Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche’s Relationship Timeline: The Way They Were
usmagazine.comGroundbreaking! Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche’s relationship may have been brief but it paved the way for LGBTQ+ couples in Hollywood and beyond.The former Ellen DeGeneres Show host and Heche had an instant connection when they met in 1997, and the women were smitten.“I met her at the Vanity Fair party.
And it was a chemistry thing that you can’t really describe,” DeGeneres later recalled while speaking with the Tampa Bay Times in May 1998. “It just happened.
Obviously, I was attracted to her, but that wasn’t enough. There are a lot of attractive people. She is so unique.”The pair initially crossed paths shortly before DeGeneres’ Time magazine cover story, which ready, “Yep, I’m Gay,” hit newsstands and just days before Heche’s film Volcano was set to hit theaters.Despite any potential backlash at the time, Heche opted to have DeGeneres by her side when she walked the 1997 Volcano red carpet.
The choice ultimately changed her career — and shifted how same-sex couples were viewed.“I took Ellen, we were told that my contract for Fox would be [ended] and I would be fired.
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