Roughly eight months after transferring to the UK, former daytime TV host Ellen DeGeneres confirmed on Sunday that the reelection of Donald Trump was the deciding issue within the transfer.
TheWrap solely reported the information of her transfer again in November, with an individual near the previous TV host saying that she and her spouse Portia De Rossi are “by no means coming again” after Trump received again into the White Home. Talking to British broadcaster Richard Bacon in her first public look for the reason that transfer on Sunday, the comic confirmed the selection herself.
“We received right here the day earlier than the election and woke as much as a number of texts from our mates with crying emojis, and I used to be like, ‘He received in’,” she mentioned, in keeping with the BBC. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying right here.’”
The transfer was initially meant to be a “part-time” one, in keeping with DeGeneres, as she and De Rossi deliberate to spend just a few months a 12 months within the UK. However, since making it a everlasting residence, DeGeneres has been blissful along with her resolution.
“It’s clear. The whole lot right here is simply higher – the way in which animals are handled, persons are well mannered,” she mentioned. “I simply adore it right here.”
DeGeneres and her spouse opted for a home within the Cotswolds, and have since introduced over their animals, together with horses, chickens and, briefly, sheep.
The comic additionally famous that efforts to infringe on the rights of the LGBTQ+ group in the USA are one thing she and her spouse are maintaining a tally of, and have a contingency plan for.
“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 try this, we’re going to get married right here.”
