The latest controversy surrounding American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and former US President George W Bush has Hollywood divided.
It all began when DeGeneres was spotted watching an NFL game in Dallas with Bush and his wife.
Laura & George Bush sitting with Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi is not something I expected to see at an NFL game pic.twitter.com/AbWbhXd3RC
— Paid man gets bored (@cjzero) October 6, 2019
When the talk show host came under fire for hanging out with a former US president, under whose watch terrible human rights violations were committed in Iraq, she defended Bush.
On her show, she said, “Here is the thing. I am friends with George Bush, in fact, I am friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have.”
She added that when she says be kind to one another, “I don’t mean people that think the same way as you do.”
Many felt that her defense downplayed the severity of the crimes committed during the Bush tenure, such as launching a war on Iraq.
Hollywood celebs were quick to back their favourite host, including Reese Witherspoon, Kristen Bell and Gwen Stefani.
