Can you IMAGINE getting an invitation to Ellen DeGeneres‘ wedding and then receiving the call saying you were uninvited? That happened to over 100 people after Ellen and Portia de Rossi felt their big day became too much to handle. Luckily for the happy couple, they had a wedding planner that took care of the awkward call.
"We had 150, 200 people originally, we were gonna do a huge wedding and then at the last minute, we called her (Mindy Weiss) and said, ‘Please call and uninvite everybody because we just can’t do it; it’s too stressful.’"
But the decision left some pals upset – because they thought they had been snubbed.
"We got calls from certain people thinking they were the only ones uninvited… They were offended."
DeGeneres insists she and her partner made the right decision:
"We did the right thing – we only asked, like, 21 people."
You know what? It was their day and if that’s what made them happiest, I think that is all that matters. So many times people are invited out of courtesy or respect to other family members and the circus ensues.Their decision took a lot of courage!
And if you missed their fabulous video, click here.
I’ve been dating a guy for over 3 years, and at least 3 people say the want to come to my wedding if we EVER get married. Now I feel kind of pressured to have a regular wedding when I kind of just want to do the “destination wedding” thing.
Do whatever YOU want to do. Don’t worry about them. It is about you and the one you love.
I hope Ellen and Portia send each uninvited guest a follow-up letter with and explanation and an apology!
That is an excellent idea.
BTW, Vera: “DeGeneres insists she and her partner made the right decision” – you meant wife, right?
I was wondering how they came to the decision of such few guests. I was impressed because they must know so many people between them to invite. Their video made me wish I could do my own wedding this way. Really, why do people need hundreds of people, they probably dont even see often, attending their wedding? I will never understand that part of it but I have no problem saying no to people lol
Actually you made me think,how are they gonna call each other now??wife and wife,or???
Most people don’t care about wedding anyway, just the reception afterward.
I know I was upset when I got the call not to go to the wedding after all.
Ellen and Portia only care about Ellen and Portia. Ellen is quite egocentric and fake, as I guess Portia is too.
I think it is horrible to uninvite people. I feel bad for their “friends” who were told that they were not “selected” to be part of the elite 21 (the mix of friends and family who remained invited).
If it was me I would feel deeply insulted and sad. It is a clear statement to me that I do not matter to them.
I think what they did is unforgivable. If the wedding plans were too stressful for Ellen and Portia then they could have hired more help or gone to therapy to deal with their issues. NOT acted in a way that was hurtfully to others. That is down right wrong!!
I would never put myself out there to be Ellen’s friend.
She clearly is extremely toxic and dangerously narcissistic.
Gone into therapy?? Thats rather extreme.
Put me on the wrong-thing-to-do side. Taking someone off your list BEFORE you send the invites: acceptable. Taking someone off your list AFTER you send the invites: unacceptable. They should have either planned their list better or just sucked it up.
It’s just rude and thoughtless, plain and simple. Why make excuses for their flakiness??
I actually totally agree that Ellen is egocentric. She’s really funny when she has kids on her show and stuff, but i do see narcissism too.
I’d be hurt if they did that to me. That’s a big no no in my book.
Wow, it gave me shivers to watch that video. So romantic!
I should notify my pal about this.
any updates coming ?
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Personally, I think that is rude. Too bad they couldn’t have come to that conclusion BEFORE the invites went out.
Sorry, I disagree, and think it’s extremely tacky to “uninvite” people (who probably spent a lot of money on clothes, etc, and were excited about going). I wonder how Ellen and Portia would feel if they were looking forward to going to something special, and then were uninvited because it might be ‘too stressful’ for the invitees? Not cool.
After this, I bet they will be finding out…
I think that anyone who knows Ellen well enough to be invited would probably realize that it wasn’t a snub but just merely a change of heart to keep it small. She has such a big heart and I can only imagine what kind of friend she is, so I’m sure that most people understood.
As hard as it would have been to do, I would have done the same thing!
As hard as it would have been to do, I would have done the same thing!
I agree that you should not change your mind and then uninvite people after the fact. They really should have thought about it. However, everyone should always take into account the stress of a wedding day and that 99% of the time the couple is not out to get anyone. The guest list is the absolute hardest part and people that haven’t been through that just don’t get it. I am getting tense just thinking about the guest list headaches I had.
Yes I agree that it’s just rude. It should definitely have been thought of beforehand.
Stress and weddings,well i got married last month and i had to shop my wedding clothes the same day as your wedding!!!haha,since the airlines lost our bags with the wedding clothes,they had week to find them and actually called in the middle of the week saying the found it and is gonna be with us by friday,the day before the wedding,at the international airport(3 hours away from the place i was),when we arrived there was no bags!so i had nothing left to do but wake up saturday morning and go buy wedding dress:))) and he shop for a suit,everyone was wondering why i was laughing at the situation and being so relax!?what else could i do but see the funny side of it:)).And the weeding day was hilarious,we had a great time and everyone thought we looked great:))
They made you go an pick them up? The airlines have lost my bags SEVERAL times, and each time they delivered. Even in foreign countries.
It would be different if had decided to elope (which would mean no guests) but to cut the guest list like that is just rude!
No they didn´t make us,we wanted to so we can be sure that we get them cause they were gonna take longer time to deliver than if we go in place:)))not only didn´t get the bags but lost time in travelling,well maybe was for good cause my husband said that the dress i got there was much better and i looked more pretty,than in the one i had originally:)(i showed him the original when we got the backs after 3 weeks!)
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