Daytime Talk Show Host Ellen DeGeneres is speaking out after she was heavily criticized for sitting next to former President George W. Bush at Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers game.

During Tuesday’s episode, the daytime talk show host explained that she was invited to the game by Charlotte Jones, who is the daughter of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

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And that she’s actually friends with Bush. 

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