Portia de Rossi Changing her last name: Portia Lee James DeGeneres

Tweet

Like other celebrity couple, actress Portia de Rossi has filed a petition in LA Superior Court on Friday (August 6) to legally change her last name to DeGeneres from her partner/wife Ellen DeGeneres.

TMZ reports that "Petitioner is taking the last name of her spouse."

DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in Los Angeles in 2008 during the time when gay marriage is still legal but Proposition 8 came to the picture.

Last week, Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in the state of California was overturned last week. Portia will be using the name Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

[photo courtesy of PEOPLE/INF]

Posted in: Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi