Portia de Rossi Is a Changed Woman Thanks to Marriage
Five months after her wedding to Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi is declaring that marriage has “completely changed my life.”
“Marriage is a different way of being together,” the actress told PEOPLE Friday while promoting her upcoming ABC series Better Off Ted at the Television Critics Association event in Pasadena, Calif.
Even though the couple have been together since 2004, tying the knot strengthened their bond. “There’s a peace to [being married] and a sense of togetherness that we just didn’t have before. And I didn’t even realize it would change as much as it has, but it’s so lovely,” said the actress.
“It’s legal, and it’s real, so there’s that kind of formality to it that makes it very valid,” added de Rossi. “I think the emotions that went with that as a gay woman kind of surprised me – that I would be that relieved to have my mother be present at the ceremony to bless the union, and to call [Ellen] her daughter-in-law.”
The actress said she’s also emerged as a more confident woman in recent years, both in her life and her career. “It’s so important to live an honest, open life and I didn’t really realize that until I started doing it,” she said.3
January 19th, 2009 at 8:38 am
I think Portia and Ellen are the cutest of couples and they seem so happy together. Looking at their published wedding photos, you can see the love and joy for one another in their eyes and smiles. “Hollyweird” marriages, straight or gay, typically do not have long lives but I have a good feeling that these two will beat the odds. The fact that the state of CA is trying to undo the validity of their marriage saddens me.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 am
Have a different way. From recent years and longer. Then yes, you’re a peace (as Sunday , January 18th , 2009) depends on it.