Gospa Vesna Vilčnik, predsednica društva Češplja, znano ime iz bojev okoli zadnjega referenduma, voditeljica Nove24TV, v pogovoru z naslovom Zaupala nam je svoje male skrivnosti:
Kdo je tvoj televizijski vzornik oz. vzornica?
Ellen DeGeneres.
Wikipedija pravi:
Ellen DeGeneres: “she came out as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterward, her character, Ellen Morgan, also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues, including the coming-out process. This made her the first openly lesbian actress to play an openly lesbian character on television.”