Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and wife Portia de Rossi decided to pack up and move to the UK because of President Trump’s re-election win.
The former talk show host, 67, detailed her new life across the pond during a conversation with British host Richard Bacon onstage in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Sunday, per the BBC.
Admitting that she and the “Arrested Development” alum, 52, initially only planned to stay in the UK for a couple of months, the pair pulled the trigger on a permanent move in November following Trump’s historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Following their trans-Atlantic move, the duo set up camp in the ritzy Cotswolds neighborhood, which is a known favorite among the Hollywood elite.
“We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in,’” she said. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
The pair, who wed in 2008 after four years of dating, proved they were serious about uprooting their lives across the pond after buying a sprawling farmhouse in the hoity-toity area in South West England, nearly two hours from London, for an eye-popping $18 million — some $3 million over the asking price.
Their new rural life includes tending to their horses, chickens and their dogs.
“It’s absolutely beautiful,” the comedian said. “We’re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture — everything you see is charming and it’s just a simpler way of life.”
“It’s clean,” she went on. “Everything here is just better — the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”
DeGeneres also hinted that she and de Rossi could be looking to get married again in the UK.
“The Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage,” she said. “They’re trying to literally stop it from happening in the future and possibly reverse it. Portia and I are already looking into it, and if they do that, we’re going to get married here.”
“I wish we were at a place where it was not scary for people to be who they are. I wish that we lived in a society where everybody could accept other people and their differences.”
Elsewhere during the chat, the comedian hinted at a possible return into showbiz.
“I just don’t know what that is yet,” she said of her career plans, adding that her next project will not reflect the format of her eponymous talk show.
“I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens but I’m a little bit bored,” she added.
While it appears as though the pair have taken to the English countryside lifestyle without a hitch, it’s not all been smooth sailing for the duo there.
Earlier this year, the couple clashed with their British neighbors over an extension at their multimillion-dollar home.
Still, the hiccup didn’t stop DeGeneres from selling one of her final properties in the US — prompting her to officially cut ties with her homeland.
While it’s not clear exactly why the pair decided on the Cotswolds, the region is a picturesque and wealthy part of England, with many British stars boasting country houses there.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
