Date 27/04/2017 - News People
It?s been 20 years since Ellen Morgan, the former TV alter ego of Ellen DeGeneres, said the famous line ?I?m gay,? to the people waiting to depart on flight 316 to Pittsburgh. It was an episode of Ellen we now remember as a groundbreaking risk with a lasting impact on TV diversity. DeGeneres says, ?I didn't really realize the impact of it at the time. People would tell me there were parties all over the country. It was like the Super Bowl."
