Anne Heche is looking back on her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres.
In an interview for Mr. Warburton magazine's September issue, the 51-year-old actress opens up about their relationship, which began in 1997 and ended in 2000.
"Our time was a beautiful part of my life and one that I wear with honour," she said.
"I was a part of a revolution that created social change, and I could not have done that without falling in love with her," Heche said of the backlash she and DeGeneres endured in the 1990s for being open about their same-sex relationship.
Heche recalled a time where she was escorted out of her own film premiere for Volcano (1997) because she brought DeGeneres, who had just come out as gay.
"The difference between what would happen today and what happened then is that I would not have been ushered out of my own premiere and fired from a multi-million dollar picture deal with Fox for taking a girl as my date," she told the publication.
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Heche said she is "proud to have been part of a revolution that helped move equality forward" although "there is still work to do."
"I've paved this way for myself, and my honesty had every single thing to do with it," the actress noted. "I think every interaction we have should begin with whether or not we can look at and talk to other human beings with 100 per cent respect. My answer will always be 'yes.' We have to agree that it's a possibility and that we all deserve it."
Later in the interview, Heche addressed the current allegations of workplace toxicity surrounding The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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"I haven't spoken to Ellen in years. I'd listen to the people who have," she said.
"If I'm standing someplace and I don't like what's going on there and I stay there, it's my fault. So what are the actions that got me there and why can't I get out of it easily if that's not something that I want to be engaged in? Ellen is standing where she walks, and that is hers to continue that journey."
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