Portia de Rossi Recalls Her Fear of Revealing Ellen DeGeneres Romance to Her Grandma

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Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are taking a walk down relationship memory lane. And while the couple has been living in wedded bliss for 17 years, navigating their relationship hasn't always been easy.During Tuesday's episode of , Portia sat down with her wife, where she told the touching story of revealing to her 99-year-old grandmother that she was in a relationship with the talk show host.«Well, my grandma meant everything to me.

We were actually born on the same day, and she was so special to me,» Portia began. «And she was a huge fan of, she loved the sitcom — loved her sitcom, wouldn't miss an episode, until the episode where she came out.»This was particularly troubling for Portia, who said she knew she was gay, even if her Australian grandmother did not.She continued, «Now, I know I'm gay this point, and I love my gran and the moment that Ellen came out, she refused to watch the show.

In fact, if a commercial for her show came on, she would change the channel and say, 'That disgusting woman.' So, that didn't bode well for me.»Not long after, Portia moved from Australia to Los Angeles, where she started her career as an actress and in 2005, she started a relationship with Ellen during the second season of her now long-running talk show.While her family knew that she was living with Ellen, Portia said her grandmother was unaware of her relationship with the talk show host until she took a trip back home.«I came home to see my family in Australia, and I sat by Gran's chair at her feet, and she said to me, 'Are you seeing anyone special?'» Portia recounted. «Now, at this point, my mom was supposed to have told Gran that I was with Ellen, and she knew that we lived together, and I said, 'Gran, I'm with Ellen,'.