Ellen DeGeneres surfaces with wife Portia de Rossi in Montecito... after announcing she is 'done' with showbiz once her Netflix special drops

Ellen DeGeneres surfaced successful Montecito connected Friday pinch her woman Portia de Rossi - a week aft announcing she is 'done' pinch showbiz erstwhile her Netflix typical drops.

The 66-year-old comedian is successful nan midst of her farewell circuit Ellen's Last Stand... Up, nan last shows of which will beryllium filmed for nan streaming service.

She past toured successful 2018, 4 years earlier her daytime talk show ended amid a blizzard of allegations astir its 'toxic' activity environment. 

This week she returned location to California in betwixt roadworthy gigs to soak up nan sun pinch Portia, whom she has been pinch for 20 years. 

Portia and Ellen could beryllium spotted joining their friends astatine an alfresco array astatine a section deli, catching a spot of shadiness nether nan umbrellas.

Ellen clove to her accustomed style, wearing a flowing short-sleeved button-down garment pinch a shot headdress and shielding her eyes from nan rays pinch a ample brace of shades.

Meanwhile Portia draped her willowy framework successful a fitted achromatic t-shirt, which she tucked into her greenish trousers to stress her trim waistline.

Ellen was enjoying her past off-day betwixt shows - she played 2 dates successful Dallas past play and will return nan shape Saturday astatine The Masonic successful San Francisco.

Onstage successful Santa Rosa this month, she discussed her exit from nan spotlight and joked that she will adjacent beryllium canceled for being 'old, cheery and mean', arsenic per SFGate.

When questioned if she mightiness return to fame sometime successful nan future, she firmly unopen down nan possibility. 

'This is nan past clip you're going to spot me. After my Netflix special, I'm done,' Ellen said of her upcoming one-hour show taping this fall. 

'Let maine drawback you up connected what's been going connected pinch maine since you past saw me,' Ellen told nan audience.

'I sewage chickens. Oh yeah, and I sewage kicked retired of show business for being mean.'

DeGeneres added: 'I utilized to say, "I don't attraction what group opportunity astir me." Now I recognize I said that during nan tallness of my popularity.'

The 34-time Emmy victor noted really nan first clip she was 'kicked retired of show business' it was for coming retired arsenic a lesbian successful 1997.

'Next time, I'll beryllium kicked retired for being old. Old, cheery and mean, nan triple crown,' Ellen - who said her volition was ne'er to wounded anyone - wisecracked.

'I tin beryllium demanding and impatient and tough. I americium a beardown woman. I americium galore things, but I americium not mean.'

DeGeneres famously voiced nan forgetful food Dory successful Pixar films Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016) arsenic good arsenic nan DVD typical characteristic Exploring nan Reef pinch Jean-Michel Cousteau (2003) - and 1 instrumentality begged her for another.

'No,' nan Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient dismissed. 'I'm going bye-bye, remember?'

DeGeneres' ungraded was sparked by a single tweet penned by comedian Kevin T. Porter successful March 2020 asking group for nan 'most insane stories you've heard astir Ellen being mean,' which amassed 2,600 replies.

Four months later, BuzzFeed News published an exposé featuring 1 existent and 10 erstwhile labor of nan Louisiana-born funnywoman's erstwhile self-titled daytime talk show alleging racism, workplace bullying, and intersexual harassment.

By August 2020, WarnerMedia had launched an soul investigation, Ellen had issued a general apology to her 255 employees, and executive producers Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman, and Jonathan Norman were each fired from nan show.

DeGeneres - who besides apologized to fans connected aerial - broadcast her last section of The Ellen DeGeneres Show connected May 26, 2022 aft 19 seasons.

She later branded it a 'coordinated misogynistic' onslaught connected her and she has mostly stayed retired of nan spotlight since nan talk show's finale aired connected May 26, 2022. 

Earlier this week Ellen chose not to reside her fans earlier softly canceling 4 scheduled shows successful Dallas, San Francisco, Seattle, and Chicago connected her 32-date comeback tour.

The comedian's cancellations came hours aft SF Gate homepage editor Gabe Lehman published his elaborate reappraisal of her show astatine nan Luther Burbank Center for nan Arts successful Santa Rosa, CA. 

'Unfortunately, nan Event Organizer has had to cancel your event,' Ticketmaster informed customers connected Wednesday.

'You don't request to do a thing. We'll rumor a refund to nan original method of costs utilized astatine clip of purchase, arsenic soon arsenic costs are received from nan Event Organizer.

'It should look connected your relationship wrong 14-21 days. Please Note: If nan tickets were transferred to you, nan refund will spell to nan instrumentality who primitively purchased nan tickets from Ticketmaster.'

Ellen is adjacent scheduled to execute connected Monday astatine nan Paramount Theatre successful Denver, CO.

Her drama typical is coming retired later this year. It will beryllium her 2nd Netflix special, pursuing 2018’s Relatable.