Ellen DeGeneres’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Caps Tough Year for Daytime Host

Ellen DeGeneres has COVID-19. The 62-year-old talk show host wrote that she is “feeling fine right now” and is quarantining at home. Following the announcement, producers of “The Ellen Show” said production will pause until January. They will be airing reruns until DeGeneres is able to return to work. DeGeneres tapes her show in Burbank, California and social distancing is practiced on set. “Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified,” DeGeneres wrote.