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Ellen DeGeneres Shares How Her Former Girlfriend's Tragic Death Inspired Her Career

CLIP03/14/18

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Ellen DeGeneres took her broken heart and made it into art – and the rest is history. The host and comedian shared on Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast how channeling her grief over a former girlfriend's sudden death gave her the inspiration that jump-started her comedy career.

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