INAMIN ni Ellen DeGeneres na nagkaroon siya ng “whole lot of anger and depression” nang isiwalat niya ang kanyang tunay na pagkatao.

Sinabi ng 58-year-old na ipinagdiwang niya noong una nang ilabas niya sa publiko ang tungkol sa kanyang tunay na sekswalidad, noong 1997.

Ngunit sinabi ni Ellen sa Sunday’s You magazine ng Mail: “Then it just turned, and I mean, turned. Obviously, worrying about what would happen afterwards is why it took me so long to come out.

“I was a very insecure person and depended on validation from people who watched my show or my stand-up – validation I felt I’d lose if everybody knew who I really was

“Afterwards, there were jokes at my expense and I couldn’t turn on the TV at night without some comedian or talkshow host making fun of me. Not for a minute did I regret doing what I did, but it was hard.”

“There was a whole lot of anger and depression, and it was scary because I was also running out of money,” dagdag pa niya.

Sinabi rin ni Ellen na ang kanyang career ay “couldn’t be in a better place”.

Boses ni Ellen ang nasa likod ng bidang isda ng Pixar animated film na Finding Dory, na inilabas sa UK noong Hulyo 29. Ito ay karugtong ng 2003 Pixar film na Finding Nemo. (SNAPPA Celebrity (Isinalin ni Helen Wong)