'They just disappeared': Charlie Puth claims Ellen DeGeneres’ label 'ghosted' him
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA: American singer-songwriter, Charlie Puth asserts that the record label owned by Ellen DeGeneres, who is known for her work as a comedian and TV show host, "ghosted" him. The 30 years old singer spoke about his own experience working with the record label that is distributed by Interscope Geffen A&M Records after another songwriter, Greyson Chance said that the "opportunistic" comedian "completely abandoned" him.
During the most recent episode of Rolling Stone 'Music Now', Puth, who was a member of the fleeting record company after being signed to it in 2011, shared his thoughts, saying, “We both have different experiences, me versus Greyson. But I do agree with him that no one was present, certainly, after the creation of my first demo EP."
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He added, “Not putting any blame on one person, but from a collective … all the people that were in that room, they just disappeared. I didn’t hear from anybody.” Puth specified that he had never directly expressed any of these sentiments with DeGeneres and noted that he didn't see an issue with her allegedly "toxic" nature. “People describe Ellen as rude. I’ve never experienced that. Maybe she likes me," the 'One Call Away' singer made this statement in response to claims that 64 years old DeGeneres, is "manipulative" behind the scenes of her daytime talk show and that it was a toxic workplace.
Puth's interview came shortly after Greyson Chance claimed to Rolling Stone that he’s “never met someone more manipulative, more self-centered and more blatantly opportunistic” than the "talk show" host. Although the sources close to DeGeneres' crew told the site that they "don't recall" anything like this ever occurring with Puth.
The 25-years-old 'Shut Up' musician made his first appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' in May 2010, shortly after a video of him singing Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi' in front of his classmates went popular on the internet. Chance, who was just 12 years old at the time, claims that when Ellen DeGeneres signed him as the first performer for her record label and promised him, "I'm going to protect you. I’m going to be here for you. We are going to do this together." She provided him with financial assistance in the amount of ten thousand dollars, a brand-new piano, and connections with prominent managers, agents, and others as well. But Chance told Rolling Stone that DeGeneres became "domineering" and "too controlling" of his career, dictating everything from his wardrobe to the musicians he should model himself after. “My whole week, my whole month, my whole year could change [with] one text message from her. That was horrible,” he claimed. “She would come in and look at a rack, yell at stylists, berate people in front of me and say, ‘This is what you’re wearing on the show.’ She was just degrading to people.” He continued, “If she had an opinion of any sort, the whole thing changed.”