Overview
- Ellen DeGeneres previously said the couple would remain in the U.K. while Donald Trump is in the White House, telling a British audience in July that they were staying.
- Multiple outlets, echoing the Mail on Sunday, report she has told friends they intend to come back to California for the winter.
- Sources cited reasons including dislike of British winters, homesickness for friends in Los Angeles, and Portia de Rossi’s interest in acting again.
- Coverage points to recent real estate moves, including a Montecito sale and the listing and sale of a Cotswolds property, as lifestyle signals rather than definitive proof of plans.
- British columnists, including The Times’ Kevin Maher and the Guardian’s Arwa Mahdawi, mocked the reported weather-driven rethink, and there has been no direct confirmation from the couple.