Ellen DeGeneres explains why sitting by ex-President George Bush at a game is OK

A slice of social media lost its collective mind over the weekend after a photo of Ellen DeGeneres at Sunday’s NFL game between the Packers and the Cowboys surfaced online.

The problem? The self-proclaimed “gay Hollywood liberal” was sitting next to former President George W. Bush.

Some Twitter users vehemently criticized her for sharing the Republican’s company, calling him a “war criminal.” But DeGeneres was not having it.

“Here’s the thing: I’m friends with George Bush,” she told her studio audience Monday at a taping for Tuesday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres...