Portia de Rossi's grandmother was shocked to learn of Portia's lesbian relationship with Ellen Degeneres, even though she knew they were living together. "My grandmother knows every actor, every TV personality who has ever lived. My mom had met Ellen and spent time with us. I told her to show my grandma photos of me and Ellen and to kind of tell her for me. So she went back, showed her photos and said that we lived together, so I thought it was done. When I told my grandma, she was completely surprised. I then turned to my mother and said, 'I thought you told her.' And Granny said, 'I knew you were living with Ellen and all this time I was thinking, 'I hope that lesbian isn't hitting on my granddaughter!'"