# Lucy Liu & Anne Heche??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 24, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604 "2001-01-24T20:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/1 "2001-01-24T20:08:41Z")
Okay, indulge me. I’m not normally into those Hollywood who’s dating who type stories, but this one intrigues me. I was checking out some pictures of the Golden Globes online last night. I saw a shot of the 2 aforementioned ladies on the red carpet holding hands. What’s the deal? Are they an item? Was it just a chance encounter that got caught on film? In all the blather on the event there was no mention of the two as an item or otherwise. I don’t know why, but I absolutely **NEED** to know what’s going on here… ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/2 "2001-01-24T20:17:29Z")
They were probably pictured together because they are both appearing on “Ally McBeal”. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/3 "2001-01-24T20:56:10Z")
They’re gay. Pound sand, hetero! Tris ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/4 "2001-01-24T20:59:31Z")
The last gossip I had heard was that Anne had gone back to dating men. \ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/5 "2001-01-24T22:57:27Z")
I wondered the same thing, and put the question to my friend in the entertainment biz. Her answer was not only that they were together because Heche is doing a gig on Ally McBeal, but Jane Krakowski was also with them, only not shown in the infamous photo. My friend assures me that we red-blooded straight guys can retain our fantasies about Lucy Liu (and Jane Krakowski for that matter) and continue to be confused about Anne Heche. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/6 "2001-01-24T23:18:29Z")
Thanks for the tip. Haven’t watched Ally in a while, so I didn’t know that Anne Heche was doing a stint on it. As for Lucy Liu, I’m a straight gal, but if I weren’t…she’d be up there on the top of my list. So I wouldn’t have blamed Anne if she was hooking up with her. ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/7 "2001-01-24T23:26:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*I wondered the same thing, and put the question to my friend in the entertainment biz. Her answer was not only that they were together because Heche is doing a gig on Ally McBeal, but Jane Krakowski was also with them, only not shown in the infamous photo. > > My friend assures me that we red-blooded straight guys can retain our fantasies about Lucy Liu (and Jane Krakowski for that matter) and continue to be confused about Anne Heche. \*\* Is it OK to retain our fantasies about Lucy Liu and Jane Krakowsky together? Then again, Lucy is so tiny that Jane would probably smother her . . . ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/8 "2001-01-24T23:31:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*My friend assures me that we red-blooded straight guys can retain our fantasies about Lucy Liu (and Jane Krakowski for that matter) and continue to be confused about Anne Heche. \*\* Would being a bisexual make Lucy Liu less likely to appear in a straight guy’s fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/9 "2001-01-25T01:22:46Z")
Yep, its all true! Got the video tape right here, Ann and Lucy, rocking and rolling. I might consider selling it, when I get tired of watching it. I’m not tired of watching yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/10 "2001-01-25T02:45:24Z")
**elucidator** , you sure you’re not thinking of Anne Heche and Joan Chen? –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/11 "2001-01-25T03:09:08Z")
Pretty sure its Lucy. She shaves. But that’s **all** I’m telling you! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/12 "2001-01-25T19:01:57Z")
I believe my mother heard that people are suggesting that Heche was only dating Ellen to further her career or something. If that IS true, it’d be a pretty shitty thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/13 "2001-01-25T23:38:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Are they an item? God, I hope so 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/14 "2001-01-26T02:50:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I believe my mother heard that people are suggesting that Heche was only dating Ellen to further her career or something. If that IS true, it’d be a pretty shitty thing to do. \*\* Well, but HER career seems to have eclipsed that of Ellen in the last few years, n’est pas?? Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/15 "2001-01-26T03:04:39Z")
Guninastasia writes: \> I believe my mother heard that people are suggesting that \> Heche was only dating Ellen to further her career or \> something. If that IS true, it’d be a pretty shitty thing \> to do. On the other hand, of course, no one in Hollywood has ever engaged in a heterosexual affair in order to further their career. Those people are far too sincere and pure-hearted for that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/16 "2001-01-26T03:28:17Z")
THAT too would be equally shitty. I’m just saying that’s what I heard. And whatever the reason, it sucks. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/17 "2001-01-26T04:44:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*Pretty sure its Lucy. She shaves. > > But that’s **all** I’m telling you! \*\* If you mean the lesbian scene in the movie “Wild Side,” it’s Joan Chen. ---
**Author:** ![zenkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/439d5e/32.png) [@zenkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenkat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-liu-anne-heche/51604/18 "2001-01-26T04:52:23Z")
According to a story I read, Anne Heche was dating the comedian Steve Martin shortly before she hooked up with Ellen. In Martin’s movie “Bowfinger,” there is a character (played by Heather Graham) who will sleep with anyone to advance her acting career. By the end of the movie, she has resorted to sleeping with a female film executive. Although Martin has denied it, many people have speculated the character played by Graham was based on Heche.