‘We put our relationship first’
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have become well-versed in creating little moments of romance for each other. “When I travel, if we’re apart, she has the hotel put rose petals in the shape of a heart on my bed,” says de Rossi, 48, sitting beside DeGeneres on a Zoom call from their Montecito, California, backyard. “Every single time over the past 16 years. And it always catches me off guard.”
De Rossi will also “leave little notes around, which is really sweet and thoughtful”, says DeGeneres, 63. The couple, who wed in August 2008 after same-sex marriage was legalised in California, were also a source of
