{"id":2052997,"date":"2025-09-26T23:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2052997"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:24:17","slug":"ellen-degeneres-on-death-of-frequent-show-guest-tayt-andersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ellen-degeneres-on-death-of-frequent-show-guest-tayt-andersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen DeGeneres on Death of Frequent Show Guest Tayt Andersen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ellen_degeneres\"><strong>Ellen DeGeneres<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> is remembering someone dear to her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The former talk show shared a moving tribute to a frequent guest of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Ellen DeGeneres Show<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, <\/span><strong>Tayt<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> <\/span><strong>Andersen<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, who died on Sept. 26 after &#8220;taking a turn for the worse due to an infection&#8221; amid his battle with cancer, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPEZci0jnP_\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">according to his family<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. He was 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWe had a very special guest on the show several times and his name is Tayt,\u201d Ellen said in an <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPE4Jm5knPH\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> video posted shortly after his passing. \u201cHe thought that I was his girlfriend, and so I told him he was my boyfriend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The 67-year-old shared fond memories of Tayt, saying that he was \u201ca very special little human being and just brought joy and life and laughter into every room that he was in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">While Ellen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, who has been married to wife <\/span><strong>Portia de Rossi<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> since 2008<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> looked as if she had more to say, tears began to fill her eyes as she added, \u201cI will miss him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.eonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen DeGeneres is remembering someone dear to her. The former talk show shared a moving tribute to a frequent guest of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Tayt Andersen, who died on Sept. 26 after &#8220;taking a turn for the worse due to an infection&#8221; amid his battle with cancer, according to his family. He was 19. 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