Ellen DeGeneresrecently drank multiple weed-infused beverages at what turned out to be the entirely wrong time.
Appearing onJimmy Kimmel Live!’s 4/20 show on Tuesday, the talk show host recounted the night she drank three THC and CBD-infused drinks right before she learned that she needed to drive wifePortia de Rossito the hospitalfor an appendectomylast month.
Jimmy Kimmel Live
“You drove her yourself?” Kimmel, 53, asked DeGeneres, who replied, “I did. I mean, I kicked in, like my adrenaline, because I just had to rush her there. It’s probably not safe, I shouldn’t be saying any of this.”
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.
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A source previously told PEOPLE that DeGeneres hadrushed de Rossi, 48, to the hospitalon March 19. “She was in a lot of pain,” the source said at the time. “It was appendicitis and she had surgery.”
A few days later, a rep for the couple told PEOPLE de Rossi was home and “doing well.”
Appendicitis is a common condition in which the lining of the appendix is blocked and becomes inflamed,per the Mayo Clinic. It causes intense pain, and if not treated quickly — typically with surgery to remove the appendix — the organ can burst.
During a monologue on her talk show later that month, DeGeneresdetailed the experience, saying she wasn’t able to stay with the actress in the hospital due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
“That’s upsetting to me. They sent me home and I’m crying,” she said, quipping, “Because someone was chopping onions at the nurse’s station.”
DeGeneres also joked that de Rossi’s pain was so severe that she offered to exchange tickets toThe Ellen DeGeneres Showfor more pain medication, which didn’t work because “that’s the rules.”
source: people.com
