At The 2014 Oscar 2014 - Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres has been labelled a ''transphobic'' after she made a joke about Liza Minnelli at the Oscar Awards on Sunday.
Ellen DeGeneres has been branded a ''transphobic'' once she made a joke at the Oscar Awards on Sunday (02.03.fourteen).
The talk show host - who is overtly gay - has been criticised by fans after she joked that Liza Minnelli looked sort of a drag queen at the glamorous event, held in Los Angeles, at the weekend.
Ellen, who was hosting the awards, said to Liza at the ceremony: ''Hello to the most effective Liza Minnelli impersonator I've ever seen'', before adding, ''Good job, sir.''
Viewers took to Twitter afterwards to hit out at Ellen for her remark.
Bruce LaBruce wrote: ''I didn't appreciate Ellen's mean joke regarding Liza. I found it transphobic and disrespectful. (sic)''.
While Greastzok tweeted: ''are we have a tendency to going to address the very fact that ellen blatantly called liza minelli a person you'd think she would recognize better im very disappointed.
''i literally just sat there in disbelief when she said that i used to be like did she truly just say that (sic)''.
The talk show host - who is overtly gay - has been criticised by fans after she joked that Liza Minnelli looked sort of a drag queen at the glamorous event, held in Los Angeles, at the weekend.
Ellen, who was hosting the awards, said to Liza at the ceremony: ''Hello to the most effective Liza Minnelli impersonator I've ever seen'', before adding, ''Good job, sir.''
Viewers took to Twitter afterwards to hit out at Ellen for her remark.
Bruce LaBruce wrote: ''I didn't appreciate Ellen's mean joke regarding Liza. I found it transphobic and disrespectful. (sic)''.
While Greastzok tweeted: ''are we have a tendency to going to address the very fact that ellen blatantly called liza minelli a person you'd think she would recognize better im very disappointed.
''i literally just sat there in disbelief when she said that i used to be like did she truly just say that (sic)''.
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