The following article contains references to eating disorders, sexual harassment, and racism.
Portia de Rossi’s relationship with Ellen DeGeneresis a unique one.
De Rossi, it seems, is all too aware of this.
“And then they look at me and go, ‘And you’re horrible!’
It’s funny.”
Let’s find out the real reason you don’t hear from Portia de Rossi anymore.
“The only thing I really had control over was how I looked and what I weighed …
I was constantly looking for external validation.
How did I look?'”
However, the series never went beyond the pilot.
Again, the project was poorly received, withThe Sydney Morning Heraldbranding it a mess.
It remains her last movie role to date.
However, her character was killed off in 2017.
De Rossi had apparently requested to depart the show to focus on her business ventures.
“I am incredibly grateful for my time here at ‘Scandal,'” she toldVariety.
“I will miss playing Elizabeth North but I’ve made the decision to focus on a business opportunity.
Shonda, Betsy and the cast have been incredibly supportive of my decision.”
asked one confused fan, perThe Daily Beast.
“And it looked bad.
I asked, ‘Why does this wig look like this?’
And the hair person said, ‘Oh, it’s too small.’
Oh for God’s sake.
I think if I wore a wig I’d look different.”
She co-founded the company with her brother, Michael Rogers, who utilized his tech expertise for the venture.
After calling de Rossi into his office for a chemistry test, Seagal allegedly unzipped his pants.
“I ran out and called my agent,” she wrote.
Seagal did not respond to the claims, but previously denied sexual misconduct allegations.
De Rossi wasn’t the only person who accused the action star of sexual impropriety.
“You know, I was approaching 45 …
But following theuntimely death of Anne Hechein 2022, de Rossi unwittingly found herself in the spotlight again.
“‘Because guess what?
That poster child has already been taken, and by the way, it wasn’t a great spot.
But yours ain’t gonna be any easier.
And I’m telling you now, like, red flag, red flag, red flag!'”
Heche did not elaborate on what she meant by “red flags.”
Neither de Rossi nor DeGeneres responded to the claims.
“And he seemed really, like, understanding … And then he wrote me into five episodes.”
“I’m happy to be a Bluth.
Once a Bluth, always a Bluth, I say.
So apart from Arrested Development, I have quit acting.”
However, her return to acting was not without controversy.
You’ll never find anything better than this.'”
After keeping a low profile amid the scandal, Portia de Rossi broke her silence to support her wife.
In 2021, DeGeneres broke her silence and sat down for an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter.
“It was a tsunami … it’s like a crest of a wave,” she said.
“Like, ‘This isn’t going to be that big of a wave.’
And then it just keeps getting bigger and bigger until it was out of control.
And I really, honestly, felt like, ‘I don’t deserve this.
I don’t need this.
I know who I am.
I’m a good person.'”
“I’m making jokes about what happened to me, but it was devastating,” DeGeneres said.
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