Ellen DeGeneres films final talk show episode

Ellen DeGeneres is set to bid farewell to her long-running talk show, as she recently recorded its final episode. 

Taking to social media, the celebrated television host posted a photo of herself on the set of the show, with a heart-touching message. 

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"Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show which airs on May 26th," her caption read.

"When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn't exist,' she said. 'Social Media didn't exist."

"We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not," DeGeneres recalled.

The famed host further went on to share that amidst the major changes taken into the world, "[her] goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour."

"Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy," she added before expressing gratitude towards viewers, writing, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." 

In 2020, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" was under internal investigation by WarnerMedia following a series of allegations of racism, workplace intimidation, and other mistreatment made by employees of the popular talk show.