This quiet exit is on-brand for Portia, who, despite her openness about some aspects of her life, has a record of being pretty quiet in public commentary.
Whereas her iconic character on Arrested Development had the habit of pursuing new careers with mercurial abandon and pioneering obscure and naive charitable events without much forethought, Portia de Rossi put a lot of thought and effort into her venture, even teaming up with to create a new 3D technology that General Public uses to print its recreations.
Ellen showed the audience a picture of a bikini-clad Gail smiling awkwardly at the camera Ellen replied saying that the picture doesn't even look like her and is a totally different face and smile and Jen started laughing about it saying, 'The hair too — just so presidential.
But although she has played these and many other parts impeccably, none of her roles seem all that recent, when you stop and think about it.