By Noel Murphy
MORE bombshell claims about Geelong Hollywood star Portia de Rossi have emerged, claiming she secretly filmed fights with wife Ellen DeGeneres and threatened to release them to the media.
The latest reports follow 30 days de Rossi spent in a Malibu rehab centre from early May for treatment over drugs and alcohol following an “ugly fight” with DeGeneres.
Last week, De Rossi was revealed to have been suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and osteoporosis for more than a decade.
InTouch Weekly, via Cover Media, has since reported that secret tapes allegedly showing a controlling and demanding DeGeneres.
According to reports, a source told the magazine: “Portia secretly taped some of their arguments. She was drunk.” DeGeneres then reportedly flew into a rage, checking De Rossi’s emails to ensure she hadn’t sent them to the media.
Media heat has focussed sharply on de Rossi and DeGeneres in recent months, with cheating allegations, reports of serious differences between the two and speculation of a break-up.
“Some of you may not remember, but Ellen was photographed with a mystery brunette date back in February,” Gossip website Celebdirty Laundry reported.
“That also happened to be around the time that the initial divorce rumors were starting to heat up,” International Business Times reported.
“Clearly, it wasn’t a coincidence that Portia ended up in rehab just two months later, and some reports are suggesting that it was the cheating, constant fighting and non-stop bickering that led to Portia hitting the bottle and going on a downward spiral.”
Celebdirty Laundry claimed Degeneres continued to cheat on her wife after she was admitted to rehab and the couple is heading for divorce sooner or later.
“Portia lost it and blamed Ellen for driving her to drink because of her controlling ways and said she wasn’t in love with her anymore,” a source told the magazine.
The Daily Mail, meanwhile, has reported the couple were repairing their marriage post-rehab despite de Rossi’s ongoing battle with her “devils”.
De Rossi’s family, previously of Grovedale, now lives in Los Angeles. They did not respond to Independent requests for comment.
