Damage Control? Ellen DeGeneres Appears on ‘Bethenny’ To Declare She’s Not ‘Distancing’ Herself From Ratings-Starved Talk Show

Oct. 16 2013, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
Trouble in the talk show world? Bethenny Frankel’s struggling television show is bringing out the big guns on Wednesday with her good friend Ellen DeGeneres to shoot down Breaking Celebrity News’s exclusive report about their fractured relationship, but she doesn’t actually address our scoop on the show.
Ellen appears via satellite from Los Angeles in Bethenny’s New York studio and tries to set the record straight about their business partnership and friendship.
“Let me say this because I only hear about this stuff I don't really pay attention to what's in the press but I did hear that there was a story that I was distancing myself from you and from the show and I wanted my name off of the show and I think people think, as Andy Cohen said on your show the other day, that there is always a tiny bit of truth to any rumor that you read,” Ellen started explaining to the audience.
“There is absolutely not one crumb of truth in that at all. I am not distancing myself from your show, I love you. I am so proud of you. I am proud to have my name on it and I think that you are amazing and we are friends.”
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However, what Breaking Celebrity News previously reported was that Bethenny was angry with Ellen’s lack of support when it came to helping her book gue