Anne Heche Said She Warned Portia de Rossi off Ellen DeGeneres: 'Red Flag'
TMZ also shared footage showing that Heche's vehicle had reportedly hit an apartment complex's garage shortly before the crash.Footage captured from doorbell cameras at the time caught what appeared to be Heche's car traveling at a high speed in the moments before the collision, in the neighborhood of Mar Vista.One week after her subsequent hospitalization, Heche, 53, passed away on August 12, with her representative saying in a statement that the mother of two would be "deeply missed" by those whose lives she had touched.Since the incident, renewed attention has been paid to episodes of Better Together, the podcast that Heche had hosted with her friend, Heather Duffy Boylston.In one particular episode, which debuted on YouTube on June 28, 2021, Heche spoke candidly about her relationship with DeGeneres, whom she dated between 1997 and 2000.Heche also alleged that DeGeneres' now-wife Portia de Rossi had told her that she was planning to embark on a romantic relationship with the comedian several years ago.
DeGeneres and de Rossi have been married since 2008."Portia came to my wedding [to Coleman Laffoon in 2001] because I was on Ally McBeal with her.
Portia even said, 'I'm gonna go after Ellen,'" Heche said.Sharing her reaction to de Rossi's purported declaration, Heche said she told the Arrested Development star: "You won't be the poster child, girl, because guess what, that poster child has already been taken.
And by the way, it wasn't a great spot. But... yours ain't gonna be any easier.""And I'm telling you now, like, red flag, red flag, red flag!" Heche recounted telling de Rossi, 49, of DeGeneres, 64.Heche also cracked jokes with Boylston about DeGeneres' penchant for purchasing Porches before eventually marrying a.
