Assuming the fans' initial rage had to do with “a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a conservative Republican president” at a Dallas Cowboys football game over the weekend, DeGeneres stressed that just because her political views didn't align with the president who started two long and bloody wars, didn't mean they couldn't be friends.

“I'm friends with George Bush. In fact, I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have,” she said on her show on Tuesday, comparing her disagreements with Bush to disagreeing with her “friends who wear fur.”

“We're all different and I think we've forgotten that it's OK that we're all different,” she continued earnestly, imploring her viewers to “be kind” to those unlike themselves.

Social media users quickly reminded her that it wasn't Bush’s political opinions they took issue with, but his actions while in office.