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(#12) December 2017 And January 2018: The Couple Have To Evacuate From Their Montecito Home During The Thomas Fire And Ensuing Mudslides
In January of 2018, DeGeneres made an emotional announcement on her show - she and de Rossi had to evacuate their home after mudslides struck Montecito in Santa Barbara County. The evacuation came just 10 days after they returned home from a previous evacuation for the Thomas fires that ravaged Southern California just a month prior. DeGeneres said:
I work in LA but I consider Montecito my home [...] I live there, Oprah lives there. It's not just a wealth community. It's filled with a lot of different types of people from all backgrounds [...] There are people who are missing family members. They're finding people and bodies. You hear the word mudslides and you have no idea the impact that it has. But after the largest fire in California history, it's catastrophic, it's beyond recognizable.
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(#14) August 16, 2018: They Celebrate Their 10-Year Wedding Anniversary By Releasing An Instagram Video
For their 10th wedding anniversary, DeGeneres posted a video on Instagram highlighting special moments from the pair's wedding. It shows the couple first seeing one another in their dress and tuxedo, respectively. DeGeneres captioned it, "Ten years ago today. This was such a special day for us," accompanied by a heart emoji.
de Rossi shared the same video on her Instagram account. In a second post, she showcases a quote from their friend Wayne Dyer, who celebrated both the couple's relationship as well as the recent progress made toward marriage equality.
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(#8) 2010: de Rossi Publishes Her Autobiography, 'Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain'
de Rossi has struggled with an eating disorder for the majority of her life. In her autobiography, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, she says she worked out for hours on end and ate only 300 calories per day.
de Rossi said meeting DeGeneres allowed her to face her two biggest fears:
I met Ellen when I was 168 pounds and she loved me. She didn't see that I was heavy; she only saw the person inside. My two greatest fears, being fat and being gay, when realized, led to my greatest joy.
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(#13) February 2018: de Rossi Gives DeGeneres A Gorilla Sanctuary For Her 60th Birthday
DeGeneres and de Rossi both adore animals. For DeGeneres' 60th birthday, de Rossi gifted her a gorilla sanctuary and wildlife fund. One of the first projects of the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund was to build the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
de Rossi told DeGeneres, who admired Fossey: "Ellen, you will carry on Dian's legacy by giving them a permanent home in Rwanda [...] Now, you will join Dian as a protector and champion of these amazing animals."
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(#3) Mid-2004: The Pair Run Into Each Other At A Photo Shoot; Degeneres Sweeps de Rossi Off Her Feet
Shortly before their fateful meeting at the VH1 Big in '04 Awards, DeGeneres and de Rossi met at a photo shoot. de Rossi recalled feeling infatuated with DeGeneres:
She took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life, where I saw somebody and [experienced] all of those things you hear about in songs and read about in poetry. My knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out of my mind after that.
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(#7) August 2008: DeGeneres And de Rossi Marry After California Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
After the state of California legalized gay marriage in 2008, DeGeneres and de Rossi wed. DeGeneres said of the wedding, "It's the first time that I've known in every cell of my being that I'm with somebody for the rest of my life."
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Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres proved that love can conquer everyone. Portia and her wife Ellen are gay icons and they have been together for 11 years. We all know that they met at a social gathering when Ellen was already a famous comedian. Portia took 3 years to tell Ellen how she felt about her, they got married after same-sex marriage is legalized in the United States.
They are brave and deserve our respect and love, Portia also said that she worried that public appearances for homosexuality would end her career during that period, but they did it. Here the random tool would introduce 16 details of their sweet relationship.
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