Ellen DeGeneres to end daytime talk show, signing off in 2022

‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ is coming to an end.The 63-year-old daytime television host privately discussedher decision to sign off with ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ .According to DeGeneres,the show’s 19 seasonshave been “fun,” but it's “just not a challenge anymore” .I’m a creative person, and when you’rea creative person you constantly needto be challenged … And as great as thisshow is, and as fun as it is, it’s just nota challenge anymore. I need somethingnew to challenge me, Ellen DeGeneres, to 'The Hollywood Reporter'.She also revealed thather decision to end theshow was actually severalyears in the making.I was going to stop after season 16. That wasgoing to be my last season … we [settled] onthree more years and I knew that would bemy last. That’s been the plan all along, Ellen DeGeneres, to 'The Hollywood Reporter'.Although she’s not surewhat’s next, DeGeneres doesknow that her first challengeis to “sit still for a minute” .I don’t know how long I’ll be able to do thatbecause I’m like a Ferrari in neutral. I’mconstantly needing to go. So, that’s my firstchallenge and then I’m going to figure it out, Ellen DeGeneres, to 'The Hollywood Reporter'