ABC/WBIt's been exactly one week since Bruce Jenner revealed that he is transitioning into a woman, and some of Hollywood's biggest names are praising the former Olympian for his courageous Diane Sawyer interview.
(At this time, Jenner has not chosen to publicly identify as a woman and so E! News will continue to refer to him as Bruce and use male pronouns, until he indicates otherwise.)
One of the latest celebs to applaud Jenner's sit-down is Ellen DeGeneres, who is no stranger to addressing a sensitive topic in the public eye after coming out as gay in 1997, and the talk show host addressed the information, along with the reception of it, in her usual wonderful way.
"I think what he did was incredibly brave. I think that was amazing. I took a lot of courage to do that, I would never risk having all that camera equipment near my furniture…it was an amazing interview," she began.
Ellen continued, even pointing out those who chose to make jokes at Bruce's expense.
"It's very hard to reveal what you've been hiding, and I know there have been a lot of jokes and I think when people feel uncomfortable and they don't understand something, that's how they deal with it, they make jokes," DeGeneres explained.
"It's very childish and I think those people are poo-poo heads. I do." LOL! Of course, she went there.
"But you know something, even if you don't understand it, and I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't understand it, you have to admire someone who's willing to risk ridicule and tell the truth. It's so much easier living your life keeping a secret because we all wanna fit in."
She concluded on a simple note, "Let's face it: the world would be a nicer place if we focused on what we had in common instead of what makes us different because we all want the same thing—we want love, we want acceptance and we want the new Apple watch. That's all we want.
"I hope we can all learn to coexist and stop judging each other, I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, less judging, more dancing."
Yes, Ellen! Yes.