Anne Heche became a lesbian icon as a result of her highly visible relationship with comedian and TV host, Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s.
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The couple started dating in 1997, and at a point, said they would get a civil union if such became legal in Vermont. They broke up in August 2000. Heche stated that all of her other romantic relationships were with men.
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In 2000, Heche left DeGeneres for Coleman Laffoon, a cameraman whom she met the previous year on DeGeneres’s stand-up comedy tour. On September 1, 2001, she and Laffoon married.
They had a son in March 2002. Laffoon filed for divorce on February 2, 2007, after five and a half years of marriage. The divorce was finalised on March 4, 2009.
Heche also had a relationship with James Tupper. They had a son together and separated in 2018.


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