Portia de Rossi and Ellen Degeneres are officially a couple
 

Portia and Ellen, sittin' in a tree? Are Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, currently of "Arrested Development" fame, Hollywood's latest hottest couple? Crediting a "source close to the new couple," Page Six reports that DeGeneres and de Rossi met at a photo shoot about nine months ago and fell "instantly in love," but felt compelled to remain true to their respective mates, photographer-director Alexandra Hedison and singer-songwriter Francesca Gregorini. But when the two met again at the VH1 "Big in '04" award party earlier this month, they couldn't resist each other, retired to a limo to make out -- and subsequently dumped their girlfriends to begin a life together. The source says the two celebs are currently cohabiting in DeGeneres' Hollywood Hills home and contends that "People who know Ellen well feel she is going through a midlife crisis, dumping Alexandra for a hot, younger woman. They predict Ellen will come to her senses and dump Portia to go back to Alexandra in the near future."





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