Ellen DeGeneres & Portia De Rossi

Ellen DeGeneres has been an icon in Hollywood for years. Her long-time relationship with Portia de Rossi is a big part of her public image. The couple met in 2000. However, they only started to be romantically involved in late 2004. At the time, they were romantically involved with different people. Despite their respective relationships at the time, this did not deter their love for one another. Indeed, DeGeneres said that De Rossi “took her breath away” when they met for the first time.

Four years later, in August 2008, they tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at their home in Beverly Hills, which was attended by only 19 people. While their marriage was questioned due to California’s marriage laws at the time, the issue was put to rest when a judge ruled their marriage legal. Happily, their lawyers didn’t have to address the issue. Today, DeGeneres and De Rossi remain quite happy together.