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Podcast: Significant Lovers
Episode: 111. When Ellen DeGeneres Met Portia de Rossi
Description: Ellen Degeneres, the comedian, actress, and talk show host, has faced her fair share of controversies. First, she was literally cancelled in 1997 after coming out as gay on network television.
Actress Portia de Rossi—young and in the closet—watched Ellen come out and rebuild her career, in awe and terrified of ever doing the same.Â
Ellen and Portia were both in relationships when they first met, but quickly fell for each other. Through all their individual ups and downs over 21 years (including Ellen’s second cancellation in 2020), they’ve clearly been there for each other. <...