Portia de Rossi on the Cover of The Advocate

Portia de Rossi, wife of Ellen DeGeneres, is the elegant cover girl for the new issue of The Advocate. This woman can’t help but look stunning and come across in each interview as the bright and compelling woman that she is. I adore her, and can’t help but be transparent in the ways in which I adore her. I’m loving the way they’ve styled her, I’m loving her poses, but most of all I am loving her bananas bone structure. The actress’ love life with her comedienne spouse is the cover story for this new issue. As well as share an anecdote or two about married life, de Rossi also poses for a cute photo shoot (you can view the photos below).

Portia on how her personal ideals clashed with some of her early roles: “It was a very difficult dichotomy to live in,” she says now. “Oh, I’m Portia. I’m fresh and new to Hollywood. I just found myself in Ally McBeal. Now I’m in my underwear and sleeping with my boss even though I don’t want to portray women in the workplace that way. All of these things were tearing me apart. Plus—” Her mouth quirks up. “I was gay, did I mention?”
On how she feels (and whether she feels it’s her responsibility to act) as a gay role model: “Ever since Ellen and I got together, I feel like I’ve been given an opportunity to actually—God, this sounds corny…” She rolls her eyes at herself, fidgets, and then forges ahead. “Well, I feel like my life can actually kind of stand for something. And I don’t mean that in a self-aggrandizing way, like, ‘Look at me, I can make a difference.’ But I feel like, maybe I get why I’m here.”
Even the paparazzi buy into their love story, mostly leaving the two alone: “To think that a married gay couple is considered boring and normal is fantastic,” she says. “Happiness is a choice too. It’s a choice to live in a state of gratitude and to fix what makes you unhappy. Being honest with who you are, being able to go out into the world and show people that you can be successful and be happy and be in a good marriage—it’s important.”
Mostly, they have so far avoided letting their notoriety get the better of them by communicating with each other: “I tell her all my insecurities, all of my worries, and within a few minutes I feel better,” De Rossi says. “She’s just so helpful to me. I think I help her too. I keep her focused on what’s important and what the big picture is. I think that’s what a good couple does for each other.”
She also shares about the very exposing moment of discussing her sexuality on Oprah: “Being on Oprah was a very surreal moment—to go from being so closeted and so afraid to talk about my sexuality to sitting with my wife, talking about my wedding and how much I love her. To look out at that audience and see most of the audience crying—Oprah was crying! Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.”