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"For comedian Ellen DeGeneres, teenage bullying is no laughing matter.\r\nThe talk show host is speaking out after 18-year-old Rutgers student Tyler Clementi became the fourth teenager to commit suicide as a result of being bullied.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;This needs to be a wake up call to everyone that teenage bullying and teasing is an epidemic in this country and the death rate is climbing,&amp;quot; Degeneres says. &amp;quot;Being a teenager is hard enough without someone attacking you.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDeGeneres, 52, can certainly relate to how the teens felt; before publicly coming out of the closet on the cover of Time in 1997, she too was bullied for her sexuality.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I want anyone out there who feels different and alone to know that I know how you feel, and there is help out there,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Things will get easier, people&amp;apos;s minds will change, and you should be allowed to see it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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