It came as a bit of a (pleasant) shock in 2018 when Ellen Page secretly married her girlfriend Emma Portner without so much as an engagement announcement (the pair had only been dating publicly for six months). The star of
Juno and
The Umbrella Academy has always been notoriously protective of her private life since coming out publicly as gay in 2014, so it's a real treat when we get to hear her go off on how much she loves her awe-inspiring dancer-choreographer wife.“My wife is like one of the most talented people I’ve ever met,” Ellen told Kelly Clarkson on
The Kelly Clarkson Show via video-chat. “And watching her perform live or you know watching her work—she's a dancer and choreographer—is just absolutely breathtaking.”
She’s not wrong, and you’ve probably already seen a lot of Emma’s work without even knowing it. The Ottawa homegirl is featured in Justin Bieber’s “PURPOSE: The Movement” music videos and tour performances and she also choreographed and starred in the video for his single, “
Life Is Worth Living.” She also has a popular online presence where she showcases her choreography and
ropes Ellen into joining the exquisite choreography.“I think what's so incredible about Emma, we've done videos; she's included me in her work—which is incredibly humbling—and she's just so incredible at choreographing for non-dancers," Ellen continued. "So she makes me look like I can dance!” Their collabs have spilled into Ellen’s work as well; she revealed that Emma choreographed a dance in the first season of
Umbrella Academy between Ellen and actor Tom Hopper.“She's so fun and she's just so good at breaking all that down!”[video_embed id='-1']RELATED: Ellen Page Secretly Weds Girlfriend, Emma Portner [/video_embed]It was Emma’s smooth moves that first caught Ellen’s eye, actually. They revealed to
The New York Times shortly after their nuptials that they actually met on Instagram when Ellen, floored by the artistry in Emma’s videos on the platform, slid into her DMs. Wow, a true modern love story.Ellen also couldn’t help but give a little shout-out to Canada when speaking to Kelly Clarkson about what her and Emma are looking forward to doing once quarantine is over.“You know I’m also Canadian so I love to go to hockey games.”“Oh my god that's so Canadian,” Kelly agreed.Look, we like what we like, okay?[video_embed id='2007727']BEFORE YOU GO: Tiffany Haddish confirms she's dating Common [/video_embed]
