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The talk show host is being called "a scab" after crossing picket lines to tape her show on Tuesday. (AP Images)

On the episode that will air today, Ellen Degeneres told her audience, "There's a writers' strike going on, and here in Los Angeles, it's a huge story.

"I want to say I love my writers. I love them. In honor of them today, I'm not going to do a monologue. I support them and hope that they get everything they're asking for. And I hope it works out soon. In the meantime, people have traveled across the country. They've made plans. They're here. I want to do everything I can to make your trip enjoyable and give you a show."

However, Page Six cites that one former Ellen writer has spoken up in his blog, saying the daytime comic treated her writers "like shit."

"We'd watch her in rehearsals, smiling and winning us over with her charm and comic timing. Then the director would yell cut, her face would fall, and she'd level a glare at the writers. 'Why do you keep writing these unfunny jokes?' she'd hiss."

"Does Ellen love her writers? She loved one, insisted he be hired. Then he gave her some jokes she didn't like and she apparently wanted him gone. But now he was under contract and had to be a lame duck until his contract ran out. But he was a hack anyway — all he did after leaving was create The Osbournes.

"Does Ellen love her writers? She frequently eviscerated the head writer and reportedly boasted of the changes she'd make in Season 2, starting with his firing. But he was a hack anyway — all he did after leaving was create Arrested Development and win two Emmies for writing, another for Best Comedy."