'Television influenced everything that I am today.' Ellen DeGeneres (TheEllenShow) discussed the power of television while accepting the Carol Burnett Award at the GoldenGIobes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association named the three-time Golden Globe nominee as the second recipient to be honored with the award, following Burnett at the 2019 ceremony. The award is presented to "an honoree who has made outstanding contributions to the television medium on or off the screen" and is the television equivalent of the Globes' film-centric Cecil B. DeMille Award .
DeGeneres took the stage following a montage that showcased career highlights and philanthropic endeavors. She began her speech by addressing the fires in Australia and thanked McKinnon for presenting the award to her. DeGeneres then shared her origin story, which began on a rainy day in New Orleans with her birth and her parents driving her home in what she is pretty sure was a Buick. "Before I knew it I had a successful sitcom, and I came out, and then I lost that sitcom, and then I got another sitcom, then I lost that sitcom, too," she recapped.
The comedian then reflected on Burnett's influence on her own life. "I felt like I knew her. I felt like she showed us who she was every week. She was larger than life. We counted on her to make us feel good and she delivered every single week," she said.
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