WarnerMedia has launched an internal investigation into The Ellen DeGeneres Show that will be spearheaded by the company’s employee relations group and a third-party firm, according to Variety.

According to other reports, employees were informed via a memo that current and former employees would be interviewed about the environment at the show.

For nearly a year, Ellen has been plagued by reports of a toxic work culture.

Early in the pandemic, it was reported that at least 30 crew members had not been contacted for more than a month regarding the status of their pay or their hours.

A recent Buzzfeed story reported numerous employees who spoke off the record, including a Black woman who said she’d dealt with “racist comments, actions, and microagressions” during her tenure there.

“Over the course of nearly two decades, 3,000 episodes, and employing over 1000 staff members, we have strived to create an open, safe, and inclusive work environment,” executive producers Ed Glavin, Mary Connelly, and Andy Lassner told Buzzfeed. “We are truly heartbroken and sorry to learn that even one person in our production family has had a negative experience. It’s not who we are and not who we strive to be, and not the mission Ellen has set for us.”

“For the record, the day to day responsibility of the Ellen show is completely on us. We take all of this very seriously and we realize, as many in the world are learning, that we need to do better, are committed to do better, and we will do better,” they added.

Wow. We’ll see how this plays out.