Ellen has been a longtime role model of mine so I was disappointed when I saw this segment reported by Yahoo! TV:
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| Titi Pierce and Ellen DeGeneres. Pierce's first name is pronounced "Tee-Tee" in her native Nigeria & means "Flower". |
The comments section under the video are, per usual on social media, appallingly ignorant and judgmental. Unless you have ever been made the butt of a national joke it's difficult to judge how Pierce "should have" reacted. Private citizens have expectations of privacy and a right to it. Airing Pierce's telephone number twice is not acceptable. Continuing to humiliate the victim by leaving the clip online is not acceptable.
Frankly, I'm disappointed in Ellen. And I hope Warner Brothers has to pay Ms. Pierce a LOT of money.
