"I think that in this age when everything is full and even flooded, only truth is scarce. Any woman who dares to face herself and be true to herself is always the most beautiful and precious. ”
If a person has experienced parental divorce, stepfather sexual assault, dropped out of school, and openly admitted that he is gay in front of millions of people when everyone was still conservative or even discriminatory about homosexuality 40 years ago, what will be the end of such a person's life?
We may imagine many answers, becoming criminals, becoming people at the bottom of society, or living the rest of our lives with psychological trauma. But whatever the answer, it's hard to equate people who have experienced it with superstars.
And that man was Alan DeGeneres.
[Alan de Janice, who is about to turn 60]
It is not an exaggeration to say that Allen is an international superstar. Unlike many superstars who have been popular for a while or have become classics because of a few works, Allen was and still is a superstar, and his fame and popularity have been on the line for decades.
The TV series Thise Friends of Mine, starring Allen, was broadcast live from 1994 to 1998 and topped the ratings list. She ranked 23rd on the 2010 Forbes Global 100 List, surpassing Brad Pitt and Baker Ham. Allen is also the only host in history to have hosted the Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys. Finally, In 2016, Allen received obama's Presidential Medal of Freedom--- civilian honor, America's highest honor. And her most famous talk show, Ellen Show, is still a global hit.
【Bumpy life】
Allen was born into a standard Middle-Class American family, but what should have been a carefree childhood came to an abrupt end at the age of 13 with the divorce of his parents. The mother, suffering from depression, took Ellen to marry a pedophile.
After graduating from junior high school, Alan dropped out of school and stepped into society. She worked as a waiter, bartender, door-to-door salesman, and she wandered to the bottom of society.
The living environment allowed her to meet all kinds of people and accumulate rich life experiences. She aspires to be a comedian and fight her life. She began performing comedies in clubs and cafes.
At the age of 19, Ellen met a girl, and the two soon fell in love. But misfortune soon befell her, her girlfriend lost her life in a car accident, and a desperate Alan lived in the basement, full of grief and indignation, only to ask God why he had arranged such an unfair life for her. Later, the experience was compiled into "Call God", which was broadcast on the hottest talk show of the time. Allen also made a name for herself, when she was 28 years old.
After that, Allen participated in various shows, starred in many TV series, and even began to host his own talk shows.
【Coming out in front of millions of people】
Allen has always been a homosexual, but the audience doesn't know that. In 1998, when Allen was performing the sitcom "Allen and Her Friends," he came out in public in front of nearly a million people in the United States. Alan was then subjected to the company's snow. But Ellen didn't want to deceive anyone, she just wanted to be honest with herself.
Faced with the company's snow, Allen strives to change the company's views and decisions, and finally the company compromises and decides to let her return to the stage, and Allen once again wins the audience's love with her humorous hosting method, and slowly makes the audience accept her sexual orientation.
【Announcement of Marriage】
In 2000, Allen fell in love with Portia de Rossi at first sight, but Portia rejected Allen's overtures. It was not until 2004 that the two met again at the awards ceremony and finally established a relationship.
In 2008, California legalized gay marriage, and the two consummated their marriage the same year.
Ellen is an honest person, she does not want to deceive herself, let alone deceive the audience, so even if she is afraid, even if she knows that the choice to come out publicly will certainly not be understood, but she still chooses to say everything in front of the audience, which is a decision that requires great courage. At the same time, Alan is also a humorous and funny person, she used her humor to impress the audience and make the audience accept her again.