'Sure couldn’t say wife, and that’s because it wasn’t legal for gay people to get married, and now I say wife all the time.'
'Not because it was a different kind of show but because I was different. Speaking about the show, which first premiered in 2003, she said: 'Twenty years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work. She was also not allowed to use the word 'we' implying that she and her partner Portia de Rossi were together.ĭeGeneres received a lengthy standing ovation from the audience as she walked out for the final episode, which included guest appearances from Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink. The comedian and actress, 64, noted that when she first started the long-running show she was not allowed to say the word 'gay'.
Ellen DeGeneres said she hoped she had inspired people to be 'your true authentic self' as she concluded the final episode of her US talk show.
