Portia de Rossi's ex-husband ran off with her brother's wife
Portia de Rossi
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Portia de Rossi doesn't often feature among the our gossip pages, but when she's got such a story to tell, we can't really ignore her...
Sounding like a cover-line from Take A Break, the former Ally McBeal star has revealed that her ex-husband left her - to be with her brother's wife.
In her book, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, the wife of Ellen DeGeneres reveals:
"When my husband left me, my brother moved in to my place... My husband ran off with his wife, so we kept each other company and we liked to go out for margaritas and Mexican food to commiserate.
"He had married his longtime girlfriend, Renee, just before leaving Australia and the two newlyweds moved into an apartment in the same Melrose Place-style complex that was home to me and Mel [her then-husband].
"The fact that Renee would wear skimpy, lacy underwear clearly visible underneath her oversized, gaping overalls should have indicated to my brother and me that a personal partnership was also forming, but when Mel left me and Renee suddenly sabotaged her marriage to my brother to be with Mel, Brother and I were left idiotically scratching our heads in disbelief."
Still, de Rossi admits that her marriage was ill-fated from the start due to her sexuality, adding:
"By the end of our first year together, despite my desire to be attracted to him, my latent fear of my real sexuality was simmering and about to boil. I was almost positive I was gay. So I married him."
Seems like something they can all look back on and laugh now. Or cry over in therapy.
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