Anne Heche is looking back on her high-profile romance with Ellen DeGeneres.In a new interview with magazine, the 51-year-old actress opens up about what it was like dating DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000.«Our time was a beautiful part of my life and one that I wear with honor,» Heche says. Back in the '90s, DeGeneres and Heche were ridiculed for going public with their same-sex relationship.