Before Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married in 2008, DeGeneres and Anne Heche were LGBTQ pioneers by publicizing their relationship which lasted for roughly three years. While DeGeneres' success boomed, Heche's didn't explode with the same fervor as her ex-partner's, Insider reported. This, along with interpersonal relationship drama, caused a rift between the former couple.
Heche publicly spoke on DeGeneres briefly during a 2021 episode of her podcast, "Better Together." During one episode, Heche even detailed an interaction with de Rossi during Heche's wedding.
"Portia even asked me about Ellen," Heche confided in her co-host Heather Duffy Boylston. "Portia came to my wedding because I was on 'Ally McBeal' with her, and Portia even said, 'I'm gonna go after Ellen.' You won't be the poster child, girl. Because guess what? That poster child has already been taken, and by the way, it wasn't a great spot. But yours ain't gonna be any easier. And I'm telling you now, like, red flag, red flag, red flag!"
Neither de Rossi or DeGeneres have responded to these comments.
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