lifetime trying to make people happy and I’ve cared far too much what other people think of me... “If they like you, you’re in, and if they don’t, you’re out.