Portia de Rossi

Ellen DeGeneres' wife Portia de Rossi, has revealed that she will be writing a tell all book, detailing her battles with her sexuality and anorexia.

The Australian actress, who was born Amanda Lee Rogers, will write about her public 'outing' while she was starring in hit sitcom "Ally McBeal" and her later marriage to American Idol judge Ellen.

She tells The Advocate magazine, "I'm writing a book. It'll be published in the fall, so... I have to be done with it before then. It will deal with all the secrets that nearly killed me. Nobody can really get inside the anorexic's mind like the anorexic."

And De Rossi admits DeGeneres, who she married in 2008, encouraged her to start writing. She adds, "My mother thought I would be a writer. When I started writing little notes to Ellen, she said, 'You should be a writer.' Which is very encouraging and very sweet."

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