She was “somebody” for a short time in Hollywood due to nepotism. No discernible talent. That has to eat away at a person over time.
Ellen DeGeneres isn’t the only one in her current relationship who allegedly was abused in her youth. Anne Heche also has skeletons in her childhood closet.
Heche’s father, Donald, led a bizarre double life. By day, he was a God-fearing Baptist choir master; by night, he left Heche’s mother and her four children at home while he cruised the Aurora, Ohio, gay bars
https://nypost.com/1999/04/20/heche-also-has-painful-past/