>> her name is marla. i'm seeing a woman. >> in the '90s, gay characters were always secondary or third. there was never a gay character that was the lead of a show. >> so, you want to go look at apartments tomorrow. >> sure. >> ellen degeneres, the comedian, was about to come out. she does it on "time" magazine, yep, i'm gay. but she decided the character ellen plays on tv will also come out. >> it's reprehensible that abc, who is owned by disney of all companies, is going to feature ellen as coming out of the closet. it won't be long before god knows what, you know, who knows. >> we were getting bomb threats.