Overview

• DeGeneres confirmed at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre that she and wife Portia de Rossi have permanently based themselves in the Cotswolds after Trump’s November 2024 victory prompted a change from their initial part-time plan.
• She said they decided to stay after waking to messages with crying emojis the morning following the election, marking a shift from a three-to-four-month-a-year residence.
• DeGeneres lauded life in the U.K. as "einfach besser," citing cleaner surroundings, polite communities and stronger animal welfare standards.
• Citing fears of U.S. rollbacks on same-sex marriage rights, she revealed that she and de Rossi are considering remarrying under English law.
• Her relocation comes after the end of her long-running talk show following workplace-environment controversies and echoes a broader celebrity exodus after Trump’s reelection.