Ellen DeGeneres Blames Trump for Leaving the
While many celebrities made headlines for criticizing Donald Trump during his presidency, few went as far as Ellen DeGeneres. She now says she’s left the country entirely because of him.
The former daytime talk show host confirmed over the weekend that she and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have relocated permanently to the UK, citing Trump’s return to political relevance as the tipping point.
“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,’” DeGeneres said at a speaking event in Cheltenham. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
A Self-Imposed Exile Over a Democratic Election
DeGeneres, 67, and Portia, 52, now reside in the Cotswolds, where she says they’re embracing a “simpler” lifestyle far from the country that made her a household name and multimillionaire.
“Everything here is just better,” she said of the UK, listing off “polite people,” “clean air,” and “the way animals are treated” as reasons she prefers Britain to America.
While some see their retreat as personal preference, others question why an American celebrity who built her empire through U.S. audiences and net
