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10:10 pm, February 7th, 2012
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On Wednesday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” the talk show host will respond to demands that she be fired as JC Penney’s spokeswoman because she’s gay.
Last week, the family values group OneMillionMoms.com urged the retailer to cut ties with DeGeneres, a request JC Penney has rejected.
On her show, DeGeneres also fires back, saying, “Normally I try not to pay attention to my haters – but this time I’d like to talk about it because my haters are my motivators.”
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“I’m proud and happy to say that JC Penney stuck by their decision to make me their spokesperson,” she adds. “Which is great news for me because I also need some new crew socks. I’m really going to clean up with this discount.”
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DeGeneres explained that while she usually doesn’t “talk about stuff like this” on her weekday show, she wanted “to thank everyone who is supporting me.”
The former sitcom star, who famously came out of the closet in 1997, also revealed some of the values she believes in.
“If you’re just watching maybe for the first time or you’re just getting to know me, I want to be clear. Here are the values I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you’d want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values,” DeGeneres says.
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For DeGeneres’ full response, tune in to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” tomorrow.
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