Anne Heche stated that Ellen DeGeneres was her first and only love.
Anne HecheThe forthcoming memoir of’s new love story from the ’90s offers fresh insight into its headline-making romance. Ellen DeGeneres.
An excerpt from Please call me Anne Obtained by People, The actress died in 2009. Ellen DeGeneres Show She fell in love with the host from 1997 to 2000 when she was in a relationship with her. She also detailed the chaos behind-the-scenes when they first got together in 1997 — and how the world, and Hollywood, just wasn’t ready.
In a short time, a lot has happened. DeGeneres met her husband, the author of “The Secret Life of DeGeneres”, as she was launching on her show. Volcano They were both captivated by the beautiful actress, and fell head-over heels. They were both warned about the possible consequences for their careers. Heche was dissuaded by DeGeneres from the premiere. Volcano They were afraid that their relationship would affect the film’s success. Heche was able to attend together, and he lost a “multimillion dollar picture deal.” Heche also had just signed a major film deal to portray Harrison Ford’s love interests in Six days, seven nights — and her new romance apparently had director Ivan Reitman concerned.
Heche wrote that he was invited to Harrison Ford’s trailer during a lunch break in the first week of filming. Ivan Reitman and Harrison were sitting on one of the two white pleather sofas when I arrived. I sat hesitantly on the white pleather sofa.
Heche stated that the men had seen “the evening news,” which included an incorrect report that DeGeneres and Heche, who were just meeting, were expecting their first child.
“Rumors were that Ellen and me were pregnant,” she wrote. “Our pregnancy’ was all over the place. This was their proof that my openness about our relationship was becoming a pain for them. Ivan asked me why I wasn’t like Jodie Foster. I didn’t understand what that meant. He explained that everybody knows it. It was her sexuality. She doesn’t talk about it .’)” (Foster came out in 2013.)
Heche recalls feeling odd that two women would “could get pregnant this quickly.” But she also felt it was strange that “they were so concerned about the perception that my actions would ruin a movie that had never been shot?”
Ford was Heche’s mentor on-set. according to the publisherThe book’s summary. Reitman died in 2022.
The Men in Trees actress wrote that, upon refection, the “most devastating thing of all” — from when she started dating DeGeneres until when she released her first book, Call me Crazy in 2001 after they split — “was that no one bothered to ask me about any of it. No matter how many articles were written, no one ever asked me why I did what I did. What force would have led a human being to risk their entire career, all they had been promised? Why? Why would you do that?
She said that she would explain the reason because nobody had asked. Heche wrote that she had been raised in a family built on lies. My father kept his sexuality a secret his whole life. Ellen was very open about her sexuality when I first met her. It was the most appealing and attractive thing I’d ever seen in a person.
Heche stated that she was “mesmerized by DeGeneres’ honesty, which is why she was the only woman with whom she fell in love.” I fell in love with someone who used her public image to support the cause she stood for: LGBTQ+ rights for everyone on the planet.
Star added “Love became my destiny”
Heche and DeGeneres split in 2000, despite the spotlight being on them. Heche later married Coley Laffoon. She had her first child, Homer. She and her husband divorced. Men in Trees James Tupper and co-star Heche had a relationship which resulted in the birth of son Atlas, now 13. Tupper and Heche split in 2018.
Heche passed away shortly after. being involved in a car crash Her Mini Cooper collided with a house on Aug. 5 and caught fire. After being in a state of coma for many days, the state of California declared her legally dead. She was taken off life support on August 14. According to the medical examiner, she died from heat injuries and smoke inhalation. Initial reports were not accurate. Heche wasn’t drunk or high when she crashed her car.
DeGeneres was married to Portia De Rossi since 2008. She made an uncommon comment about her ex after she died. “This is a sad time. I’m sending Anne’s children, family, and friends all of my love,” DeGeneres wrote on Twitter.
Homer was elected the general administrator of Heche’s estateAfter a lengthy court battle with Tupper, she was finally released. Homer promoted her new memoir using Heche’s Instagram, calling it “the fruit of mom’s further efforts to tell her story and help others wherever she could.” Call me Anne It was her joy to share it with the world. “Mom, I’m sharing this with you, the community that you have created. May it thrive and grow as you would wish.
Call me Anne Sale Jan. 24,