Ellen DeGeneres has made no secret of her new British life, posting social media clips of sheep charmingly trotting into her luxury rural home while she mows the lawn of the sprawling estate, her trademark hair now natural and undyed.
But on Sunday she confirmed for the first time that she moved to the United Kingdom permanently for one reason: the election of President Donald Trump last November.
“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,” she told an audience at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, central England.
After her long-running talk show ended amid allegations of workplace bullying, DeGeneres, 67, bought a home in England’s picturesque Cotswolds region with her wife, “Arrested Development” star Portia de Rossi, 52.
With its honey-colored stone, lush greenery and chocolate-box villages, this 800 square-mile haven is home to a slew of celebrities including David and Victoria Beckham, music mogul Simon Cowell and supermodel Kate Moss.
This was initially meant to be a transatlantic bolthole, she said. But asked Sunday if Trump’s election cemented that move as permanent, she answered an unequivocal, “Yes,” in comments the theater confirmed as accurate Monday.
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