Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi wed in small ceremony

Ellen and Portia on 4/26/08. US Weekly has a wedding photo. Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN
Talkshow hostess Ellen Degeneres, 50, and her longterm girlfriend Portia de Rossi, 35, were married on Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills estate. Their guests numbered just 19 and included close friends and family. They both wore Zac Posen, with Portia in a pale pink backless gown with a tulle skirt and Ellen in white pants, shirt, and vest. During the ceremony they exchanged handwritten vows.

“Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were married tonight in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles,” their spokesperson tells PEOPLE exclusively.

DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, both wore Zac Posen and exchanged rings by Neil Lane during the Saturday ceremony. Their big day also featured arrangements by L.A. florist Mark’s Garden.

The intimate ceremony was attended by 19 guests, including DeGeneres’s mom Betty and de Rossi’s mother Margaret Rogers (who flew in from Australia for the occasion), who witnessed the couple exchange handwritten vows.

The couple have been dating since December 2004. DeGeneres announced her plans to wed de Rossi during a taping of her talk show in May after California’s Supreme Court ruled a previous ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional.

[From People.com]

US Weekly has a photo of the couple hugging and posing for cameras. They are said to have taken photos with their two dogs and Ellen’s mom. Both of their mothers were there, with Portia’s mom flying in from Australia for the occasion.

The small ceremony is a big change from Ellen and Portia’s earlier plans for their wedding. Ellen quipped that she had even invited their gardener, and their guest list was rumored to be over 200. Ultimately they decided to keep it less complicated and just share it with a few friends and family.

Congratulations to Ellen and Portia and best wishes for a lifetime of happiness together! I want to see more wedding pictures than just the faraway blurry one that’s out, and we’ll see if they release some clearer ones. Either way, it’s their special day and it’s up to them if they want to keep it private.

Ellen and Portia are shown below at the Daytime Emmy Awards on 6/15/07. Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN

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