Ellen said people had 'forgotten it's OK that we're all different,' and refused to avoid being friends with people who had different views to her.
Ellen DeGeneres has defended her decision to sit and laugh with former President George W. Bush at a football game on Sunday after images of the two together sparked anger on social media.said people had"forgotten it's OK that we're all different," and refused to avoid being friends with people who had different views to her.
DeGeneres also said her time with Bush at the Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers game on Sunday was"so fun" and described the former president as a friend in an effort to pour cold water on Twitter outrage. Several widely-shared comments about DeGeneres' chumminess with Bush focused on the Bush-led invasion of Iraq and the thousands of civilian deaths that resulted.clip shared on Twitter today, DeGeneres said she and her partner Portia de Rossi were invited to watch the Cowboys-Packers game by Charlotte Jones, the daughter of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
"When we were invited, I knew that I was going to be surrounded with people from very different views and beliefs," DeGeneres said."I'm not talking about politics. I was rooting for the Packers, and get this, everybody in the Cowboys' suite was rooting for the Cowboys." The host went on to joke that she secretly cheered every time the Packers scored and"every time another whistleblower came forward," before addressing the flak she received for sitting next to Bush.
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