Personal Life
Porter married Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrave in August 2001 and gave birth to their daughter Honey on 3 September 2002. She revealed in February 2005 they had separated eight months earlier.
She dated guitarist Jonny Davies from late 2009.
Porter has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and says she suffers from insomnia.
On 8 September 2011 Porter gave a radio interview to BBC Radio 5 Live's Phil Williams (a first for Porter) in which she stated that she had been detained (under the Mental Health Act of 2007,) for 17 days of treatment against her will. Porter also stated that one of the signatures on the documents to have her sectioned was that of her (at the time) boyfriend, after sending a text to him stating that she was feeling suicidal, even though she says she had no intention of acting on it, she admits to "being very frail, so who knows". She claimed to have felt no benefit from the stay at all. Porter praised for the staff at the facility, but stated that the resources and facilities are under-funded, and she was only seen briefly by three doctors in those 17 days.
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