Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to tie the knot Saturday

Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her longtime love Portia de Rossi are getting hitched -- call it their "dream wedding" -- Saturday with a small, intimate ceremony in Los Angeles.

Only 20 people -- friends and family -- are invited. So don't feel too left out.

Portia will wear a slinky gown by Zac Posen. Ellen, hmmm, slacks suit maybe? And sneakers, because you know there will be dancing.

DeGeneres announced their plan to wed on her talk show in May.

"It's something that we've wanted to do and we want it to be legal and we are very, very excited."

DeGeneres told reporters backstage at the Daytime Emmy Awards in June that she and De Rossi were formalizing heir "dream wedding." And she also gave De Rossi a pink diamond engagement ring.

"Yes, we have set a wedding date," said DeGeneres. "How do I feel about it? I obviously feel like it's long overdue. I think someday people will look back on this like women not having the right to vote and segregation and anything else that seems ridiculous that we don't all have the same rights."

But having to party plan the celebration of the same rights is hard. "Planning a wedding is very stressful," Ellen admits.

Yeah, but so is a divorce. Not trying to be a downer, just saying.

We look forward to seeing the gals walk down the Emmy red carpet in September as wife and wife.

Photo: WireImage

Comments

[johnette]

congratulations you guys. it's great

[Ryan Jones]

They may be "hitched" but they will never be married. Marriage is EXCLUSIVELY between a man and a woman.

[kev]

well as long as both are happy, is all we should be conserned with , good for them! kev, depew

[nadia]

That's what love is all about! Marrying who you love whether you are straight, bi, or gay! Congrats!

[Dian]

Glad to see them both "tie the knot." Ellen is a great person, as well as a hilarious comedienne, so I wish them the best. Ellen went thru a depression when she "came out" and I know it was a trying part of her life, but she pulled out of it and came back stronger. I bet she's glad that the break up between her and Anne happened....because she's the one who came out on top!

[Adolph Hitler]

Send them to the gas chambers IMMEDIATELY!!!

[whitey]

Why is this being reported on like its a normal natural thing? This is so abnormal, unnatural, and perverse. Really, are we talking about a woman marrying another woman like its no big thing? This is the beginning of our country's downward spiral. If we dont draw the line somewhere, if we blur the lines between right and wrong untill there is nothing but grey, we will lose our identity and eventually our country.

[lisa]

marriage is the union between to people that are in love it does not state men or women and everyone should get over it by now!!!

[Marissa]

I completely agree with whitey. This is disgusting! I really like Ellen, think she's a great talk show host, but come on. Thia country's going to hell in a bad way, and the immoral acts such as gays marrying are what's driving us there. God help us when we're okay enough with this to post pics of them everywhere and feel wonderful about it. It's sad. Very sad.

[stalin]

do we really need to here about this sh--t all the time

[SAm]

wow its amazing how narrow minded people can be!! Thier not hurting me are you are anyone so why down on them? If you want to send someone to the gas chamber are hell its the murders and rapest and molesters in the damned world ..!!

[Dix]

Whitey and Ryan Jones-

Get a life!

[Lara]

I hope that the person that said that if we allow people to be treated equally that the country will go down a bad road is on crack because that would be the only reason for saying something that makes no sense at all.

But congrats to ellen and portia I hope they have a long and happy marriage.

[Karen Davis]

Thanks Ellen and Portia. Ya'll just made it that much easier for everybody else to feel free, live and be comfortable in their gay relationships. Thanks.
-Karen D

[Nita J. Ecker]

I am so excited that Ellen and Portia can finally be married. The narrow minded people who claim they should not be allowed to marry should be glad they can marry the ones hey love. You Go Ellen. We love you.

[Sean O'Connor]

I love these two crazy kids! Ellen is cute and funny and portia----Well she's hotter than a gasoline soaked habanero!

[Jenny]

I'm so sick of arrogant, self-righteous people putting down gay people for being "immoral" and being cause for our country's "downward spiral". I consider myself a moral person, and I don't necessarily agree with the whole gay thing. But I put that aside because at the end of the day, these are kind hearted people who are making this choice to marry, perverse you may think it is, out of love and the desire to seek the same happiness that any straight person seeks when they marry. You can't convince me that that makes them an evil or corrupted person. And really, who are you or i to say they can't? In my opinion, if God gives them the free will to choose what to do with their life, it's not my place to take it away.

[Rocco]

We've got way bigger problems than having to worry about them or the state of their relationship. Congrats to the newlyweds.

[andrew]

wot next! Great ladybut really?

[John G]

They can get married... They can also get divorced. I hope they have a prenup!

[CCW]

I agree with Ryan. They can call it marriage, but they're not really married. And it's not self-righteous or arrogant to think so, either. It's a matter of principle. Sure, they have the freedom to do what they want with their lives, we all do, but that doesn't mean that it's all right or that God automatically approves it. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period.

[Jamie]

I agree with whitey and Marissa... this country is “going to hell in a bad way.” First there was the idea that other humans should not be held in bondage because of the color of their skin. Then, the idea that women had an equal right to political representation, that Jews could live outside the ghetto, that blacks and whites could go to school together, work with each other, get married, even (shudder) drink from the same water fountain.

People like you have been saying the same thing since the beginning of time, but guess what? History will prove your ignorance—just like it did the slave traders, the Apartheid government, the anti-Semites, the KKK, and others of your kind.

They will be married, and under God at that. As much as you hate to believe it, you don't have the monopoly on what’s moral. Two human beings who love each other spending their lives together—that’s as right—and as beautiful—as it gets.

[Cook]

Happy wedlock to the bride & bride.

[Kelly]

YAY FOR JAMIE!! She /he puts it best.
In response to CCW; okay I see your point; maybe they're not married in your eyes or the eyes of the church, so then what does it matter if they get "married"?? How does that fact somehow justify anyone taking away their right to do so?? Maybe you don't believe gay marriage is real or moral, and on some levels I can even agree with you on that, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't allow gays the choice to marry. Let them be, if it brings them happiness.