“When I told them I was taking Ellen as my date, I was told if I took Ellen I would lose my Fox contract. At that moment she [Ellen] took my hand and said, ‘Do what they say.’ I said, ‘No thanks.” Heche didn’t back down and took Ellen to the premiere.
“I was ushered out by security before the movie even ended, and I was told I was not allowed to go to the afterparty for fear they would get picture of me with a woman.”
“It was unbelievable,” said Heche. “She [Ellen] was warning me this is going to happen.. The stigma attached to that relationship was so bad that I was fired from my multimillion-dollar picture deal and I did not work in a studio picture for 10 years”.
On Tuesday morining during an interview with Good Morning America, when asked if she stood by her decision of making her relationship public knowing the repercussions, she replied: “Absolutely, I live in love, I live in truth and I stood up for it 10 years ago, 20 years ago and I stand up for this very same thing today.”
We forget how far we’ve come (or how we still have far go) when we hear stuff like this. How heartbreaking!
Heche also added that she hasn’t talked to Ellen in years. Sounds like a whole lotta shittiness all around.
She is demented. Ellen was unfortunately smitten with her, but AH latched and leached.