![]() ![]() I was struck by the hateful force of the drill sergeant in de Rossi's head, the internal voice berating her for being a fat, lazy dyke. In addition to taking control over her body with extreme dieting and exercise, she changed her accent and was careful to remain deeply in the closet. She narrates her own story in the Simon & Schuster audiobook with no remaining trace of an Australian accent. She came to the US for an acting role in Sirens and ended up staying in California, where she could further her acting career. That is also when her problematic relationship with food began. ![]() When de Rossi was 12, she began modelling professionally in Australia. She subsisted on 300 calories a day for a long time, collapsing from starvation while filming Who Is Cletis Tout?. She went from 82 pounds to 168 pounds in 10 months. In Unbearable Lightness, de Rossi documents her dieting extremes. I only had a vague idea of what she looked like: tall with long, blonde hair.Įvidence of de Rossi's battle with anorexia and bulimia is there in the images online. Still, when I listened to de Rossi's memoir, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, I had to search Google images. So a decade ago, when Ellen got together with actress Portia de Rossi, and later married her, of course I paid some attention. Even someone as uninterested in Hollywood celebrities as I am is familiar with Ellen Degeneres, who might be the most famous lesbian in North America right now. ![]()
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