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In Addition To Taking Ellen’s Last Name, Portia de Rossi Threw In a Dude’s Name Just To Confuse

By September 24, 2010 at 1:09pm

Filing in August to adopt her wife’s surname, actress Portia de Rossi is now officially recognized by the State of California as Portia DeGeneres. Actually, it’s Portia Lee James DeGeneres — Lee is her middle name, and James, well, I have no idea.

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3 Comments

j

Absolutely LOVE both of them. Portia looks stunning in this photo.

September 24, 2010 at 8:09pm
merkin

well, her real name is Amanda Lee Rogers, so i guess another made up name cant hurt

September 25, 2010 at 10:09am
jason

If she keeps changing her name, she won’t know if she’s Arthur or Martha. Silly girl….

September 25, 2010 at 7:09pm

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