ELLEN & PORTIA MARRIAGE AT BREAKING POINT!

reported last month that Twitter erupted after a thread about Ellen DeGeneres’ off-camera persona went viral. So spare a thought for her wife, Aussie actress Portia de Rossi, who sources say deals with the talk show host’s diva behaviour every day. “Ellen’s always been, shall we say... determined. there have been problems between the pair for years. “Ellen has always had the upper hand over Portia and that’s the way she likes it,” explains a source. “She bosses her around like nobody’s business and Portia puts up with it, because she feels like Ellen gave her this luxurious existence in mansions and all the pet horses she could ever have dreamed of.” It’s partly true. Portia, 47, who was born and raised in Geelong, struggled with chronic anorexia and bulimia before she started dating Ellen, 62, and doctors predicted she would die. “Ellen nursed her back to life, and apparently has decided she’s forever in Ellen’s debt for that,” says a source of the star. “For a while, Portia enjoyed feeling so loved. But in recent years, she’s been strong enough to become her own person.” Adds the source, “They’ve had some rip-roaring fights when Portia has ‘stepped out of line’, in Ellen’s view. Portia usually goes running off to her brother in tears, but she always returns to Ellen. “You can’t blame Portia if she doesn’t want to leave her. Ellen’s one of the most well-connected, wealthy and powerful people in Hollywood and could easily run Portia out of town if they were to break up.”