Compare And Contrast El Degeneeneres And Oprah Winfrey

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In today’s society, two influential individuals have taking over the television spot as daytime talk show host. At the same time, they became the most powerful and inspiring women of our generation. Pioneering women in the entertainment business, as they gained a massive fan base following through their show and social media interactions; therefore, helping inspire more women to step into the career of entertainment. These two individuals are Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey, whom at first show a variety of similarities with one another but are in fact completely different when they are further investigated. For example, Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey show the majority of contrast in the way they grew up, their own personalities and talk …show more content…
To start, Ellen DeGeneres is shown to have an upbeat personality and be extremely enthusiastic, not only on stage on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, but also offstage as well. Throughout the show, she dances and uplifts the audience to do the same; therefore, allowing the audience to connect with her in a personal way. Thus, appealing to the younger side of the audience range. At the same time, pulling pranks on her guest and joking around with them to lighten the mood. Ellen DeGeneres also embraces her homosexuality and is fully engaged with the LBGT community. On the other side of the spectrum, Oprah Winfrey has an entirely different personality on and off stage on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah has a laid back personality, and conducts her day talk show host with the up-most style of etiquette; therefore, appealing to an older and mature audience. Showing class as she conducts her talk show with the guest that are brought on. Thus showing the contrast between Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey personality, and the way they conduct their shows are incredibly …show more content…
Ellen DeGeneres has an estimated net worth of $345 million dollars, and as of 2016 has an average annual salary of $70 million. In 2013, Ellen bought and restored a mansion worth $26.5 million at the time. Also, owns a Porsche Turbo S worth approximately worth $160,000 that she drives regularly. So, it is no secret that Ellen is very wealthy, and it one of the richest open lesbian talk show personalities in today’s society. At the same time, she very humble and contributes thousands of her earnings to charity throughout the years. It is a clear difference that Oprah Winfrey tops Ellen over being wealthy, because her net worth is approximate $2.8 billion dollars as of 2016, and has a $50 million dollar mansion in Montecito, California. Also, has an average income salary per year of $350 million dollars, and own a $47 million dollar private jet. Then during one of her talk show host she gave all her audience a brand new car and exclaimed, “You get a car, and you get a car!” Oprah Winfrey is notable an extremely humble talk show personality, because she gave around $400 million dollars in total to charity, and opened a school for girls in South Africa by spending $100 million dollars on the project. Contrastingly, it proves that Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey have contrastingly different amounts of wealth that they have accumulated within their

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