Freshly Brewed Buzz with Elllen and Tiffany Haddish

ELLEN STRUGGLING: Following her kindness scandal, Ellen DeGeneres and her show are struggling to stay afloat. Staffers tell BuzzFeed News that the show has lost advertisers and is having trouble booking A-listers. Ratings are plummeting too. “For the first time, everyone was starting to ask us, ‘If you have an idea, tell us because we will listen. If you have an idea for a celeb, even if they’re not A-list or famous, we’ll take anyone who will bring us numbers and eyeballs,'” the staffer said. “That’s when they started to be real with us and essentially said, ‘Give us anything because we need help.’ Our old strategy doesn’t work anymore.” (BuzzFeed)

WHY TIFFANY HADDISH TURNED DOWN PRE-PARTY: Tiffany Haddish opened up about why she didn’t want to host a pre-telecast for the Grammy‘s. She told Variety that the Recording Academy asked her to host sans compensation. “I was like, ‘The exposure is amazing but I think I have enough. I appreciate you guys asking,’” Haddish told Variety. “And as much as I appreciate the honor of being nominated, that’s not okay.”(Variety)

CAMEOS PAY OFF: The Office‘s Brian Baumgartner is raking in $1M this year just for Cameo Videos on Wuphf.com, according to the New York Times Sway pod. The CEO Steven Galanis said: ” I do think the quality of the Cameo is something that is really important to people. And he just is somebody that really takes it seriously and does a great job.” (People)

CHARLIZE THERON TROLLS KYLIE’S MAKEUP SHARES: Unimpressed? Charlize Theron trolled Kylie Jenner‘s IG posts by posting herself rocking lips applied by her daughter, writing: “Who’s who?” an echo of a similar post by Jenner. But the makeup mogul ate it up, leaving kissing and crying emojis on the star’s post. (Us)