Portia de Rossi courtesy Pulicciano (CC 2.0)

Ellen DeGeneres had her partner Portia DeRossi (she refers to DeRossi as her wife, Anne Heche had referred to Ellen as her husband) on her TV show to hawk her new book Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, about struggling with bulimia.

DeRossi had once hit bottom at 80 pounds, saying   “I used to think the way to be strong was to be tough, the way to be independent was to not need anyone. But she’s (DeGeneres) taught me that the more vulnerable you are the softer you are, the more you allow people into your life and into your heart…”

“I read her book and learned about the self loathing and how much she hated herself it shocked me and broke my heart, DeGeneres said.  “I had no idea how much she had hated herself.”