'OUR TIME WAS BEAUTIFUL'
DWTS’ Anne Heche praises ex Ellen DeGeneres – despite romance getting her fired from huge movie
ACTRESS Anne Heche has praised her ex Ellen DeGeneres - despite claiming that their romance hurt her career.
The 51-year-old spoke of her relationship with the embattled daytime talk show host, who she dated between 1997 and 2000.
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The couple had met at a Vanity Fair party, just before Ellen's coming out episode and announced they were together shortly after.
Although the pair no longer speak, Anne, who is currently starring on this season's , said their time together was "beautiful" in a newly-unearthed interview from 2018.
Appearing on the podcast Irish Goodbye, Anne said: "When I met she was beaming light. There was nothing that could have shone brighter than who she was in the centre of that room. I’ll never forget.
"Our time was a beautiful part of my life and one that I wear with honour. I was a part of a revolution that created social change, and I could not have done that without falling in love with her."
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However, the Donnie Brasco star claimed that her career suffered as a result of the romance and she was "fired" from the film she had just signed up to make with Harrison Ford.
Anne explained that her decision to take Ellen, who is married to Portia de Rossi, to the premier of her film Volcano resulted in her being dropped by the studio for rom-com Six Days, Seven Nights.
She told the podcast: "I took Ellen, we were told that my contract for Fox would be extinguished and I would be fired.
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"And that the movie that I had just met Harrison Ford on wouldn’t hire me. And we went to the premier – these are the stories that I know people don’t know.
"We went to the premiere, we were tapped on the shoulder, put into her limo in the third act and told that we couldn’t have pictures of us taken at the press junket – and both she and I were fired that week.”
Despite the backlash from the studio, Anne shared how her co-star Harrison became her ally so she could keep her role in the film.
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Anne claimed he called her when he heard about the studios decision and said "Frankly my dear, I don’t give a f*** who you’re f*ing, we have a movie to make.
"Let’s make it the best one ever."
Anne is appearing on this season's Dancing With The Stars and impressed the judges during last night's premier with her Cha Cha with partner Keo Motsepe.
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