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Ellen DeGeneres Molested As Teen
cbs ^ | 5-19-05

Posted on 05/19/2005 8:11:37 AM PDT by LouAvul

Ellen DeGeneres reveals in the latest issue of Allure magazine that her stepfather molested her as a teenager.

While speaking about her messy breakup with actress Anne Heche, the talk-show host said her stepfather insisted on feeling her breast while DeGeneres' mother was fighting breast cancer. She said the incident later escalated into "other things" and her stepfather, now deceased, tried to break into her bedroom.

"I had to kick a window out and escape and sleep in a hospital all night long," DeGeneres told Allure.

DeGeneres said she's speaking about the incident because "it's important for teenage girls out there to hear that there are different ways to say no. And if it ever happens to them, they should tell someone right away."

She said the occurrences, which happened in her late teens, had no effect on her sexual orientation. DeGeneres' "coming out" was featured on a 1997 Time magazine cover and as a plot in her ABC sitcom.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abuse; disorders; ellendegeneres; explainsalot; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; lesbian; libelthedead; manhater; pervert; psychology; sexabus; sexabuse
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She said the occurrences, which happened in her late teens, had no effect on her sexual orientation.

And how would she know this? How does anyone know what one's subconscious motivation might be?

1 posted on 05/19/2005 8:11:37 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul

Interesting. There is no way to tell.


2 posted on 05/19/2005 8:13:08 AM PDT by RushCrush (Never give in. Never, never, never, never!)
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To: LouAvul

Hmmm. A possible cause for her attraction to the same sex? NAW. Can't be!


3 posted on 05/19/2005 8:13:39 AM PDT by Elpasser
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To: LouAvul

And wasn't Rosie also molested?

No effect on her sexual preference either, I'm sure.


4 posted on 05/19/2005 8:14:07 AM PDT by KidGlock (Get in the pit and try to love some one)
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To: LouAvul

Boy talk about taking NO to the extreme!~}


5 posted on 05/19/2005 8:14:08 AM PDT by funkywbr
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To: LouAvul

Another mere coincidence.


6 posted on 05/19/2005 8:14:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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She said the occurrences, which happened in her late teens, had no effect on her sexual orientation

sounds like she is trying to convince herself.

7 posted on 05/19/2005 8:15:02 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: LouAvul

Her step dad was one sick man.


8 posted on 05/19/2005 8:15:17 AM PDT by ctlpdad
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To: LouAvul
She said the occurrences, which happened in her late teens, had no effect on her sexual orientation.

Then it's just a stunning coincidence that there is such a huge percentage of homosexuals who were molested as children? She's in denial.

9 posted on 05/19/2005 8:15:26 AM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: LouAvul

I'm sure that she has convinced herself of that. As has Rosie.


10 posted on 05/19/2005 8:16:19 AM PDT by SmithL (Proud Submariner)
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To: Elpasser

No no no no no no no no.

They are BORN that way. And any who say differently are quickly hushed by the gay thought gestapo (re: Anne Heche).


11 posted on 05/19/2005 8:16:54 AM PDT by Skooz (Property Taxes are Immoral)
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To: Elpasser

I was molested as a teenager by an adult male. It hasn't turned me into a lesbian!


12 posted on 05/19/2005 8:17:00 AM PDT by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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To: LouAvul

I don't know, if she was in her late teens, she probably already knew which direction she was going. Maybe this molestation sealed the deal, but by 17and 18 I think her sexuality was probably already there.
My concern is why does everyone have to go public with their childhood molestations??? It seems like half of Hollywood was abused as a child.


14 posted on 05/19/2005 8:17:49 AM PDT by LAQueenBee3
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To: LouAvul

Being a lesbian is all about not trusting men or being traumitized or put down by men in some way. These people will never admit it, but it's the truth.


15 posted on 05/19/2005 8:18:06 AM PDT by John Lenin (The Mainstream Media needs to be crushed !)
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To: LouAvul

I wish I could call a Press Conference.

I am Joe Average. Sixty-three years old, retired, Engineer/Lawyer and no special deeds/accomplishments or negatives.

I would like to announce to the assembled media that I WAS NOT MOLESTED AS A CHILD.

My childhood was fairly normal in an average WHITE family in Sioux City, Iowa.

Now, I would guess there are as many people who care about my story as there are who care about that broad's.


16 posted on 05/19/2005 8:19:28 AM PDT by lawdude (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: LouAvul

Daaang...made her queer, too.

How can she deny that her problem with men had nothing to do with her reported abuse?

Thats sorta whistling past the graveyard.


18 posted on 05/19/2005 8:21:53 AM PDT by Adder (Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
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To: lawdude

Engineer/Lawyer?

What caused you to go from the creative side of the Force to the Dark Side?


19 posted on 05/19/2005 8:22:52 AM PDT by null and void (How many will die because newsweek lied?)
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And wasn't Rosie also molested?

Impossible to imagine how insane someone would have to be to even touch that disgusting slob.

20 posted on 05/19/2005 8:23:55 AM PDT by Protagoras (Evolution is amazing, I wonder who invented it?)
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