Portia de Rossi tells of ex-husband dumping her to run off with brother’s wife

(HMG Celebrity News) – Most of us have been through a romance nightmare, but Portia de Rossi has a hall of fame example.  De Rossi now apparently happily married to Ellen DeGeneres, opens up about the family drama when she was married to a man, in her new memoir, ‘Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain.’  The former Ally McBeal star, was married to documentary filmmaker Mel Metcalfe between 1996 and 1999. He left her and later got together with Renee Kappos, the wife of Portia’s older brother Michael Rogers.

‘The fact that Renee would wear skimpy, lacy underwear clearly visible underneath her oversized, gaping overalls should have indicated to my brother and me that a personal partnership was also forming.’

She continued: ‘But when Mel left me and Renee suddenly sabotaged her marriage to my brother to be with Mel. Brother and I were left idiotically scratching our heads in disbelief.’

‘When my husband left me, my brother moved into my place… My husband ran off with his wife, so we kept each other company and we liked to go out for margaritas and Mexican food to commiserate.’

Portia, 37, who came out as lesbian in 2005, married TV host Ellen DeGeneres in 2008.