It was an overdose but she doesn’t want that out there

It was an overdose, but this A-/B+ list actress doesn’t want that out there to the world because then whatever shot she has at that old network reboot would be out the window.

Portia de Rossi

Reboot: Ally McBeal

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres criticized for driving wife Portia de Rossi to ER after 3 ‘weed drinks’

Ellen DeGeneres is catching heat online for admitting that she drove her wife, Portia de Rossi, to the hospital in March after drinking three “weed drinks” and taking over-the-counter sleep aids.

DeGeneres made the admission that what she did was “probably not safe” to Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday during a marijuana-themed episode of his show.

DeGeneres explained that she found de Rossi on the bathroom floor of their home, visibly in pain — but only after the daytime talk-show host had consumed three Cann drinks and the sleep aid melatonin. She then drove de Rossi to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.

“Chelsea Handler told me about these weed drinks, they’re called Cann, and they have CBD or [THC] — I don’t know what the good thing is,” DeGeneres, 63, explained.

Some social media users decried DeGeneres’ anecdote as an example of her privilege, with one writing, “She could’ve killed someone. I’m so sick of her entitled a–,” according to the Daily Mail.

According to the company that produces Cann, Vana, their line of marijuana-infused drinks ranges in potency from a mix of 2 milligrams of THC combined with 4 milligrams of CBD to 5 milligrams of solely THC. (For reference, the Marijuana Policy Project recommends that a first-time edible user start with a 5-milligram dose.)

De Rossi, 48, was released the day after her procedure. At the time, DeGeneres said she was “in a lot of pain” after the surgery, but was “feeling much better now.” – Source