What Should I Do Next? Ellen DeGeneres Asks Portia De Rossi On The Final Season Of Her Show

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As Ellen DeGeneres winds down the 19th and final season of her eponymous chat show, she invited her wife, actress Portia De Rossi, as a guest for a surprisingly candid conversation about their relationship and the show which has been a mainstay in both of their lives.“It’s weird to interview her,” DeGeneres, 64, admitted to the audience, “because I know everything about her, so this is silly.”“I can’t believe it’s nearly over.

It’s just crazy. It’s been such a huge part of our lives.” Portia said.“Everyone is asking me what I’m going to do next and giving me advice on what to do next and I’ve never point-blank asked you what I should do next,” Ellen said.“I just want you to do something that makes you really happy,” De Rossi replied, “but I want to make sure that you continue being a teacher, because that’s really what you’ve been for everybody…More than ever, we need love and light and laughter, so I hope you continue to do something like stand-up…You’re so good at it.”Portia also praised Ellen as a trailblazer for LGBTQ entertainers. “I was an actress, and I was closeted.

Ellen was kind of like the litmus test for young actors in Hollywood. Her success meant so much to us. It kind of meant, can I be authentic and honest and still be able to pay the rent?” The couple also discussed how their relationship came to define them, not only in Hollywood but amongst their own family. “You came out just by being with me; that was your outing, being with me outed you as an actress,” DeGeneres told her wife.The couple’s relationship was also a source of fear for De Rossi when it came to telling her family. “My Grandma meant everything to me, we were actually born on the same day.