{"id":182809,"date":"2025-07-21T18:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/ellen-degeneres-reveals-that-she-moved-to-the-uk-because-of-donald-trump-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T18:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:42:25","slug":"ellen-degeneres-reveals-that-she-moved-to-the-uk-because-of-donald-trump-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/ellen-degeneres-reveals-that-she-moved-to-the-uk-because-of-donald-trump-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen DeGeneres reveals that she moved to the UK because of Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/ellen-degeneres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellen DeGeneres<\/a> has traded the glitz of Hollywood for the charm of the Cotswolds \u2013 making a bold statement by relocating to the UK right after <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> secured his second term, declaring that life across the pond is \u201csimply superior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The iconic comedian and former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is embracing her new rural British lifestyle \u2013 and she\u2019s crystal clear about what prompted her American exit.<\/p>\n<p>During a packed event at Cheltenham, the former daytime TV queen revealed that she and her wife <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/portia-de-rossi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portia de Rossi<\/a> made their decisive move the morning after Donald Trump clinched his second presidential victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c8d638rrndzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she stated matter-of-factly<\/a>, responding to host Richard Bacon\u2019s direct question about Trump\u2019s win triggering their relocation. \u201cWe got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, \u2018He got in\u2019. And we\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re staying here\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ellen-degeneres-07102024-1-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Dory Premiere\" class=\"wp-image-100865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ellen-degeneres-07102024-1-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ellen-degeneres-07102024-1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ellen-degeneres-07102024-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ellen-degeneres-07102024-1-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ellen-degeneres-07102024-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ellen DeGeneres at the premiere of \u201cFinding Dory\u201d. (London, England) Photo by: KGC-158\/STAR MAX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now calling the Cotswolds home \u2013 a region renowned as England\u2019s picture-perfect heartland \u2013 the 67-year-old says the choice was obvious. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely beautiful,\u201d she told the audience at the Everyman Theatre. \u201cWe\u2019re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture \u2013 everything you see is charming and it\u2019s just a simpler way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since purchasing what was initially planned as a \u201cpart-time house,\u201d Ellen\u2019s been documenting her countryside adventures online \u2013 sharing updates about her chicken-keeping endeavors and runaway sheep situations. Portia has even transported her horses overseas. \u201cIt\u2019s clean. Everything here is just better \u2013 the way animals are treated, people are polite,\u201d she said, \u201cI just love it here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet beneath the idyllic surface lies a deeper motivation. Ellen expressed concerns about the current political climate in America \u2013 particularly regarding threats to same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to literally stop it from happening in the future and possibly reverse it. Portia and I are already looking into it, and if they do that, we\u2019re going to get married here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1689\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals\" class=\"wp-image-42823 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-1160x1689.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-1160x1689.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-800x1165.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-1055x1536.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-370x539.jpg 370w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-185x269.jpg 185w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-740x1077.jpg 740w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-20x29.jpg 20w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-400x582.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-600x874.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-33x48.jpg 33w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1689\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-1160x1689.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals\" class=\"wp-image-42823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-1160x1689.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-800x1165.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-1055x1536.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-370x539.jpg 370w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-185x269.jpg 185w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-740x1077.jpg 740w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-20x29.jpg 20w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-400x582.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-600x874.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02-33x48.jpg 33w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ellen-degeneres-photos-07302020-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ellen DeGeneres attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She reflected on her groundbreaking journey as one of America\u2019s first openly gay TV personalities, recalling how her sitcom was cancelled after her 1997 coming out.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about inspiring others to come out, she responded: \u201cI would say no.\u201d Despite progress, she maintained that Hollywood remains unsafe for many. \u201cIf it was, all these other people that are actors and actresses that I know they\u2019re gay, they\u2019d be out, but they\u2019re not, because it\u2019s still a problem. People are still scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That fear, she noted, might diminish with younger generations. \u201cThe younger generation is going to show us the way. They\u2019re just kind of fluid \u2013 more comfortable with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a candid moment, DeGeneres addressed the controversy that clouded her talk show\u2019s final chapter before its 2022 conclusion amid workplace toxicity claims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1429\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres Red Carpet - 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards\" class=\"wp-image-11934 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-600x857.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-800x1143.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-370x529.jpg 370w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-185x264.jpg 185w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-740x1057.jpg 740w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-20x29.jpg 20w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-400x572.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-34x48.jpg 34w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-313x447.jpg 313w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-320x457.jpg 320w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-560x800.jpg 560w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1429\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen DeGeneres Red Carpet - 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards\" class=\"wp-image-11934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-600x857.jpg 600w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-800x1143.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-370x529.jpg 370w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-185x264.jpg 185w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-740x1057.jpg 740w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-20x29.jpg 20w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-400x572.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-34x48.jpg 34w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-313x447.jpg 313w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-320x457.jpg 320w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ellen-degeneres-photos-05282019-01-560x800.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as simple as, I\u2019m a direct person, and I\u2019m very blunt, and I guess sometimes that means that\u2026 I\u2019m mean?\u201d she said. \u201cNo matter what, any article that came up, it was like, \u2018She\u2019s mean\u2019, and it\u2019s like, how do I deal with this without sounding like a victim or \u2018poor me\u2019 or complaining? But I wanted to address it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged the show\u2019s ending wasn\u2019t ideal, admitting it was \u201ccertainly an unpleasant way to end.\u201d The public perception still stings: \u201cI hate it. I hate that people think that I\u2019m that because I know who I am and I know that I\u2019m an empathetic, compassionate person,\u201d she revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Yet she hasn\u2019t completely ruled out returning to the spotlight \u2013 particularly if it involves working in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to do that again, but I just feel like people are watching on their phones, or people aren\u2019t really paying attention as much to televisions,\u201d she mused. Still keeping her options open, she added with characteristic humor: \u201cI want to do something. I do like my chickens but I\u2019m a little bit bored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Could Ellen become Britain\u2019s next daytime sensation? 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