Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are one of Hollywood's most iconic and lovable power
couples.
After dating for four years, the cute pair married in 2008, and they've been going strong
ever since.
But there are quirky aspects to any marriage or long-term relationship, and these two are
no exception.
Here are some surprising details about their partnership.
Big stars, small wedding
When same-sex marriage was legalized in California in June 2008, DeGeneres and de Rossi could
hardly wait to say "I do."
But their big day was a surprisingly small affair: The pair tied the knot in front of
just 19 guests at their beautiful Los Angeles home just two months later.
DeGeneres told People that planning a big wedding "just got to be too big and stressful."
Sporting custom made matching outfits from designer Zac Posen, the couple exchanged handwritten
vows during the intimate ceremony.
Although their romantic day was a private affair, the two didn't keep it entirely to
themselves: this moving wedding video was aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
"I gotta say that was the happiest day of my life.
It really was."
"Me too."
Bringing her work home
DeGeneres is well-known for playing pranks on her show's guests, but did you know her
mischievous games are also fair play at home?
In November 2013, she hilariously live-tweeted a two-hour stretch in which she hid in a cupboard
in an attempt to scare de Rossi, only to find out that de Rossi had actually been hiding
in their closet waiting to scare her.
Two years after this viral Twitter saga, the pair was at it again, this time in a series
of workout-related prank videos.
First, DeGeneres secretly recorded de Rossi working out to a Jane Fonda video and posted
it online.
It wasn't long before de Rossi exacted her revenge, sharing a video of DeGeneres running
on the treadmill while singing along with Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk."
"Don't believe me?
/ Just watch!"
Gift-free holidays
DeGeneres and de Rossi are all about the love, not the presents.
During a joint interview with E! News around Valentine's Day 2016, DeGeneres said the couple
did not plan to exchange gifts on the romantic holiday: "We don't even give each other presents
for Christmas or birthdays anymore.
We have everything."
The comedian then said love and respect is all they need, before calling Portia her "soulmate":
"She's my everything to me and I don't know what I'd do without her."
At this point, de Rossi chimed in.
"There it is.
That's my Valentine's Day gift."
Designing women
DeGeneres and de Rossi clearly share many passions, including interior design and flipping
houses.
In 2011, they gave Architectural Digest an inside look at their beautiful Beverly Hills
home — one of seven they had lived in so far.
DeGeneres told the magazine her family always rented when she was a kid, so the first thing
she did when she made money was buy a house.
And then, as de Rossi pointed out, she just kept on buying them.
This way of living, of course, means a lot of moving, but they're both into it.
As DeGeneres wrote in an essay for People in 2014, "One tabloid said Portia's leaving
me because she doesn't like moving a lot, which is funny because she is overseeing the
construction of our new house and loving it."
And they listed their gorgeous Santa Barbara home for 45 million dollars in early 2017,
so it seems the creative pair may have a new project lined up.
Just the two of them
DeGeneres and de Rossi clearly have a lot of love to give, but don't expect them to
start a family anytime soon—or ever.
The kid question has followed the pair around for years.
In 2009, de Rossi spoke with Access Hollywood to dismiss the rumor that she'd been undergoing
in vitro fertilization treatment, calling the claim "completely made up."
DeGeneres firmly, yet humorously, tried to put an end to the speculation in her 2011
book, Seriously…
I'm Kidding.
"People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children.
We thought about it.
We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed.
But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own.
There is far too much glass in our house."
But the tabloids kept spreading the rumors anyway, so the couple appeared together on
Ellen's show in 2014 to let the world know the truth …
"'They're finally starting a family!'
Like, are people really that mad at us?"
"Yeah, we've waited way too long."
"So, no."
"No, we're not going to have a baby?"
"We're not.
No."
"Good for me to know now.
Alright."
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