Reefer madness!
Ellen DeGeneres is catching heat online for admitting that she drove her wife, Portia de Rossi, to the hospital in March after drinking three “weed drinks” and taking over-the-counter sleep aids.
DeGeneres made the admission that what she did was “probably not safe” to Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday during a marijuana-themed episode of his show.
DeGeneres explained that she found de Rossi on the bathroom floor of their home, visibly in pain — but only after the daytime talk-show host had consumed three Cann drinks and the sleep aid melatonin. She then drove de Rossi to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.
“Chelsea Handler told me about these weed drinks, they’re called Cann, and they have CBD or [THC] — I don’t know what the good thing is,” DeGeneres, 63, explained.
“I drank one, and I didn’t feel anything, so I drank three, and then I took two melatonin sleep pills,” she continued.
“And I’m laying in bed, and I realize [Portia’s] not in bed,” DeGeneres said. “She’s moaning. I get out of bed, and she’s on the ground on all fours, and I said, ‘You’re not OK.’ She goes, ‘I’m OK.’ I said, ‘No, unless you’re playing Twister by yourself, you’re not OK.’ So I rushed her to the emergency room.”
Kimmel, 53, asked DeGeneres, “You drove her by yourself?”
“I did,” she replied. “I mean, I kicked in, like my adrenaline, because I just had to rush her there. It’s probably not safe.
“I shouldn’t be saying any of this,” DeGeneres added.
Some social media users decried DeGeneres’ anecdote as an example of her privilege, with one writing, “She could’ve killed someone. I’m so sick of her entitled a–,” according to the Daily Mail.
According to the company that produces Cann, Vana, their line of marijuana-infused drinks ranges in potency from a mix of 2 milligrams of THC combined with 4 milligrams of CBD to 5 milligrams of solely THC. (For reference, the Marijuana Policy Project recommends that a first-time edible user start with a 5-milligram dose.)
De Rossi, 48, was released the day after her procedure. At the time, DeGeneres said she was “in a lot of pain” after the surgery, but was “feeling much better now.”