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Published 19:46 IST, October 17th 2019

Ellen DeGeneres gifted a Gold Stroller to the Trump family: Reports

An article by an international media, posted in 2006 which said that the talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres had gifted a gold stroller to Donald and Melania Trump

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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The talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres, has recently made it to the news after a picture surfaced on social media, showing the former President, George W Bush and DeGeneres enjoying a game. Rafael, a Twitter user and also a critic of DeGeneres, found an article by an international media, posted in 2006 which said that the talk show host had gifted a gold stroller along with a chandelier to now President of United States, Donald Trump and First Lady, Melania Trump on the arrival of their baby, Barron William Trump. According to the previous reports, DeGeneres had gifted the set of two golden things, and the stroller even made the First Lady laugh. 

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Friends?

The 61-year-old host and comedian, has been a tough critic of President Trump's policies and has also made many references on the monologues of her show. However, Rafael's recent tweet has drawn attention to the controversial friendships that DeGeneres might have shared in the past. After the DeGeneres and Bush were spotted at a game, people of the internet could not keep calm to point out the celebrity who endorses 'kindness'. Later, te talk show host addressed the issue on her show and said that “I am friends with a lot of people”. 

Ellen further said, "People were upset, they thought why is a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a Conservative Republican President? Here is the thing, I am friends with George W. Bush and I am friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have. We are all different and I think that we've forgotten that, that's okay." 

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 Read - Ellen On Meeting George W Bush: 'I Am Friends With A Lot Of People'

Mark Ruffalo called out Degeneres

Actor Mark Ruffalo recently weighed in on the internet debate about DeGeneres being friends with the former Republican US president George W Bush. In a tweet, Ruffalo claims that one cannot talk about kindness until George Bush is brought to justice for the crimes of the Iraq War. However, many netizens did not support him. One follower replied to the comment saying, “You could hold every President responsible for war crimes.” 

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18:42 IST, October 17th 2019