Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and spouse Portia de Rossi determined to pack up and transfer to the UK due to President Trump’s re-election win.
The previous speak present host, 67, detailed her new life throughout the pond throughout a dialog with British host Richard Bacon onstage in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Sunday, per the BBC.
Admitting that she and the “Arrested Growth” alum, 52, initially solely deliberate to remain within the UK for a few months, the pair pulled the set off on a everlasting transfer in November following Trump’s historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Following their trans-Atlantic transfer, the duo arrange camp within the ritzy Cotswolds neighborhood, which is a identified favourite among the many Hollywood elite.
“We bought right here the day earlier than the election and woke as much as numerous texts from our buddies with crying emojis, and I used to be like, ‘He bought in,’” she mentioned. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying right here.’”
The pair, who wed in 2008 after 4 years of relationship, proved they have been critical about uprooting their lives throughout the pond after shopping for a sprawling farmhouse within the hoity-toity space in South West England, practically two hours from London, for an eye-popping $18 million — some $3 million over the asking value.
Their new rural life contains tending to their horses, chickens and their canines.
“It’s completely stunning,” the comic mentioned. “We’re simply not used to seeing this type of magnificence. The villages and the cities and the structure — every thing you see is charming and it’s only a easier lifestyle.”
“It’s clear,” she went on. “Every thing right here is simply higher — the way in which animals are handled, persons are well mannered. I simply find it irresistible right here.”
DeGeneres additionally hinted that she and de Rossi may very well be seeking to get married once more within the UK.
“The Baptist Church in America is making an attempt to reverse homosexual marriage,” she mentioned. “They’re making an attempt to actually cease it from occurring sooner or later and presumably reverse it. Portia and I are already trying into it, and in the event that they do this, we’re going to get married right here.”
“I want we have been at a spot the place it was not scary for folks to be who they’re. I want that we lived in a society the place all people may settle for different folks and their variations.”
Elsewhere in the course of the chat, the comic hinted at a attainable return into showbiz.
“I simply don’t know what that’s but,” she mentioned of her profession plans, including that her subsequent challenge is not going to mirror the format of her eponymous speak present.
“I need to have enjoyable, I need to do one thing. I do like my chickens however I’m a bit bit bored,” she added.
Whereas it seems as if the pair have taken to the English countryside life-style with no hitch, it’s not all been easy crusing for the duo there.
Earlier this yr, the couple clashed with their British neighbors over an extension at their multimillion-dollar house.
Nonetheless, the hiccup didn’t cease DeGeneres from promoting one in all her remaining properties within the US — prompting her to formally reduce ties together with her homeland.
Whereas it’s not clear precisely why the pair selected the Cotswolds, the area is a picturesque and rich a part of England, with many British stars boasting nation homes there.
