evidence: Ellen DeGeneres is not dead, despite the efforts of the #RIPEllen hashtag. [...] While a majority of the #RIPEllen posts featured "lookalike" celebs or jokes, others fed into a debunked conspiracy theory that DeGeneres has been wearing an ankle monitor because she is on house arrest and involved with child sex-trafficking rings. DeGeneres has been the subject of more authentic scrutiny, however. Back in March, writer and podcaster Kevin T. Porter solicited stories about DeGeneres, who he said is "notoriously one of the meanest people alive." The thread included stories from people who allegedly worked with her, as well as secondhand accounts. In April, Variety reported that members of DeGeneres’ stage crew weren’t informed about pay or work schedule after the show was moved to her home studio during the COVID-19 lockdown. That same month, she also saw backlash for comparing her mansion quarantine to "being in jail."