Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia De Rossi joined the bandwagon of celebrities slamming Dolce & Gabbana. The luxury fashion label was boycotted by some famous names after its "ignorant" remarks regarding technologically advanced procedures of conception.
According to E! Online, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, founders of the high-fashion brand, made their comments to an Italian publication communicating dislike of "'synthetic children' conceived via artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization."
"It's not even worth commenting on because they're, you know, ignorant," DeGeneres said adding she will not wear Dolce & Gabbana "ever, ever again."
Reportedly, artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization are the only possible way of getting pregnant for same-sex and heterosexual couples.
Ellen De Generes and wife Portia De Rossi told extratv.com why they will not support Dolce & Gabbana stressing that the issue is not just for same-sex pairs but also for those couples who can't have children in the natural way.
"Why would I support someone who says something so nasty?" Ellen said.
"Ignorant," The talk show host added. "I would say the word ignorant, you know this isn't just about gay couples, it's a lot of people who are trying to have children. There are a lot of people who use a surrogate and their partner can't have a baby for one reason or another. It's unbelievable that somebody would be that ignorant, and why now?"
"Very unfortunate, very unfortunate, unbelievable..." Portia said referring to the founders' comments.
"The only thing you can say is that, you know, we're all entitled to free speech," Potia told E! Online. "However, I just don't understand who they are. I don't understand why they would want to say that."
Reportedly, it is not just Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia De Rossi who boycotted Dolce and Gabbana. Elton John, who had two sons with his husband, was also stunned by the brand founders' comments and vowed to shun the product.
Dolce and Gabbana shed light on the issue denoting "they did not mean to judge other people's choices."
