All hunky-dory for happy Ellen DeGeneres

SHE’s long campaigned for a sequel to the Oscar-winning Finding Nemo, but even Ellen DeGeneres — who voiced blue tang Dory in the 2003 underwater animation — never imagined that when it did eventually happen, she’d be the main character.

“It really just became content for my show,” the 58-year-old says of her 13-year-long crusade, which she made no secret of on her popular syndicated talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Every sequel that came out for every other movie, it was just like, ‘Oh my God, are you kidding me?’ And then it just became a running joke.”

After a pause, teasing, she adds: “He ruined it,” referring to director and Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton. “My joke is over, because he did [make a sequel]. Now I have no more jokes.”