Portia Rossi Rells Comg Out as a Gay Woman Wh Ellen DeGener

Contents:

• PORTIA ROSSI ON HER BELIEFS THAT BEG GAY WAS 'STRANGE' REVEALG TERVIEW
• PORTIA ROSSI SAYS WIFE ELLEN DEGENER HELPED HER FEEL COMFORTABLE WH BEG GAY
• PORTIA DE ROSSI FEARED SHE'D 'KILLED' 99-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• PORTIA ROSSI RELLS FIRST TIME SHE “TLY CAME OUT” AS A GAY WOMAN WH ELLEN DEGENER

PORTIA ROSSI ON HER BELIEFS THAT BEG GAY WAS 'STRANGE' REVEALG TERVIEW

She’s also the woman who stood by the actrs when Rossi tly me out as a gay woman to the public.

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“That was the first time that we actually stepped out together as a uple, but for me, was the first time that I’d stepped out as a gay woman, really. As for Rossi’s wife, DeGener had nfirmed she was gay almost a before. Later the year, around when the uple moved together LA, Portia opened up about what meant to be a gay woman Hollywood an terview wh The Advote.

PORTIA ROSSI SAYS WIFE ELLEN DEGENER HELPED HER FEEL COMFORTABLE WH BEG GAY

Arrted Development star dished on her stggl wh her sexualy on The Conversatn Wh Amanda CadaByNov 01, 2013 7:21 PMTagsYoutubeBefore fallg love wh wife Ellen DeGener, Portia Rossi stggled wh revealg she was gay. The Arrted Development star opened up about her cisn to e out 2005 on The Conversatn Wh Amanda De Ca, sayg she nsired "strange" to be gay at the time, mostly bee she didn't know of any other high profile, notable lbians that were "out" at the time. "I didn't like people thkg of me as a sexual beg, and I was jt terrified that people would know that I was gay.

"For me beg hont about who I was, g out, beg gay, startg to day, that was a huge turng pot for me, bee I realized whout changg my life, there was no pot changg the way that I ate.

'I didn't want to be a lbian': Portia Rossi on her beliefs that beg gay was 'strange' revealg terview Published: 16:24 BST, 1 November 2013 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 1 November 2013 Portia Rossi 'didn't want' to be a 40-year-old actrs was very nervo about publicly g out, somethg she did 2005, bee she always thought that beg gay was 'strange' and also bee she didn't know any famo women who were openly lbians. 'I didn't want to be a lbian': Portia Rossi revealed a new terview that she though beg gay was 'strange' 'I'd never met one for a start and I jt thought they were strange and that they hated men and they were very ser and I had the ridiculo imag my head and there were no out celebri or policians or anybody that I uld look to and go, "Oh, I uld be like that". "It took me three years to actually tell her how I felt about her bee I was on 'Ally McBeal' at the time and I was not livg as an openly gay person, " she explaed, addg that she was "very, very aaid that if I talked about beg gay, would be the end of my reer.

PORTIA DE ROSSI FEARED SHE'D 'KILLED' 99-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Portia Rossi had a hard time tellg her grandmother she was gay. However, Rossi hadn't yet e out as a gay woman and DeGener had no ia how the Ally McBeal actrs felt.

Once gay marriage beme legal California 2008, the uple tied the knot and have sce grown more and more love. "But took me three years to actually tell her how I felt about her bee I was on Ally McBeal at the time and I was not livg as an openly gay person.

I was closeted and very, very aaid that if I talked about beg gay, would be the end of my reer. De Rossi also opened up about her experience beg a public figure g out as gay.

PORTIA ROSSI RELLS FIRST TIME SHE “TLY CAME OUT” AS A GAY WOMAN WH ELLEN DEGENER

"So we ma the date of Augt the 16th, and then durg that time, gay marriage beme legal California.

I thk the emotns that went wh that as a gay woman kd of surprised me — that I would be that relieved to have my mother be prent at the ceremony to bls the unn, and to ll [Ellen] her dghter--law.