DeGeneres said she's speaking about the incident because "It's important for teenage girls out there to hear that there are different ways to say no. And if it ever happens to them, they should tell someone right away.''
Ellen DeGeneres says that when she has told people about her abuse before, they have told her that's why she is a lesbian. "But I was a lesbian way before that," she said. "My earliest memories are of being a lesbian.''
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