After the recent overturn of a Gay Marriage ban by the California Supreme Court on Thursday, Towleroad reports that television talk show host Ellen DeGeneres announced today on her show that she is getting married to her life partner, Portia de Rossi whom was amongst the audience. [Clip after jump]

“Yesterday, the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriage. So I would like to say right now, for the first time, I am announcing that I am getting married… I’m so excited. It’s something that we’ve, of course, wanted to do, and we’ve wanted to be legal, and we’re very very excited.”