DeGeneres and de Rossi have been forced to deal with ridiculous split speculation from the tabloids for years. And, while the couple usually prefer to ignore them, the Finding Dory star felt compelled to respond to them in 2015.

Speaking to Howard Stern at the time, she said: “We don’t know anything about it until somebody tells us.

“I don’t read the tabloids, and I don’t have a publicist. I don’t understand why they do this. We’re kind of flattered because for a while no one cared about us and we thought ‘Oh, lesbians aren’t worthy of tabloid stories’ so now we’re kind of flattered that they care about us.”

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