Portia de Rossi, 37, is well known for her former role on Allie McBeal and as the beautiful wife to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, but on Monday’s Oprah Winfrey Show, Portia reveals she once had an eating disorder.

At one time star claims to have only consumed 300 calories a day. A healthy diet probably requires at least 1200 1500 calories a day for a female. Rossi speaks out about her struggles in her new book, Unbearable Lightness.

Rossi tells Oprah that her lowest weight was 82 pounds.

“It wasn’t that I was proud of it,” de Rossi clarifies. “But it was certainly a recognition for my self-control. I definitely had some pretty amazing willpower to get down to 82 pounds. And that’s what I was holding onto to. I didn’t think about anything else.”

Her life is much happier these days with wife Ellen DeGeneres. De Rossi recently took DeGeneres’ last name legally (she’ll keep de Rossi professionally).

“I love her and I am very proud to be her wife,” she explained of the name change. “I made up my name,” adds the star, whose given name is Amanda Lee Rogers. “Because I thought it was important to be independent of my family and …be an individual…as I have gotten older, I’ve realized the importance of belonging, and I really wanted to be a part of Ellen’s family…By taking her name, [it] makes me feel like I have a family.”

Women everywhere feel a pressure to be thin. It’s not worth risking you health. It is good to hear a celebrity speaking out about it.

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Today Portia de Rossi is officially Portia DeGeneres. Portia took her wife, Ellen DeGeneres‘ last name. Her legal name is Portia Lee James DeGeneres. (James?)

The couple were married in 2008 during the 5-month window in which gay marriage was legal in California.

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According to TMZ, Portia De Rossi, 37, filed a petition at L.A. Superior Court on Friday to change her last name to match her wife of two years, Ellen DeGeneres.

“Petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse,” says the official document.

The two said “I Do” in front of just 30 guests at their Beverly Hills estate on Aug. 16, 2008. Both wore Zac Posen (de Rossi opted for a princess gown, De Generes, 52, wore an all-white suit) and exchanged rings designed by Neil Lane.

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It wasn’t a love for butchered cover songs that led Ellen DeGeneres to the American Idol judges’ panel — it was the result of a simple marital directive.

“I was like, ‘Honey, that’s it. Go get another job,’” Ellen’s wife Portia de Rossi tells People with a laugh. “I’m that demanding.”

Maybe it wasn’t that simple, but de Rossi, who was being honored with the Visibility Award at Saturday night’s Human Rights Campaign Gala in Los Angeles, points out that Idol has quickly gone from guilty pleasure to a family affair. “I’m a part of American Idol now,” she says with a sigh. “I’m actually going to every taping of Idol because it’s really fun to be there and it’s fun to support her. I’m just glad that I’m not a judge.”

The star of ABC’s Better Off Ted sees the toll that Ellen’s new job takes when a contestant goes for a note that they should have passed on, or when the irascible Cowell starts to clean his claws. “It’s hard, especially when the contestants don’t do that well,” de Rossi says, “because I know that she will be struggling to think of something positive to say to them.”

The problem, according to de Rossi, is that as much as Ellen may have coveted the role, her personality is diametrically opposed to the job. “She doesn’t judge people,” the actress says. “She’s a very positive person. She doesn’t like to criticize, so it’s kind of a difficult role for her to play. She wants to give them good advice, but she also doesn’t want to be negative.”

Still, DeGeneres, who is juggling her daytime talk show with the grueling Idol schedule, is happy with her new gig. “She’s doing two things that she absolutely loves to do,” the actress says with a smile. “She’s very busy but she’s very happy being busy. She’s loving it, and I think she’s doing amazing.”

So, as Ellen strives to play the ballast to Cowell’s bombast, does de Rossi want to step into Ellen’s shoes and be an Idol judge? “No,” the actress says. “If I was up there, looking into the eyes of those young kids, I would probably be a pushover. I would be like a water-downed version of Paula [Abdul]. All I would be doing is applauding and telling them that they were magnificent all of the time.”

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While most of Hollywood seems to be racing towards having babies and adopting children and denying pregnancy rumors, Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi haven’t caught the baby bug, and might never.

“No, I don’t think we’re going to have kids,” Ellen tells AOL’s Inside/TV when asked if they were going to be moms. ” We have animals, and we love them. They don’t talk back, and they don’t explore their vocal chords out in public.”

In addition, the newlyweds do have children in their life already, as Ellen explains they’re brand new aunts.

“[Portia's] brother and his wife just had a baby girl who’s a month old now, and it’s fun to be a part of that. But no, I think, you know, we definitely thought about it. And it’s something I think most people, as a relationship goes on, explore. But it’s just a huge responsibility, and I don’t know that that’s something we want to take on. We’re very happily married without children.”

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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

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