Her gaunt and weakened appearance has friends worried.
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Usually jovial and active,
Ellen Degeneres cut a distressing figure on Dec. 5 while grocery shopping in Los Angeles.
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"She seemed surprisingly frail," an eyewitness exclusively told
Star. "I know Ellen doesn't typically wear makeup when she's not on camera, but even given that, she looked particularly draw and tired."
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"And it appeared as if she was really leaning on Portia for support,” the source said.
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Ellen has long lived with a spectre of a dreaded disease hanging over her. "Breast cancer will probably be something I'll have to deal with, because it runs in my family," she revealed. "My mother, grandmother and aunt have all had [it]."
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The memory of what her mother had to deal with surely added to Ellen's fears when she herself experienced two cancer scares. "I had lumpectomy [in 1999]," she confessed. "I thought I had breast cancer." The lump turned out to be benign — as did the one she found nearly 15 years later.
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Unfortunately, cancer isn't the only health concern Ellen has faced in recent years.
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Unfortunately, cancer isn't the only health concern Ellen has faced in recent years.
STAR-0816-600-500
Pick up the new issue of Star that just hit newsstands Feb. 10 to find out why her heart health (and more frightening problems!) has suddenly made the TV talk show host a nervous wreck.
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Usually jovial and active,
Ellen Degeneres cut a distressing figure on Dec. 5 while grocery shopping in Los Angeles.
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"She seemed surprisingly frail," an eyewitness exclusively told
Star. "I know Ellen doesn't typically wear makeup when she's not on camera, but even given that, she looked particularly draw and tired."
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"And it appeared as if she was really leaning on Portia for support,” the source said.
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Ellen has long lived with a spectre of a dreaded disease hanging over her. "Breast cancer will probably be something I'll have to deal with, because it runs in my family," she revealed. "My mother, grandmother and aunt have all had [it]."
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The memory of what her mother had to deal with surely added to Ellen's fears when she herself experienced two cancer scares. "I had lumpectomy [in 1999]," she confessed. "I thought I had breast cancer." The lump turned out to be benign — as did the one she found nearly 15 years later.
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Unfortunately, cancer isn't the only health concern Ellen has faced in recent years.
STAR-0816-600-500
Pick up the new issue of Star that just hit newsstands Feb. 10 to find out why her heart health (and more frightening problems!) has suddenly made the TV talk show host a nervous wreck.