'Don't want anyone to be hurt': Ellen DeGeneres responds to ex Anne Heche's crash
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Ellen DeGeneres has finally responded to Anne Heche's tragic car crash that left her unconscious with severe burn injuries. The talk show host, who dated the actress from 1997 until 2000, was asked about her ex's accident when she was out in Santa Barbara, California, with a friend on Monday, August 8. Ellen told the Daily Mail, "We are not in touch with each other, so I would not know. I don’t want anyone to be hurt."
Ellen's remark about Anne comes after the 'Men in Trees' star made headlines for crashing her blue Mini Cooper into a house in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles. This caused what the Los Angeles Fire Department described as a “heavy fire”, which took a number of firefighters an hour to extinguish. The actress was apparently inside the vehicle for close to 30 minutes before firemen were able to remove her and send her to the hospital.
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According to latest reports, the actress is in 'extreme critical condition'. A rep for the Emmy-nominated actor told Deadline, “At this time Anne is in extreme critical condition. She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention,” the rep said in a statement. “She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.”
This comes two days after Heche’s publicist released a statement Saturday listing her as being “in stable condition.”
Like Ellen, some of Anne's other exes spoke out publicly after hearing about her crash, including James Tupper, whom she dated from 2006 until 2018, and Thomas Jane, whom she dated in 2019. James took to Instagram to share a photograph of Anne and their 13-year-old child Atlas alongside a caption that read, "Thoughts and prayers for this lovely woman, actress and mother tonight anneheche… we love you". Thomas talked to the Daily Mail about the tragic accident and gave an update on the actresses' condition. He called her "one of the true talents of her generation” and said "his thoughts and prayers" were with her.
The cause of the actress's crash is yet to be determined, but it is suspected that she may have been drinking alcohol after a bottle was found next to her in the crashed vehicle.