Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and spouse Portia de Rossi determined to pack up and transfer to the UK due to President Trump’s re-election win.
The previous discuss present host, 67, detailed her new life throughout the pond throughout a dialog with British host Richard Bacon onstage in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Sunday, per the BBC.
Admitting that she and the “Arrested Development” alum, 52, initially solely deliberate to remain within the UK for a few months, the pair pulled the set off on a everlasting transfer in November following Trump’s historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Following their trans-Atlantic transfer, the duo arrange camp within the ritzy Cotswolds neighborhood, which is a recognized favourite among the many Hollywood elite.
“We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in,’” she stated. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
The pair, who wed in 2008 after 4 years of relationship, proved they have been critical about uprooting their lives throughout the pond after shopping for a sprawling farmhouse within the hoity-toity space in South West England, practically two hours from London, for an eye-popping $18 million — some $3 million over the asking value.
Their new rural life contains tending to their horses, chickens and their canines.
“It’s absolutely beautiful,” the comic stated. “We’re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture — everything you see is charming and it’s just a simpler way of life.”
“It’s clean,” she went on. “Everything here is just better — the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”
DeGeneres additionally hinted that she and de Rossi may very well be trying to get married once more within the UK.
“The Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage,” she stated. “They’re 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’re going to get married here.”
“I wish we were at a place where it was not scary for people to be who they are. I wish that we lived in a society where everybody could accept other people and their differences.”
Elsewhere throughout the chat, the comic hinted at a attainable return into showbiz.
“I just don’t know what that is yet,” she stated of her profession plans, including that her subsequent challenge won’t mirror the format of her eponymous discuss present.
“I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens but I’m a little bit bored,” she added.
Whereas it seems as if the pair have taken to the English countryside way of life and not using a hitch, it’s not all been easy crusing for the duo there.
Earlier this yr, the couple clashed with their British neighbors over an extension at their multimillion-dollar dwelling.
Nonetheless, the hiccup didn’t cease DeGeneres from promoting considered one of her ultimate properties within the US — prompting her to formally lower ties together with her homeland.
Whereas it’s not clear precisely why the pair selected the Cotswolds, the area is a picturesque and rich a part of England, with many British stars boasting nation homes there.
