Ellen Degeneres donates $30K to Gay Teen

Ellen Degeneres showed her generous side this week by giving a gay teen $30,000! Constance McMillen (18) has been in the news recently after her Mississippi high school canceled prom when she tried to invite her girlfriend.

The story was all over the news & it definitely caught Ellen’s attention. Constance McMillen has been getting harassed at school since the cancellation, with her classmates even telling her she ruined their senior year.

But Ellen turned everything around by inviting McMillen to her show today, and pulling out a $30,000 check towards a scholarship for the student. According to , Ellen told Constance, “I admire you so much. When I was your age I never would have had the strength to do what you are doing.”

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