The showbiz world's most powerful gay couples
The same-sex celebrity couples who are rich, famous, successful… and very much in love
Clare and Alice
There were many heroes and heroines emerging from last year’s Olympics, but – away from the tracks and pools – there was only one woman who won gold; Clare Balding. Her warm, intelligent, pitch-perfect commentary made her, quite rightly, the overnight darling of British TV. It was a power shift that could have unbalanced some relationships, but her civil partner, the very-successful-in-her-own-right broadcaster Alice Arnold, was having none of that. ‘Gay, female national treasures are quite rare, I think,’ she wrote in a newspaper column. ‘So we have a responsibility. Not to be perfect, just to be ourselves and show the world that it's OK. Actually, it's a lot better than OK. Life is brilliant.’
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Ellen and Portia
It’s a rare moment that you see a picture of Ellen DeGeneres not smiling. Of course, that perma-grin could be because she’s the current queen of chatshow hosts, raking in enough money to put her (very) high up the Forbes power list. But then again, it could also be because she is madly in love with her stunning actress wife, Portia de Rossi, who she wed in 2008 in a small ceremony in the couple’s backyard. For a couple that met at an awards show, own endless properties and are forever on TV, they could have easily fallen prey to the curse of the short-term celebrity relationship. Yet instead, they’re papped looking down to earth, wandering about art galleries, shopping at supermarkets and having dinner – all while smiling, of course.
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Neil and David
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka aren’t just ridiculously beautiful with ridiculously cute twins, Harper and Gideon; they also have ridiculously successful careers - Neil is having his ‘moment’ playing Barney in the soaring success that is How I Met Your Mother, while David is a top level chef in New York. But perhaps even more importantly, the pair are ridiculously in love. Nearly 10 years since they started dating, David recently told a magazine: ‘Neil's my lifeline, in an amazing way. Without him, I can't breathe.' Heart-melting.
In pictures: the loved up power couple
Elton and David
Elton John is one of the music world’s biggest and most lavish stars, and his theatre and film producer partner David Furnish is hardly lacking on the success – or fancy gestures - front either. Yet the couple, who’ve been together since 1993 and now have two children, don’t rely on riches and royalties to show each other how much they care. Elton admitted a few years ago that to keep their romance alive, they’ve been sending each other a card, every Saturday, for 16 long years. Sweet, simple, and clearly very effective.
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Ricky and Carlos
Ricky Martin rose to fame in 1999, with his (rightly or wrongly) unforgettable album Livin’ la Vida Loca. He went on to sell 70 million copies, pick up endless awards and perform concerts in 60 countries across the world – all in all, a pretty good run. But it turned out that the happiest moment of his life would actually be 11 years later, in May 2010, when he released a statement saying: ‘I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.’ A few years on, he is even more blessed, now being father to twin boys with his stockbroker partner Carlos Gonzalez Abella.
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Cynthia and Christine
Sex and the City might have brought Cynthia Nixon international fame for her role as independent Miranda, but that doesn’t mean she likes the message it gave out to women. ‘When Mr. Big shows Carrie that closet he’s built for her in the first film,’ she said recently, ‘I found that devastating. Is this what these women in the audience think true love is? A man who has enough money to buy you a walk-in closet?’ Thankfully, Cynthia doesn’t have to worry about money being the basis of love in real life. Since 2012, she has been married to down-to-earth educational activist Christine Marinoni, after welcoming the couple’s very cute son, Max, a year earlier.
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Clare and Alice
There were many heroes and heroines emerging from last year’s Olympics, but – away from the tracks and pools – there was only one woman who won gold; Clare Balding. Her warm, intelligent, pitch-perfect commentary made her, quite rightly, the overnight darling of British TV. It was a power shift that could have unbalanced some relationships, but her civil partner, the very-successful-in-her-own-right broadcaster Alice Arnold, was having none of that. ‘Gay, female national treasures are quite rare, I think,’ she wrote in a newspaper column. ‘So we have a responsibility. Not to be perfect, just to be ourselves and show the world that it's OK. Actually, it's a lot better than OK. Life is brilliant.’
See the happy couple on Bing
Ellen and Portia
It’s a rare moment that you see a picture of Ellen DeGeneres not smiling. Of course, that perma-grin could be because she’s the current queen of chatshow hosts, raking in enough money to put her (very) high up the Forbes power list. But then again, it could also be because she is madly in love with her stunning actress wife, Portia de Rossi, who she wed in 2008 in a small ceremony in the couple’s backyard. For a couple that met at an awards show, own endless properties and are forever on TV, they could have easily fallen prey to the curse of the short-term celebrity relationship. Yet instead, they’re papped looking down to earth, wandering about art galleries, shopping at supermarkets and having dinner – all while smiling, of course.
See pictures of Ellen and Portia
Neil and David
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka aren’t just ridiculously beautiful with ridiculously cute twins, Harper and Gideon; they also have ridiculously successful careers - Neil is having his ‘moment’ playing Barney in the soaring success that is How I Met Your Mother, while David is a top level chef in New York. But perhaps even more importantly, the pair are ridiculously in love. Nearly 10 years since they started dating, David recently told a magazine: ‘Neil's my lifeline, in an amazing way. Without him, I can't breathe.' Heart-melting.
In pictures: the loved up power couple
Elton and David
Elton John is one of the music world’s biggest and most lavish stars, and his theatre and film producer partner David Furnish is hardly lacking on the success – or fancy gestures - front either. Yet the couple, who’ve been together since 1993 and now have two children, don’t rely on riches and royalties to show each other how much they care. Elton admitted a few years ago that to keep their romance alive, they’ve been sending each other a card, every Saturday, for 16 long years. Sweet, simple, and clearly very effective.
See pictures of Elton and david
Ricky and Carlos
Ricky Martin rose to fame in 1999, with his (rightly or wrongly) unforgettable album Livin’ la Vida Loca. He went on to sell 70 million copies, pick up endless awards and perform concerts in 60 countries across the world – all in all, a pretty good run. But it turned out that the happiest moment of his life would actually be 11 years later, in May 2010, when he released a statement saying: ‘I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.’ A few years on, he is even more blessed, now being father to twin boys with his stockbroker partner Carlos Gonzalez Abella.
See the happy couple on Bing
Cynthia and Christine
Sex and the City might have brought Cynthia Nixon international fame for her role as independent Miranda, but that doesn’t mean she likes the message it gave out to women. ‘When Mr. Big shows Carrie that closet he’s built for her in the first film,’ she said recently, ‘I found that devastating. Is this what these women in the audience think true love is? A man who has enough money to buy you a walk-in closet?’ Thankfully, Cynthia doesn’t have to worry about money being the basis of love in real life. Since 2012, she has been married to down-to-earth educational activist Christine Marinoni, after welcoming the couple’s very cute son, Max, a year earlier.
See pictures of Cynthia and Christine
Heaven is real and hell too. Make dem repent. I don talk my own.Hea
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