LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres says she'll be ready to talk when her daytime show returns this month after a staff shake-up prompted by allegations of a toxic workplace.

"I can't wait to get back to work and back to our studio. And, yes, we're gonna talk about it," DeGeneres said in a statement announcing the show's Sept. 21 start of its 18th season.

Tiffany Haddish will join DeGeneres for the kick-off episode, with "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to be taped at Warner Bros. minus an in-studio audience, which is commonplace during the pandemic.

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