From Sydney Confidential
January 04, 2005
PORTIA de Rossi seems determined to wash her hands of the ex-lover she dumped for Hollywood star Ellen DeGeneres.
She's reportedly looking at ways of removing the tattoo on her finger which bears the initials of her former longtime lady love Francesca Gregorini.
De Rossi, 31, and DeGeneres, 46, recently shacked up together after they ditched their girlfriends.
The former Geelong girl born Mandy Rogers has been to see a dermatologist in a bid to have the "FG" tattoo, which she had done as a sign of devotion to Gregorini, removed from her finger.
The
Arrested Development star was due to bring Gregorini, daughter of one-time Bond girl Barbara Bach and stepdaughter to Ringo Starr, home to Australia for Christmas but whooped it up in LA with DeGeneres instead.
The twosome met about a year ago and were instantly attracted to each other but their relationship didn't develop until late last year when they were reunited at the VH1 awards gala in LA.
Their union has sparked some to snipe that de Rossi was hoping the high-profile affair would bring her a coveted Golden Globe nomination.
The New York Post reported she was devastated when she was overlooked by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which she said would salivate at the prospect of her and DeGeneres posing together on their red carpet.
The paper's sources have also played down reports that the former Ally McBeal star wants to have a baby with the talk show host.
"She's only interested in her career right now and doesn't really even want kids in the long run," a source said. "Francesca wanted a baby badly and that was a huge issue for them."