Ellen DeGeneres to wed Portia De Rossi

• denise
• May 17,2008 | 160 Readers
• In: Actors, Hollywood, Talk Shows

June Brides?

Ellen DeGeneres shocked not only her audience but as well as her viewers outside the studio when she announced her intention to tie the knot with her long-time partner, Portia De Rossi. Did Portia really pressured Ellen on this? Will she be another Anne Heche?

Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres plans to marry actress Portia de Rossi, after a California court ruling allowing gay marriage. “I am announcing I am getting married,” DeGeneres, 50, told the audience during the taping of her “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday.

To wild cheers and a standing ovation, DeGeneres said she was very excited at Thursday’s ruling by the California Supreme Court overturning a state ban on gay marriage. “Thank you. I’ll tell you who the lucky guy is soon,” she joked.
DeGeneres did not mention de Rossi, 35, but pictures showed the former “Ally McBeal” actress in the audience, smiling and applauding.

“It is something of course that we have wanted to do and we wanted to be legal, and we are just very, very excited,” DeGeneres said.The latter and de Rossi have been a familiar couple in Hollywood for about four years, appearing at red carpet events together. DeGeneres previously had a relationship with actress Anne Heche.

DeGeneres made broadcast history in 1997 when her TV alter ego came out of the closet on her ABC sitcom “Ellen,” becoming the first openly gay lead character on U.S. prime-time network television.