Adam Carolla claimed that he witnessed Ellen DeGeneres' employees being "really scared" on her talk show set and sensed the tension. "Ellen has always been a mean person," Carolla, 61, alleged during his Tuesday, July 29, appearance on the "After Party with Emily Dashinsky" podcast. The comedian, who appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2012, recalled knowing the staff was "scared" because of how they prepped him for his interview. "I was just sitting in my dressing room and their segment producer came in, and he went, 'All right, so we went over all the stuff we're going to talk about.