Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres says she wept for days after her lesbian lover Anne Heche ditched her for a man.

She says she couldn't bear her life in the aftermath of Heche's sudden exit, insisting her eyes would well up as soon as she awoke in the morning, reports the Internet Media Database.

However, DeGeneres claims she has finally overcome her heartbreak over Heche, who is now married to Coley Laffoon.

"Anne broke my heart into a million pieces. When Anne left, I'd wake up in the morning, and my eyes would just immediately fill up with tears, and I would start convulsively crying," she said.

"I'd watch the sun come up and then go down. I've never spoken to her since she left," she says.