101. Jeannie Klisiewicz of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
"You can have success and you can have money and you can have the best job in the world, but you’re only going to sleep well at night if you’re happy with who you are." —Jeannie Klisiewicz
You probably know Jeannie Klisiewicz as the bubbly, always super excited receptionist and often-on-camera star of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (She even has her own show now: Life's First-Evers with Jeannie!) Jeannie just may be the happiest person on the planet, and she's on the Ali on the Run Show today sharing the amazing (and gutsy!) story of how she got her job working with Ellen, and how her role has evolved over the past 10 years. Jeannie, who grew up outside Chicago, talks about confidence and the power of staying true to yourself and, of course, about how she got into running and what it's done for her physically and mentally. Warning: This episode will make you smile so hard your cheeks hurt.
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What you’ll get on this episode:
- How Jeannie got her job on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3:00)
- Why Jeannie says that, in spite of going out and asking Ellen DeGeneres for a job live on air, she’s actually not confident (14:15)
- How Jeannie — a small-town girl from outside Chicago — has adapted to life in Los Angeles, and a lifestyle that has her up-close-and-personal with celebrities every day (19:30)
- What Jeannie’s job was like when she started working with Ellen, and how it’s evolved over the past decade (22:00)
- Whether being put on camera changed Jeannie’s relationship with her body and appearance (27:00)
- What Jeannie’s new show, Life’s First Evers, entails (37:00)
- What Jeannie’s relationship with Ellen is like off-camera (40:15)
- Jeannie’s advice for people who want to get into the TV industry (49:30)
- How Jeannie got into running, and how she fits it into her busy schedule (52:00)
- What’s next for Jeannie? (58:00)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.4 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I am your host, Allie Feller, and today I am so excited |
| 0:13.4 | to be chatting with one of the happiest people on the planet. My guest today is Genie Clashevids, |
| 0:19.6 | as in Genie from The Ellen Show. I am obsessed with the story of how Genie got her job working with |
| 0:25.2 | Ellen DeGeneres, so on this episode we talk a lot about confidence and the power of staying |
| 0:30.2 | true to yourself. Genie's happy, she's joyful, she's genuine, she is the biggest ball of energy, |
| 0:36.0 | and her good vibes are absolutely infectious. Oh and yeah, I mean she works with Ellen. |
| 0:41.2 | My cheeks were sore after recording this episode because I smiled so hard the entire time, |
| 0:45.8 | and I am absolutely confident you'll do the same. Genie, I adore you. Take it away! |
| 0:55.7 | All right Genie, welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I could not be more excited to have you |
| 1:01.9 | joining us here today. Allie, thank you so much. It's so good to hear you. We've communicated over |
| 1:08.8 | email and I've been following you on Instagram, listening to your podcast, so I feel like I know you |
| 1:13.5 | already. No, well this is how we solidify our best friendship is in the next hour, so |
| 1:18.6 | we start the show just like we start any good run. We start off with a warm-up. So warm everyone |
| 1:23.5 | up. Tell us who you are, where you're from, what you do, and exactly how you pronounce your last name. |
| 1:29.8 | Oh that's a good one. Okay so my name is Genie Clashiewicz, although I did just get married |
| 1:35.5 | about a year ago. So technically my new last name is Stathas, but I go by Clashiewicz. I was |
| 1:40.9 | born and raised in a small town about 20 minutes west of the city of Chicago called Westchester, |
| 1:46.9 | Illinois, and whenever I say Chicago I always go, oh there's my accent again. It's back. |
| 1:52.0 | 10 years. Yeah 10 years in Los Angeles has not fully gotten rid of it, and I am the receptionist |
| 1:58.7 | on the Ellen DeGeneres show. I love it, and for what it's worth, I've been married for three years, |
| 2:04.2 | still haven't changed my last name. So yeah, I've actually gone through, you know, when I'm working |
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