This week Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi celebrated their third wedding anniversary. They married o August 16th, 2008 in California during those blissful months when same-sex marriage was legal in the state.
And while the traditional gift for a third wedding anniversary is leather, these two hot vegans probably wouldn’t appreciate sweet leather bondage gear for gifts.
Rather, we have put together a digital scrapbook of a few of their sweetest on-camera moments since the ultra- talented pair began dating in 2004.
It’s just our little way of sending some Internet love to the incredibly inspiring couple on their special day.
At VH1's Big in '04 Awards on December 14, 2004
Arriving at an after-party for the Golden Globes on January 16, 2005
At the Daytime Emmy Awards on April 28, 2006
At the Vanity Fair Oscar Party with Ellen's mom Betty DeGeneres on February 25, 2007
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At the Daytime Emmy Awards June 15, 2007
Ellen and Portia kissed before Ellen went on stage to give her acceptance speech at the Daytime Emmy Awards on June 20, 2008
"Pre-Honeymoon" in Europe on July 3, 2008
Wife and wife in Beverly Hills on December 20, 2008
People’s Choice Awards on January 7, 2009
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On stage at the GLAAD Media Awards on April 18, 2009
In New York in September of 2010
Kayaking during their New Year's vacation in St. Bart's in December 2010
Leaving Hermes in St. Barts during New Year's vacation in December 2010
CoverGirl Cosmetics 50th Anniversary Party on January 3, 2011
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In their first televised interview as wife and wife in 2009, DeGeneres and de Rossi eloquently explained to Oprah the significance of their legal marriage.
An inspirational and trailblazing icon in the LGBT community, DeGeneres spoke about the great importance of having their union legally defined as a "marriage." "The thing about being a gay couple is that in the past you referred to your wife and there was quotation marks around it. There was always that chance that people would kind of snicker about it," de Rossi said. "Now it's fact. It's law. She's my wife. I get to say that she's my wife, and that's just the way it is."
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is a hit with viewers, critics, and daytime Emmy voters alike. And while the celebrated comic has hosted the hugest stars in the world on her talk show, a lot of extra special prep went into her first interview with her wife, Portia. Billed as “De Interview,” the adorable couple ultimately played "The Newlywed Game" on air and gave a very revealing answer about... whoopee!
Lesbians all over the world swooned when gorgeous Portia de Rossi surprised her wife, Ellen, on her birthday episode of the Ellen DeGeneres Show with a very sexy and hilarious rendition of Marilyn Monroe’s “happy Birthday” serenade.
