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I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.
Portia de Rossi
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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
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Horsham
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Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
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The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose a piece of our self-esteem every time we fail another diet or neglect to use the gym membership we could barely afford.
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