Anne Heche said she 'warned' her 'Ally McBeal' co-star Portia de Rossi against pursuing ex Ellen DeGeneres
18.08.2022 - 08:17
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Anne Heche recalled telling Portia de Rossi not to pursue her ex-girlfriend, Ellen DeGeneres, during a 2021 episode of her "Better Together" podcast with Heather Duffy. In the YouTube video, Heche remembered how she "warned" de Rossi against beginning a relationship with the comedian. Heche and DeGeneres dated for three years before a public break up in 2000, where the actress suffered a mental health breakdown hours after the relationship ended.
"By the way, I warned her," Heche told Duffy. "Portia even asked me about Ellen." She continued: "Portia came to my wedding [to ex-husband Coleman ‘Coley’ Laffoon in 2001] because I was on ‘Ally McBeal’ with her. Portia even said, 'I'm gonna go after Ellen.'" Anne Heche (left, in 2020) recalled warning Portia de Rossi (right, 2020) against dating her ex, Ellen DeGeneres. (Getty Images) At the time of Heche and DeGeneres' relationship, they were known for being a pivotal part of the LGBTQ community as one of Hollywood's few openly gay couples.
"You won't be the poster child, girl, because guess what, that poster child has already been taken," Heche said. "And by the way, it wasn't a great spot. But, yours ain't gonna be any easier." Anne Heche said she was blacklisted from the industry after her breakup with Ellen DeGeneres.
(Kurt Krieger/Corbis) "And I'm telling you now, like, red flag, red flag, red flag!" Heche remembered telling de Rossi. "I have been canceled since the day I was born," Heche said as she defended her "truth" in the relationship. Finding humor in her past, Heche joked: "I realized that Ellen drove a Porsche… and then she married one. All she used to do was drive Porsche’s and she collected them and I just thought it was so stupid because they were so loud."
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