celeb news Ellen DeGeneres reveals triple diagnosis: 'I could disintegrate in the shower'

[midnightdawn]

Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she has been diagnosed with osteoporosis, OCD and ADHD.

The Emmy winner, 66, shared the news about her health while discussing aging in her new and last comedy special, "For Your Approval," which dropped on Netflix Tuesday.

DeGeneres said she only received the diagnoses after she left her long-running daytime talk show following a spate of allegations surfaced in 2020, accusing the comedian of running a toxic workplace.

The star learned she has "full on osteoporosis" — a disease that causes bones to become weak and more likely to fracture — after she took a "stupid bone density test."

"I don't even know how I'm standing up right now," DeGeneres joked. "I'm like a human sandcastle. I could disintegrate in the shower." 

 

In case the osteoporosis wasn't bad enough, she said she was also diagnosed with 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,'" the stand-up added.

"It's hard to be honest about aging and seem cool," she confessed.

 

As for her obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), DeGeneres revealed she was diagnosed with those conditions when she was in therapy following the claims she created a work environment on her talk show that bred "racism, fear and intimidation." 

"I was in therapy for a while trying to deal with all the hatred that was coming at me," she shared. "And you know, it was not a common situation for a therapist to deal with."

She continued, "I may have OCD because a therapist said so and I said, 'Yes I am very organized,' because I thought that was the O. I didn't know what OCD was."

"I was raised in a religion, Christian Science, that doesn't acknowledge diseases or disorders," she explained. "So when I was growing up, nobody talked about anything. There was no discussion of anything."

"I look back now and I realize my dad for sure had OCD," she shared. "He would check the doorknob 15 times before we'd leave, he'd check the faucet 15 times, he would unplug all the appliances before we left the house because lightning could strike and it could catch fire. They say it could be hereditary."

 

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[Tylerbv]

I'm sorry she has these things, but OCD and arthritis don't give you the right to mistreat workers for years.

[xxxlamb]

Girl shut up

[Joyride]

eh. gonna be harsh here but I'm sure she knows she's had these diseases for years, there's no way these diagnoses flew over an entire team of doctors.

[xxxlamb]

2 minutes ago, Tylerbv said:

I'm sorry she has these things, but OCD and arthritis don't give you the right to mistreat workers for years.

Right or have pedophilic  artwork in her house...

[Pavement Princess]

Period.

 

 

[Smarticle]

Sounds like she's trying to get sympathy and payola for having these diagnoses

 

I'm singing in the 

 

 

while she disintegrates

[YourFavoriteWeapon]

8 minutes ago, xxxlamb said:

Right or have pedophilic  artwork in her house...

I agree, I would not be shocked if it turned out she was involved in some corrupt pedophilic abusive sex **** like Diddy. Jamie Lee Curtis has similar artwork in her house too that gives John Podesta tease (and given that she supported a rapist like Johnny Depp I wouldn't put it past her either) 

 

 

Edited September 28 by YourFavoriteWeapon

[feelslikeadream]

[BrokenMachine]

20 minutes ago, midnightdawn said:

How did I get that?' And he said, 'Oh it just happens at your age,'

[Genie in a Bottle]

I was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD two years ago and last I checked I was never a raging abusive bytch

Edited September 28 by Genie in a Bottle

[Rocket]

[Rush]

Disintegrate? As in turned into gas?

[Ryan]

Okay. And I had salmon for dinner. 

[HASHTAGPOW]

[Sazare]

Well at least she hasn't lost her touch as a comedienne, I screamed a bit when I read ADHD

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

Well, someone run the shower 

[getBusy]

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 'I could disintegrate in the shower'

[Gottasadae]

[grAntVRIL]

karma

[Jack!]

I'm sorry to be callous, but... there's just nothing in this reading authentic. I get she's a comic maybe trying to bring light to a dark situation and that chronic disease is very real and very serious, but despite your fall from grace, you still have a lot of money and access to some of the best medicine to help treat these pain diseases. Having osteoporosis and arthritis doesn't mean you're "like a sandcastle". I don't envy the pain that comes with both of these diseases don't get me wrong, but modern medicine allows you to live as fruitfully as possible and sometimes I find when people with notoriety speak of what they're dealing with they forget there's a plethora of people dealing with the same conditions who aren't as lucky.

 

Also I don't believe a woman in her 60's didn't know what OCD was.

[gab00]

Clap if u care 

[SoldierofLove]

1 hour ago, midnightdawn said:

"I don't even know how I'm standing up right now," DeGeneres joked. "I'm like a human sandcastle. I could disintegrate in the shower." 

[Onyxmage]

I wonder how many of her workers she was cruel to had certain mental and health issues and she didnt care?

[Katamari]

Sure Jan