THE GUARDIAN: US comedian and Portia de Rossi have stayed in the UK since Trump’s re-election, and are considering getting married again in case the US overturns same-sex marriage
Ellen DeGeneres has confirmed that she moved to the UK because of Donald Trump, saying, “Everything here is just better”.
At a conversation event on Sunday at Cheltenham’s Everyman theatre – the comedian’s first public appearance since leaving the US – broadcaster Richard Bacon asked DeGeneres if it was true Trump had spurred her decision to relocate.
“Yes,” she said. “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.’ And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
DeGeneres moved with her wife, Portia de Rossi, to a house in the Cotswolds in 2024 after her long-running talkshow ended and she embarked on a “final comedy tour” around the US.
At the time, her move was described as permanent. A source told industry publication The Wrap that DeGeneres was “never coming back” and was motivated by Trump, though DeGeneres herself had not confirmed the reasoning until now.
DeGeneres told Bacon that her new home was “beautiful”. » | Michael Sun | Monday, July 21, 2025
