Normal lesbian couple shown on TV

17 March, 2009 - 5:23am — ShowMeLove

Did anyone watch Ellen today? She had her wife Portia de Rossi on the show today. I thought the whole episode was really sweet and funny and it was really nice to see a REAL lesbian couple on TV. And I think that it's awesome because all those straight people out there get to see a real life gay couple that is normal and cute and funny. Instead of those crazy ass lesbians on The L Word! I kid, I kid. I <3 The L Word. :P

They talked, they played The Newlywed Game vs a straight couple, and then at the end of the show they sang "I've Got You, Babe" together.

I have to say it was pretty awesome just to see them interact and be like a real couple and to just be. You know? For them to be able to talk about being a couple and the fact that they are married(or were, depending on whatever the hell is happening in California :P). I thought it was pretty sweet.

Here's a link if you want to see all of the Ellen-Portia bits of the show:
http://www.afterellen.com/blog/sarahwarn/ellen-interviews-portia-who-als...

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17 March, 2009 - 5:59am — Bi the Book

I love Ellen! i try to watch

I love Ellen! i try to watch her show but school lets out a 3:15 so i miss it. =[ I watch it as much as i can over the summer tho. lol she is an inspiration. she's not afraid of what people think of her or to be herself. I admire that.
~~~~It hurts when you have someone in your heart but you can't have them in your arms.~~~~

17 March, 2009 - 6:37am — ShowMeLove

That sucks about the timing

That sucks about the timing issue :(

Here's a link if you want to watch today's episode:

http://www.afterellen.com/blog/sarahwarn/ellen-interviews-portia-who-als...

Which I would definitely recommend watching cause I thought it was awesome :D

Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardoned, some punished. Never was a story of more regret than this of Juliet and her fair Juliet.

17 March, 2009 - 6:51am — jeff

Umm...

I don't know that the 16th richest woman on TV and her actress girlfriend are really the definition of normal. Certainly makes normal rather unattainable for... like everyone else, no?

They might be down to earth or something, but normal?

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"People who are happy are slugs... They do not move the human race forward."
-- Camille Paglia, on Oasis

17 March, 2009 - 6:58am — ShowMeLove

Down to earth was what I

Down to earth was what I meant. As in they aren't psychos/killers like a lot of the lesbian/gay/bi characters we see on TV and in the movies. Normal as just two human beings that are attracted to and love each other.

Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardoned, some punished. Never was a story of more regret than this of Juliet and her fair Juliet.

17 March, 2009 - 7:04am — jeff

Oh...

So a lesbian comic playing herself on TV and her girlfriend, also not playing a role in this context, talking about their everyday life are more authentic than fictional dramatic characters on gay soap operas. OK, I agree with that. :-)

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"People who are happy are slugs... They do not move the human race forward."
-- Camille Paglia, on Oasis

17 March, 2009 - 7:31am — ShowMeLove

Well, seriously think about

Well, seriously think about it. The only lesbians/gays some of these people see are the ones on TV and in movies. Or they rely on stereotypes. I think it's nice for people to be exposed to a real life couple that's all I'm saying.

Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardoned, some punished. Never was a story of more regret than this of Juliet and her fair Juliet.

17 March, 2009 - 7:02am — bulldyke

i agree wtih you jeff. i

i agree wtih you jeff. i mean, YAY for ellen and what's her face adn all....and i really am happy that htey can be on TV and represent and all...but they're hardly normal.

still though, very cool.

Bulldyke
"I'm kissing you through the bars of this rhyme/When Julie, I'd do the stars with you anytime/Ah, Juliet" ~Indigo Girls, Romeo and Juliet