Anne Heche Opened Up About ‘Odd’ Ellen DeGeneres Romance In Memoir Written Before Her Death

In the twelvemonth anterior to her decease astatine property 53 connected Aug. 14, Anne Heche had been penning a memoir called ‘Call Me Anne,’ which includes intimate details astir her 1990’s romance with Ellen DeGeneres, 64. After gathering astatine a Vanity Fair Oscar party, the 2 women became 1 of the archetypal openly cheery couples successful Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter published excerpts from the book, and, among different claims, Anne wrote that she was “labeled outrageous” astatine the clip due to the fact that she “fell successful emotion with a woman.”

“I did not, personally, place arsenic a lesbian. I simply fell successful love! It was, to beryllium clear, arsenic unusual to maine arsenic anyone else. There were nary words to picture however I felt. Gay didn’t consciousness right, and neither did straight,” Anne wrote successful her upcoming book, which is simply a sequel to her 2001 memoir ‘Call Me Crazy’ and is acceptable to beryllium released successful January 2023.

This is simply a bittersweet day. I'm sending Anne's children, household and friends each of my love.

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 12, 2022

“Alien mightiness beryllium the champion fit, I sometimes thought,” Anne wrote earlier adding. “What, why, and however I fell successful love with a idiosyncratic alternatively of their gender, I would person loved to person answered if anyone had asked, but arsenic I said earlier, nary 1 ever did. I americium blessed that I was capable to archer you successful this publication — erstwhile and for all.”

As a effect of her narration with Ellen, which lasted from 1997 – 2000, Anne wrote successful the publication that she was blacklisted by Hollywood during, what was to be, the highest of her budding career. After Anne was declared encephalon dormant connected Aug. 12, arsenic a effect of the injuries she sustained successful a fiery car clang successful L.A. 1 week prior,  Ellen expressed her condolences connected Twitter, writing, “This is simply a bittersweet day. I’m sending Anne’s children, family, and friends each of my love.”