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Ellen DeGeneres to Help Wife Portia de Rossi Launch Her Dream Career as Director, 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' To End in 2017?

One of the A-List celebrity couples is making headlines as they would be having a jumpstart on their careers. Closer Weekly reported that the TV Talk show personality, Ellen DeGeneres would be in full support of her wife's [Portia de Rossi] directorial start. It was stated that de Rossi always dreamed of being a director, and her wife agreed in supporting her. The couple spent their anniversary last month, August 18.

A source close to the couple then dished out some details regarding Ellen's plan in supporting her wife's directorial career.

"Ellen has every intention of making Portia's directing dream come true and she and her production company are actively looking for a script for Portia to make her directorial debut on."

"Ellen's hands-on approach has made things way better between them, Portia's always happier when she's working and directing a TV show or movie has been a lifelong goal."

This might be a big leap for the couple as they would start working together. The source then stated that DeGeneres insisted that she would act as the executive producer on any project she finds for her wife de Rossi.

Just this year, Ellen reportedly made the headlines as it was announced that her talk show would no longer air come 2017. Numerous news emerged regarding the reason of the show's halt.

As per Radar Online, the 42-year-old was asked to resign by her wife [Portia de Rossi] to focus more on their family life.

A source informed the news website that: "Ellen's contract is up in 2017 and she has told her staff that she does not know if she is going to renew it, everyone on the staff is just freaking out over this."

An insider then added: "When Portia comes into the studio lately, she is not as nice to everyone as she used to be, she seems to really resent the show and everyone who works there."


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