Ellen DeGeneres is using her platform to speak out about the injustice amidst recurring global demonstrations following the death of George Floyd. The talk show host took to social media with a psychological message for her followers on Monday.
“I have been uploading my thoughts and my stance on this; however I haven’t spoken straight since I do not know what to say,” DeGeneres confessed in her video clip. “I am so unfortunate, and I am so upset, and I recognize I’m not most likely to say the best thing… I know that there are going to be a lot of people that are going to remain in dispute with what I state. However, I have a platform, and I have a voice, and I have always meant equality.”
” I have constantly wanted to be the voice for people that feel like they don’t have a voice because I know what that seems like,” she continued. “I’m so sorry that it’s come to this. I don’t know what to say other than this has gone on way, way, way too long.”
“Individuals have gotten away with murder, which’s what is taking place. So, we have gotta see fairness, and we have got to see justice for all because now, this is not a fair world. Not,” DeGeneres continued, asking her followers to do something about it: “Authorize a request. Contribute. Get informed. Make a phone call. Do it all from the link in my biography.”
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“We have a long way to go even to get close to being reasonable,” she ended. “If you do not know this after that, you have never felt like you weren’t heard or you weren’t equal. But if you’ve ever before felt that, multiply it and see what’s occurring … Let’s send a whole lot of love out there and look for some peace and some communication in this…”
DeGeneres joins Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Adele, George Clooney, and numerous other celebrities in asking for justice following Floyd’s fatality.