Ellen picks up fourth Daytime Emmy
Sunday, 22 Jun 2008 09:48
Ellen DeGeneres wins her fourth Daytime Emmy
Ellen DeGeneres has won her fourth Daytime Emmy in a row for best talk show host.
The presenter beat Regis Philbin, Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg to the prize and claimed she had no plans to copy Oprah Winfrey's decision to withdraw from the awards.
"Oprah has made so many bad choices. Look at her career," DeGeneres joked.
"I'm not going to take my name out."
The 50-year-old chat show host also confirmed that she and her long-term partner Portia de Rossi had set a date for their wedding. after the decision to lift the ban on same-sex marriage in California.
"I obviously feel like it's long overdue," she said.
"I think someday people will look back on this like women not having the right to vote, and segregation, and anything else that seems ridiculous that we didn't have all the same rights.
"Planning a wedding is very stressful. It's crazy. My gardener is now invited."
Other winners at the Hollywood ceremony included Rachael Ray for best talk show, Regis Philbin was awarded a lifetime achievement award and Tyra Banks won best informative talk show.