Best Gay Blogs » Portia de Rossi

DeGeneres’ de Rossi

admin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:26:59 +0000

Ellen’s other half has been busy speaking out about political issues faced by the LGBT community in her home country of Australia.

According to a post on MSN

Portia de Rossi is urging politicians in her native Australia to support same-sex marriage, saying that she is “disappointed” in the country’s prime minister for failing to tackle the issue.

More here!

Portia De Rossi on Anorexia

Jason Shaw — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:59:18 +0000

There were tears before tea time this week on the Oprah show today, as actress Portia De Rossi told how at one stage she dropped to 82 pounds during the battle she had with anorexia at the height of her fame on hit TV show Ally McBeal.

The a deeply personal and emotional hour flew by as the incredibly pretty Portia read extracts from her new book “Unbearable Lightness” and told honest truths on how she succumbed to the eating disorder which could so easily have taken her life.

There were heart achingly moments when she told Oprah about the times she restricted her daily intake to just 300 calories, or how she managed to survived on a little yoghurt, then there was a nightmare story of how she purged on chewing gum, before a madcap exercise craze in a Hollywood parking lot.

However, it wasn’t all sad, oh no, there were a few moments when the tears that fell were the tears of joy! Yes, especially when Portia told Oprah of her deep pure love for her wife, the other American chat show queen – Ellen DeGeneres! She also told how that deep emotion keeps her sane and saves her each and every day, as well as feeling complete when she legally took Ellen’s last name.

It was a deeply moving insight into the life of a very talented actress, that had me in tears. I can’t wait to get her book – “Unbearable Lightness”

Jason Shaw’s Seafront Diary

Portia de-Rossi(ed)

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:13:18 +0000

Recently the Australian actress who legally wed Ellen DeGeneres in California during that window of opportunity for same-sex couples in Cali changed her last name to Ellen’s…which oddly, has people talking.

According to a post on The Sydney Morning Herald:

Now, the celebrity couple are again in the news after de Rossi’s request to change her surname to DeGeneres was approved by a Los Angeles court. For same-sex-marriage advocates, her name change is bitter-sweet: she’s asserting the right to join many heterosexual married couples in sharing a surname, but in doing so she’s embracing one of the most traditional aspects of a very traditional institution.

Is that really what the worldwide fight for equality is all about?

More here!

Ellen on Oprah

James — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:42 +0000

Monday, Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi appeared on Oprah and spoke about her life, career and marriage. As a huge advocate for everyone coming out at work, regardless of consequence, one thing she says, which I absolutely love; “I knew if I came out there was a possibility I would lose my career, but I didn’t do it for my career, I did it for me to live in my truth.”

Watch the clip below!