On David Letterman‘s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction in 2019, DeGeneres called her wife “improbable.”
“She’s very, very funny. She makes me laugh, which is actually essential.” When she began preparing for her first stand-up special in over 15 years, the comedian said, de Rossi was entirely supportive and even gave her notes after every performance.
As for the split rumors, DeGeneres selected to view them in a positive light.
“The divorce rumors got here and then we actually knew the perceptions had modified,” she told Letterman. “I’m not kidding. I realize it sounds ridiculous, but when that began happening, I assumed, ‘Oh, now we’re finally accepted.’ We get the identical s–t as every celebrity couple.’
“I assumed, ‘Wow, that is great that I’m pregnant, not pregnant, divorced, not divorced, whatever. Which means there may be an acceptance for this.”
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