Ellen DeGeneres has apologized to staffers, hours after the sacking of three top producers of the Ellen DeGeneres Show for alleged racism, bullying, and sexual misconduct.
An internal investigation into complaints by Warner. Bros had revealed this.
“I’m hearing that some people felt that I wasn’t kind or too short with them, or too impatient,” the host said Monday during a video conference call, The People Magazine had reported.
DeGeneres’ second apology comes as three of The Ellen DeGeneres Show‘s top producers, Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman and Jonathan Norman, have parted ways with the show following an internal investigation by WarnerMedia, a Warner Bros. spokesperson confirms to PEOPLE.
In an emotional video conference with staff on Monday, DeGeneres told staff she “wasn’t perfect,” a source who was on the call tells PEOPLE.
“I’m a multi-layered person, and I try to be the best person I can be and I try to learn from my mistakes,” the host told staffers.
“I’m hearing that some people felt that I wasn’t kind or too short with them, or too impatient. I apologize to anybody if I’ve hurt your feelings in any way.”
During the video conference, “Ellen was emotional, she was emphatic about making it better and making herself more available,”
“She acknowledged she can be introverted at times and she apologized if that was ever seen as hurtful,” the source says.
“They’re putting in real structures and resources for people so this never happens again and that is extremely important to Ellen. She was emotional seeing everybody. They’re family.”
Another source tells PEOPLE that DeGeneres told staff that “she’s been dying to see them, that she couldn’t because of the investigation and she really wanted them to hear from her that this is a reset, things are changing and things are going to be better moving forward. And she’s committed to that.”
As Glavin, Leman, and Norman — who were accused of sexual misconduct by former employees in a BuzzFeed News report — part ways with the show, Stephen “tWitch” Boss has been promoted from DJ to co-executive producers, PEOPLE confirms.
Leman and Norman have denied the allegations against them, while Glavin has not publicly addressed them.