Anne Heche shared intimate particulars about her highly-publicized romance with Ellen DeGeneres in an upcoming posthumous memoir.
Within the yr previous to her dying at age 53 on Aug. 14, Anne Heche had been writing a memoir known as ‘Name Me Anne,’ which incorporates intimate particulars about her 1990’s romance with Ellen DeGeneres, 64. After assembly at a Vainness Truthful Oscar social gathering, the 2 ladies turned one of many first overtly homosexual couples in Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter printed excerpts from the e-book, and, amongst different claims, Anne wrote that she was “labeled outrageous” on the time as a result of she “fell in love with a girl.”
“I didn't, personally, determine as a lesbian. I merely fell in love! It was, to be clear, as odd to me as anybody else. There have been no phrases to explain how I felt. Homosexual didn’t really feel proper, and neither did straight,” Anne wrote in her upcoming e-book, which is a sequel to her 2001 memoir ‘Name Me Loopy’ and is about to be launched in January 2023.
It is a unhappy day. I am sending Anne's youngsters, household and pals all of my love.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 12, 2022
“Alien could be the most effective match, I generally thought,” Anne wrote earlier than including. “What, why, and the way I fell in love with an individual as a substitute of their gender, I might have cherished to have answered if anybody had requested, however as I stated earlier, nobody ever did. I'm glad that I used to be capable of let you know on this e-book — as soon as and for all.”
On account of her relationship with Ellen, which lasted from 1997 – 2000, Anne wrote within the e-book that she was blacklisted by Hollywood throughout, what was to be, the height of her budding profession. After Anne was declared mind lifeless on Aug. 12, because of the accidents she sustained in a fiery automobile crash in L.A. one week prior, Ellen expressed her condolences on Twitter, writing, “It is a unhappy day. I’m sending Anne’s youngsters, household, and pals all of my love.”