Ellen DeGeneres embarrasses wife Portia De Rossi with secret bad hair day snaps

When you live with one of the world's funniest talk show hosts, you are just one picture away from being a punch line at any given moment.

Just ask Portia De Rossi, who was left mortified after wife Ellen DeGeneres decided to share some of her extensive collection of candid photos on her show on Wednesday.

Thinking she was coming on to have a chat and talk about their recent seven year wedding anniversary, the 42-year-old actress was left literally trying to hide behind the back of the couch as her love showed her favourite sneaky snaps.

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Nice look: The 42-year-old star's thick hair leads to a lot of bad hair days which her wife can't help but take pictures of 

Surprise honey: Portia De Rossi was left mortified after wife Ellen DeGeneres decided to share some of her extensive collection of candid photos on her show on Wednesday

The Ellen DeGeneres Show host explained: 'I take pictures of Portia all the time, 'cos she's pretty.

'But she has hair that is very, very thick, so there are hairstyles on her that I go ''I just have to take a picture of this.'''

A mortified Portia was left repeatedly saying, 'Oh god!' as her 57-year-old wife went through the sneaky bad hair day snaps.

The blonde nearly ran away as one picture popped up with her wearing not make-up and her hair sticking up in crazy haphazard curls. 

Not her best: A mortified Portia was left repeatedly saying, 'Oh god!' as her 57-year-old wife went through the sneaky snaps
Not her best: A mortified Portia was left repeatedly saying, 'Oh god!' as her 57-year-old wife went through the sneaky snaps

Not her best: A mortified Portia was left repeatedly saying, 'Oh god!' as her 57-year-old wife went through the sneaky snaps

Nice look: The 42-year-old star's thick hair leads to a lot of bad hair days which her wife can't help but take pictures of

Nice look: The 42-year-old star's thick hair leads to a lot of bad hair days which her wife can't help but take pictures of

'I'm sick': In another image, Portia sits with her mouth open and her locks flying in different directions

'I'm sick': In another image, Portia sits with her mouth open and her locks flying in different directions

Ellen explained her muse's look: 'That's just waking up in the morning, I guess the night before you had a style or something.

'She's just sitting there, I have to take a picture when she has no idea she looks like that.'

In another, Portia sits with their dog with her mouth open and her hair flying in various directions.

'I'm sick, that's awful,' the actress exclaimed in horror.

Scrubs up ok: With the help of a hair stylist, the Scandal star wowed as she walked out on her wife's show

Scrubs up ok: With the help of a hair stylist, the Scandal star wowed as she walked out on her wife's show

But Portia now has a plan to get her beloved back: 'She takes pictures constantly, you know there's Instagram?'

But it is not only bad hair day photos that Ellen has collected over the past seven years with her wife - she also knows a thing or two about who Portia has a crush on.

The ladies went head to head with Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone in the Not So Newlywed Game.

Game on: The ladies went head to head with Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone in the Not So Newlywed Game

Game on: The ladies went head to head with Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone in the Not So Newlywed Game

The two Hollywood power couples were asked questions about their respective partners before coming out on stage to show how well they know each other.

Despite being in a relationship for 17 years - ten of which as husband and wife - Melissa and Ben came up short and did not get a single question right.

While it can be argued that they might have had the tougher questions, the two comedians certainly know how to get a laugh.

Guessing game: The two Hollywood power couples were asked questions about their respective partners before coming out on stage to show how well they know each other

Guessing game: The two Hollywood power couples were asked questions about their respective partners before coming out on stage to show how well they know each other

Caused a giggle fest: Neither couple could stop laughing at Ellen's sidekick Twitch's makeover

Caused a giggle fest: Neither couple could stop laughing at Ellen's sidekick Twitch's makeover

When asked what word would Melissa use to describe him, Ben said: 'Good enough'.

While she actually said 'kind', the actress did offer up the person who her husband has a crush on - he just second guessed her.

When asked who Melissa thought his celebrity crush was, the director responded: 'It's creepy and no longer true, [but] Jennifer Aniston.'

Oh dear: Despite being in a relationship for 17 years - ten of which as husband and wife - Melissa and Ben came up short and did not get a single question right

Oh dear: Despite being in a relationship for 17 years - ten of which as husband and wife - Melissa and Ben came up short and did not get a single question right

Interesting choice: Melissa got her husband's celebrity crush right, 'I do have a crush on him, it's actually really true, I do have crush om Tom Hanks'

Interesting choice: Melissa got her husband's celebrity crush right, 'I do have a crush on him, it's actually really true, I do have crush om Tom Hanks'

Funny pair: While it can be argued that they might have had the tougher questions, the two comedians certainly know how to get a laugh

Funny pair: While it can be argued that they might have had the tougher questions, the two comedians certainly know how to get a laugh

Melissa actually said Tom Hanks - her husband's current crush.

'I do have a crush on him, it's actually really true, I do have crush om Tom Hanks.'

Portia also picked Ellen's old crush - Justin Timberlake - when it is now Harry Styles.

Ellen, however, knew exactly who her wife has a crush on - Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

New crush: Ellen obviously has something for wild hair 'dos as her new crush is Harry Styles

New crush: Ellen obviously has something for wild hair 'dos as her new crush is Harry Styles

'He looks like a girl': Ellen, however, knew exactly who her wife has a crush on - Jonathan Rhys Meyers

'He looks like a girl': Ellen, however, knew exactly who her wife has a crush on - Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Portia explained: 'Because he kinda looks like a girl, and you know I have a well...'

The couple really turned up the heat when the Arrested Development star was asked what candy Ellen would describe their love life as - Starburst, Good and Plenty, Hot Tamales, Mounds or O Henry.

Obviously things are not too shabby in that department as the talk show host said Hot Tamales, however, her wife thought she would have said O Henry.

Sweet love: The couple really turned up the heat when the Arrested Development star was asked what candy Ellen would describe their love life as - Starburst, Good and Plenty, Hot Tamales, Mounds or O Henry

Sweet love: The couple really turned up the heat when the Arrested Development star was asked what candy Ellen would describe their love life as - Starburst, Good and Plenty, Hot Tamales, Mounds or O Henry

'I don't even know what that means,' Ellen said.

Portia was also confused: 'I don't either but it is the funniest one and you always go for the joke.'

To which Ellen replied: 'Not when I'm competitive I don't.'

Got that right: The pair, who just celebrated their seven year anniversary, shared their first kiss in the back of a limo 

Got that right: The pair, who just celebrated their seven year anniversary, shared their first kiss in the back of a limo 

 

 

 

 

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