Portia De Rossi’s Past Relationships: Everyone She Was Connected With Before She Married Ellen DeGeneres

• Portia de Rossi is an histrion who appeared successful ‘Ally McBeal’, ‘Arrested Development,’ and more.
• She’s been joined to Ellen DeGeneres since 2008.
• She was joined to a man, and dated astatine slightest 2 women, earlier she met Ellen.

Portia de Rossi, 50, has been happily joined to Ellen DeGeneres, 65, since 2008, and the 2 of them couldn’t beryllium much successful love. But this wasn’t the archetypal superior narration for either pistillate successful their life. While Ellen notably dated the precocious Anne Heche, Portia was really joined to a antheral years earlier she met the comedian. After getting divorced, Portia started to research the lesbian dating scene, earlier her emotion communicative with Ellen began successful 2004. Four years later, the 2 were married, and the remainder is history!

But what astir the others who Portia loved earlier Ellen? We person a implicit breakdown of Portia’s romanticist past starring up to, and including, her narration with Ellen. Find retired much below!

Mel Matcalfe

Portia was joined to documentary filmmaker Mel Metcalfe from 1996 to 1999, earlier she was retired arsenic a lesbian. Portia, who is Australian, has admitted that she initially joined Mel to get a greenish card, but she didn’t extremity up going done with that plan. The Arrested Development star revealed successful her memoir, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, that Mel near her for Portia’s member Michael Rogers‘ wife, Renee Kappos. “When Mel near maine and Renee abruptly sabotaged her matrimony to my member to beryllium with Mel, Brother and I were near idiotically scratching our heads successful disbelief,” Portia wrote successful her memoir, according to HuffPost.

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner (Photo: MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

After her divorce, Portia concisely dated the archetypal pistillate successful her life, histrion and screenwriter Guinevere Turner. Portia was starring connected Ally McBeal at the clip and she was inactive successful the closet. Guinevere reflected connected her narration with Portia during an interview connected the Hot Takes & Deep Dives podcast successful September 2022. “Portia and I dated for a while. When I dated her, it was earlier she became vice lesbian of the universe,” Guinevere joked. She explained that Portia was “struggling” with an eating disorder with her Ally McBeal co-star, Calista Flockhart, astatine the time. Guinevere besides said that Portia not being retired arsenic a lesbian affected their relationship. “It was hard for maine to beryllium with idiosyncratic who wasn’t out. But I wasn’t judging her for it,” she said.

When asked what she and Portia had successful common, Guinevere said connected the podcast that the Scandal star was “really comic and fun.” She besides said, “We talked astir books and movies. She’s conscionable truly astute and amusive to bent retired with.” Guinevere shared a spot much astir wherefore the narration didn’t work. “I deliberation she thought I judged her due to the fact that my full happening was being out. But I conscionable didn’t cognize immoderate better,” she said. “No 1 ever told maine that erstwhile you travel out, you don’t spell backmost in.”

Francesca Gregorini

Portia De Rossi and Francesca Gregorini (Photo: Chris Weeks/AP/Shutterstock)

After her divided from Guinevere, Portia dated Italian manager Francesca Gregorini, 54, from 2001 to 2004. Francesca is the girl of histrion Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr. While Portia and Francesca dated, paparazzi took photos of the brace unneurotic and the satellite learned that Portia was a lesbian. But Portia ne'er confirmed that she was a lesbian until she was with Ellen.

Portia yet dumped Francesca for Ellen, which Francesca talked astir successful a January 2014 interrogation with The Advocate. “It was beauteous harrowing,” said Francesca. “I’ve ne'er truly talked astir it, and I privation to beryllium respectful to each the players — and, to beryllium honest, I’ve decidedly made my peace. Portia and I are friends, I’m friends with Ellen.”

Ellen DeGeneres

Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres astatine the 2020 Golden Globes (Photo: Shutterstock)

Portia and Ellen’s love story began successful 2004 astatine VH1’s Big successful ’04 Awards. They made their reddish carpet debut arsenic a mates astatine the 2005 HBO Golden Globe Awards party. Later successful the year, astir erstwhile the mates moved successful unneurotic successful LA, Portia opened up astir what it meant to beryllium a cheery pistillate successful Hollywood successful an interrogation with The Advocate. “Believe me, I had a very, precise agelong and hard conflict with my sexuality,” she said, which was the archetypal clip she spoke openly astir her sexuality and narration with Ellen.

Portia and Ellen got joined successful 2008 aft the Supreme Court of California legalized matrimony for same-sex couples. Two years later, Portia legally changed her sanction to Portia Lee James DeGeneres, though she inactive goes by Portia de Rossi professionally. In 2020, Portia supported her wife arsenic the speech amusement big faced aggregate allegations of contributing to a “toxic enactment culture.” Portia wrote connected Instagram, “I Stand By Ellen. “To each our fans …. we spot you. Thank you for your support. #stopbotattacks.” Portia again supported Ellen when The Ellen DeGeneres Show ended aft 19 seasons successful May 2022.

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