Since the announcement that Ellen would be a new spokesperson for JCPenney, there’s been an outpouring of support. There have also been a handful of critics. Ellen addressed them head-on in her monologue.
“If you don’t know me very well, if you’re just watching maybe for the first time or you’re just getting to know me I want to be clear, and here are the values that I stand for. I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated, and helping those in need. To me those are traditional values, that’s what I stand for.”
