Damn You Not Skinny Alert™:Portia De Rossi once weighed 82. lbs

Publication: People
Date: 15 November 2010

People magazine does a cover story about Portia De Rossi, who has a memoir coming out. She tells the story of her battle with anorexia and that she weighed as little as 82 lbs. Other details include how ravaged her body was by the disorder and how Ellen Degeneres' love for her helped pull her through.

Personally, I liked her work on Arrested Development but there were times when she looked way too skinny. Glad to hear she got over it.

(Indirect) Not Long 4 This World Alert: Portia De Rossi

Publication: Globe
Date: 1 Mar. 2010

This week a new sub-category arrives, the Indirect Not Long 4 This World alert. The Globe tells us that Ellen DeGeneres is shattered because the woman she married is gravely ill. Besides reminding folks who are paying extremely little attention that Ellen is gay, the Globe is saying that Portia De Rossi is not well enough known to get her own headline. How "famous enough for a headline" is defined by the tabloids is anybody's guess.

In any case, the actress who was a regular on Ally McBeal, Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck and Better Off Ted is now just "Ellen DeGeneres' unnamed wife", and the tabs think her illness is very serious.