27 Celebrities Who Ditched Meat to Go Vegan

Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi

Ellen Degeneres has been vegan since 2008.

“I’ve always called myself an animal lover,” she said (via Yahoo). “And yet I ate them.”

However, “something snapped” when she found out how some meat products are made.

In her comedy special Relatable on Netflix, though, Ellen revealed that she’s a little less strict nowadays: “In the last year or two for no real reason, I started eating a piece of fish once in a while. Or I’ll eat eggs from chickens I know—if they are in someone’s backyard or are happy.”

Her wife Portia de Rossi told O, The Oprah Magazine, “I always thought going vegan would be difficult, but I genuinely don’t crave meat or cheese. And I feel happier, like I’m contributing to making the world a less violent place.”