Ellen DeGeneres denies canceling charity appearance over fight

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi say they did not cancel a charity appearance over a fight.

Reports claimed the 56-year-old television host and 41-year-old actress failed to show up at a Saving Spot! fundraiser Sunday because they got in an argument on the way to the event. DeGeneres and de Rossi have since refuted the rumors, and asserted they were not scheduled to attend in the first place.

"We were happy to lend our names as honorary chairs and the organization was always aware that we would be unable to attend," the couple revealed in a statement. "This is the first time we have seen our images attached to the invite. It was not approved and it is misleading."

"The story is a complete lie," DeGeneres' attorney Marty Singer insisted. "My client told the organizer they never agreed nor planned to attend the event. There was no fight that caused them not to attend."

After months of divorce rumors, DeGeneres declared she and de Rossi are "happily married" in September. The couple have been together since 2004, and married in August 2008. The pair are often the subject of baby rumors as well, but recently denied they plan to start a family.