Apparently America loves Ellen DeGeneres, their adoration seeing her become the queen of daytime telly across the pond.

Unfortunately for the celeb a realtor called Titi Pierce never got that memo, because she is now suing Ellen for ‘besmirching her good name’.

I guess the first place to start is to watch the segment in which Ellen cracked her breast-based joke:

And the crowd went wild.

Here’s TMZ with more on Titigate:

Pierce says in her lawsuit … no one has ever made such an error in her 35 years on planet Earth. As such, she’s suing for defamation and invasion of privacy.

The realtor says, to add insult to injury … she was on her way to a funeral when the segment aired and she got lots of mocking calls on her cellphone. She also says “The name-calling led to immediate ridicule and raucous laughter from the show’s live and television audiences.”

Pierce says she’s suffered emotional distress, embarrassment and anger.

Just a thought – if you’re worried about besmirching your name maybe don’t sue one of America’s sweethearts, the damage done there will far outweigh any chuckles directed your way.

Or sue and make a quick buck, that is the American way.

[source:tmz]

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