DeGeneres and Heche publicly ended their three- and-a-half year relationship on August 16th, with friends claiming Heche wanted to go back to dating men. The Ellen DeGeneres (Edtv) and Anne Heche (Six Days Seven Nights) love affair was confirmed over, when they gave each other the cold shoulder at their first public meeting. Comedienne DeGeneres accompanied by singer Tracy Chapman, glared icily at Anne, who could only stare at the ground during the confrontation outside an exclusive Beverly Hills Los Angeles, restaurant. Heche who ended her two-year relationship with actor Steve Martin to be with Degeneres , was accompanied by a male friend. An eyewitness said, "DeGeneres did a double-take and then sneered at Heche. Her look was of pure ice. Heche would not raise her head to gaze back at Ellen, but she must have said something to her friend, because a big smile broke out on his face. It was like a comic farce." DeGeneres and Heche publicly ended their three- and-a-half year relationship on August 16th, with friends claiming Heche wanted to go back to dating men.