Ellen DeGeneres has a lot to celebrate right **w, as this week marks the
20th Anniversary of the
Coming out
Episode on her sitcom
Ellen. In a hilarious and touching speech to her audience on Friday, the host talked about her controversial decision to come out as gay on national television. "This was before Facebook, so if you wanted to an**unce something, it was the only way . . . you had to get a sitcom," she joked. "I thought this was important to celebrate the
Anniversary to remember what it was like back then and appreciate how far we have come." She then sat down with
Oprah Winfrey and her former
Ellen costar, Laura Dern, who remembered just how special the moment was when
Ellen said the words "I'm gay" out loud for the first time.
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