Harvey defends pal DeGeneres
Steve Harvey has defended Ellen DeGeneres, insisting she doesn't have any “racist tendency.” DeGeneres been at the centre of a scandal since a BuzzFeed report in July detailed staffers' negative experiences on the set of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, including claims of being penalized for taking medical leave, instances of racial microaggressions and fear of retribution for raising complaints. But many of her famous friends, including Kevin Hart and Katy Perry, have defended her, and Harvey joined them speaking to People TV on Thursday. DeGeneres is “one of the coolest and kindest people I've met in this business,” he said, and she “has no control over what every staff member does.” He added: “I'm a 63-year-old Black man. I've been Black the entire time. I ain't took no days off. I ain't experimented with nothing else. I ain't got nothing else going. I've been a Black dude my whole life. I know racism. If I have a conversation with you, I know if you got racist tendency somewhere in you, because it radiates. I can feel it. I've been around a long time, man. That's not Ellen DeGeneres. That's just not her, period.”