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Ellen Degeneres: “I didn’t ever think I was going to come out”

Ellen Degeneres: “I didn’t ever think I was going to come out”

In 1997, Ellen Degeneres became an unintentional activist when she announced she was gay.

The decision, Ellen admits in this new clip for Oprah’s Master Class series, was one she never thought she’d make.

“I certainly didn’t ever that I was going to come out,” she says. “Period. And I didn’t think I’d be coming out on a show, ever.”

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