It seems that Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi may have said goodbye to the United States for good.
The couple appears to be calling rural England their new home, putting up their Montecito, Calif., estate on the market. The Wrap, citing a source, reported the couple told friends that they had fled the U.S. with no plans to return following President-elect Donald Trump's election win.
Even before the election, DeGeneres has had a difficult couple of years. Her long-standing talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres," was shuttered in 2022 following allegations of bad behavior and a toxic workplace environment. In her new stand-up special, "Four Your Approval" on Netflix, DeGeneres claimed that she was "kicked out of show business." The comedian further elaborated that you "can't be gay in show business."
"Mean, old and gay," DeGeneres said. "I was the triple crown."
After decades in comedy and working as America's favorite talk show host, DeGeneres has reportedly relocated to the Cotswolds, England. The source told The Wrap that her Montecito mansion, an hour outside of Los Angeles, is in the process of being listed.
DeGeneres isn't the only person seeking to leave because of the election results. As late night host Stephen Colbert recently pointed out, Google internet searches for people looking up how to move abroad were up by 1,000%, including "move to Canada," which was up 1,270%. There is even a cruise line offering four-year trips to those looking to avoid a second Trump term on the mainland.
