Has publicly revealed that she plans to wed longtime lesbian lover Portia de Rossi, Ellen told reporters backstage at the Daytime Emmys Friday, June 20 that she and Portia have set a wedding date.
- June 21, 2008
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Winning the Best Talk Show Host award at the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, June 20, apparently put Ellen DeGeneres on her best mood ever. To the press, backstage of the festive, the talk show host openly revealed that she and partner Portia de Rossi have set a wedding date.
Ellen was one of the Hollywood lesbian celebs who positively responded to the California Supreme Court's dismissal of the state's ban on gay marriage last month. In the wake of the official dismissal, she announced publicly during the taping of her "Ellen DeGeneres Show" her plan to wed longtime lesbian lover Portia.
She soon thereafter was reported to have been planning to make a pre-wedding trip to Australia to meet Portia's family. She reportedly is set to pay a visit to Portia's grandmother who won't be able to travel to the U.S. for their upcoming wedding.
Taking her wedding plans into the next stage, Ellen told reporters, "Yes, we have set a wedding date. Portia has a ring. It's a Neil Lane ring." Revealed more about her upcoming nuptials, she moreover also joked her many Emmys "will be on top of the cake," and that the wedding is now so big "my gardener is invited."
Furthermore admitted that "planning a wedding is stressful," Ellen also confessed that she and Portia "have incredible people singing" at the wedding, adding that "It's very exciting."
Hot on the heels of the report, National Ledger claimed that Ellen and Portia are evidently passing on a prenup as a source close to Ellen claimed the talk show host is so confident in her relationship with Portia that no prenup is necessary.
Ellen and Portia have been together since 2004. They currently reside in Beverly Hills. Exact wedding date and venue are kept under wrap though. Ellen's Friday Daytime Emmy winning was her fourth consecutive.
