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The all-American Sunday paper staple Parade Magazine's cover gal for the week is Ellen DeGeneres, and she’s got plenty to say in just a short interview.
Posing for a Halloween / Autumnal themed set of photos the Ellen also dished on coming out to her family and later publicly.
Regarding coming out to her family when she was 18 Ellen told Parade, “If anything, it was a shock to me. I’d always known that I had crushes on girls, but I also liked boys—though I wasn’t drawn to them romantically. For me to get in touch with myself enough to recognize that I was gay, and then not to stay private about it, was a huge step.”
The talk show host also said that Hollywood rejected her after she came out as a lesbian on her sitcom and in real life in 1997. "I didn't work, didn't have any money. No one [in the business] would even talk to me on the phone."
Regarding her wife Portia de Rossi Ellen was kept it short and sweet. “We just really love each other’s company,” she said.
Read the entire interview at Parade.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
