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Ellen DeGeneres Speaks Out Against George Bush Photo Criticism | THR News
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Ellen DeGeneres received backlash on social media after sitting next to former President George Bush at Sunday's Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers. She now has responded to the criticism.
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It may not seem like a big deal for a celebrity to attend a football game, but I never
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leave my house, so it is a big deal."
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Ellen DeGeneres is speaking out against backlash the host received for sitting next to
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former President George W. Bush at Sunday's NFL matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and
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Green Bay Packers. Social media was quick to criticize the host and her wife Portia
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DeRossi after pictures revealed the two socializing with the former president and
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former first lady Laura Bush at Cowboy Stadium. Many pointed out Bush's conservative
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politics that were anti-LGBTQ as well as the countless deaths from the wars under his
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administration and suggested the host was helping to rehabilitate his image.
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DeGeneres addressed the social media backlash on a taping of Ellen, which airs Tuesday,
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saying that she is in fact friends with George W. Bush. The host first explained the
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lead-up to the event, saying that she was invited to the game by Charlotte Jones,
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daughter of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and noted that she was well aware that they would
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be surrounded by people with different views and beliefs.
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People were upset. They thought, why is a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a
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conservative Republican president?
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Ellen then pulled up one positive tweet that read,
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Ellen and George Bush together makes me have faith in America again.
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Ellen then echoed that same sentiment.
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Here's the thing, I'm friends with George Bush. In fact, I'm friends with a lot of
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people who don't share the same beliefs that I have. We're all different and I think
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that we've forgotten that that's okay that we're all different.
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For more on this story, head to THR.com. And until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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I'm Neha Joy.
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