She simply stated that DeGeneres wasn’t telling the truth about not being invited, and was bolstered by someone who works on the Ellen show. To be clear, Johnson didn’t bring up DeGeneres’s “thing” in Texas. The October 6 appearance caused an online backlash because of DeGeneres’s apparent willingness to be friendly with a former president whose administration supported anti-LGBTQ policies (DeGeneres is gay) and failed to act in the face of Hurricane Katrina (DeGeneres was born in Louisiana). It was attended by a celebrity flock that included the likes of Miley Cyrus, Coldplay frontman (and Johnson’s boyfriend) Chris Martin, Goop empress Gwyneth Paltrow, and comedian Tig Notaro.ĭeGeneres’s whereabouts on October 5 are not publicly known, but she was spotted in Texas the next day, sitting beside George W. The party, according to E Online, was indeed in Malibu, on October 5 (Johnson’s birthday is October 4). was probably in Malibu, that’s too far for me to go to.” “Why didn’t I go?” DeGeneres asked out loud, admitting defeat and joking. DeGeneres had been out of town and couldn’t be there, said a woman wearing a headset. Finally, off-camera, someone affiliated with the show confirmed that Johnson was right.