Ellen announced that on Mother's Day
she plans to do a special show for an audience made up entirely of pregnant, first-time moms. I question the wisdom of that. It will be a miracle if nobody starts crying or barfing during the first ten minutes of shooting.
She also said she is going to make a big announcement on the show, and that she has something in common with her Mother's Day audience. That sounds like a big fat hint she is going to be a mom herself. Everyone take a hard look at her belly, and the belly of her long-time girlfriend, Portia de Rossi. (Who I love dearly, by the way.
Arrested Development was one of the best shows ever.) Awww, Baby de Rossi-DeGeneres. From everything I've gleaned about Ellen through interviews in magazines and from her comedy specials (read: I really know nothing about the real Ellen) I believe she will make a mighty fine mama. But this baby talk is
just speculation, of course. For all we know, she's going to say she's been moody and bloated for the last few months.
Hey, I know, let's start another rumor! How about this: in a grab for Mother's Day ratings, Ellen has high hopes one of her audience members will go into labor and deliver on the air. In order to better the odds, her staff has asked each audience member within a week of her due date to go into the green room and have her water broken before she takes her seat. Once she has settled into her assigned place (in the front row) she will be hooked up to a pitocin drip. Then spicy foods will be passed around.
Pass it on.
