Aussie actress Portia de Rossi is putting pen to paper and is writing a book which will address, among other things, her battle with an eating disorder and her marriage to Emmy-winning American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres.
“I’m writing a book. It’ll be published in the fall, so… I have to be done with it before then. It will deal with all the secrets that nearly killed me. Nobody can really get inside the anorexic’s mind like the anorexic,” she told The Advocate Magazine. “It will deal with all the secrets that nearly killed me….Nobody can really get inside the anorexic’s mind like the anorexic. I abused my body. I had bulimia. I would use (US diet drug) fen-phen. I wanted to talk about all that.”
De Rossi, born Amanda Lee Rogers, explains that the memoir — due later this year — will discuss the public “outing” of her sexual orientation while she starred on the hit FOX sitcom Ally McBeal.
On Friday’s The View, actress Portia de Rossi revealed that she was grateful for an unexpected fire alarm during her last appearance on the AM talk show in 2003 because she was petrified that the ladies were going to grill her about her life as a lesbian.
“It took me quite a while [to come out] because I was one of those actors who was very afraid that my career would be over,” the Australian-born actress revealed, explaining that she kept her sexuality a secret because she was worried about its potential impact on her acting career. Read the rest of this entry »
Just call them The Gay Godmothers! Ellen DeGeneres is in the running to replace Maury Povich’s as daytime TV’s resident Captain Save-A-Ho. The compassionate comedienne and her wife Portia are reportedly beside themselves with worry for actress Lindsay Lohan. Apparently, Michael Lohan’s Full Court Press chronicling tales of the troubled starlet’s alleged continued drug addiction is tugging at the heartstrings of one of Hollywood’s most popular couples. Ellen and Portia are so determined to free Lindsay from her rumored personal Hell of pill-popping, they’ve invited her to move into their Los Angeles home and allow them to act as her sobriety coaches. Read the rest of this entry »
Emmy-winning talk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres and her Aussie wife Portia de Rossi say they have no plans to add children to their family
“I don’t think we’re going to have kids. We have animals, and we love them,” Ellen told PEOPLE on Tuesday.
“And, you know, we are brand new aunts. [Portia's] brother and his wife just had a baby girl who’s a month old now, and it’s fun to be a part of that.”
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have topped a poll asking American moms which celebrities they would feel most comfortable leaving their children with.
The Emmy-winning talk show host and the actress — who were married in August — beat serial parents of six Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the ParentDish.com poll of more than 10,000 moms.
Rocker Courtney Love took the title of “Worst Celebrity Mom” in the poll.
