Portia De RossiPortia De Rossi tried to avoid having to explain her sexuality to her 99 year old grandmother - but the plan backfired somewhat.

Portia came out to her family when she began a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres but didn’t want to explain it to her grandmother:

“I told my mum to show my grandma photos of me and Ellen and to kind of tell her for me.”

“She went back, showed her photos and said that we lived together, so I thought it was done.”

But no.

“[Later] when I told my grandma, she was completely surprised. I then turned to my mother and said, ‘I thought you told her?’”

“And Granny said: ‘I knew you were living with Ellen and all this time I was thinking, ‘I hope that lesbian isn’t hitting on my granddaughter!’”