Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi move to England after Donald Trump's win, wanted to 'get the hell out' post election

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have reportedly left the US for good after Donald Trump returned to power.

Published on: Nov 21, 2024, 09:00:51 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres has reportedly left the United States and moved to England with her actor-wife Portia de Rossi. TMZ reported that the celeb couple was disillusioned with Donald Trump's victory in the US election and wanted to leave the country. (Also read: Nothing that I say will change him: Ellen on why she will never invite Trump on her show)

Celeb couple Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi have reportedly moved to the UK

Ellen and Portia leave the US for England

TMZ cited sources with 'direct knowledge' of Ellen and Portia's move and said that the couple has now settled in a new home in the Cotswolds -- a region in South West England, about 2 hours from London.

The report states that while Ellen and Portia had bought the place before the US elections, they decided to move after Trump's win earlier this month. The source said they were "very disillusioned" with Trump's victory and immediately decided "to get the hell out." The move may be permanent for the celeb couple, as the TMZ report also claims that they are now listing their house in Montecito, California. They had previously sold their other mansion in the US for $96 million.

Ellen DeGeneres' support for Kamala Harris

Ellen and Portia were among the most vocal supporters of Donald Trump's key rival in the 2024 US presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris. "There’s nothing more powerful than a woman whose time has come!! I can’t wait for @KamalaHarris to be our next president," Ellen wrote on Instagram in September. She also donated $3,300 to Harris' campaign. While several celebrities had threatened to leave the US if Trump won, Ellen is the first to make good on that promise.

Ellen had famously vowed never to invite Donald Trump on her show, saying she did not agree with her brand of politics, particularly his strong stance against liberal media.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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