{"id":79706,"date":"2025-07-21T04:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/79706\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T04:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:10:12","slug":"ellen-degeneres-believes-uk-is-just-better-after-fleeing-us-due-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/79706\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen DeGeneres believes UK &#8216;is just better&#8217; after fleeing US due to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ellen-degeneres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ellen DeGeneres<\/a> left the United States last year following Donald Trump&#8217;s successful bid to return to the White House during the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">DeGeneres, 67, and wife Portia de Rossi sold their Montecito estate in August and purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ellen-degeneres-shuts-down-rumors-her-uk-farmhouse-flooded-after-fleeing-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a farmhouse in the U.K.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move was initially slated as a part-time adventure where the couple could enjoy a few months of the year across the pond, but the comedian made things more permanent after Trump won the November elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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, &#8216;He got in&#8217;,&#8221; she told broadcaster Richard Bacon during her first U.K. appearance since moving, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8d638rrndzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a>. &#8220;And we&#8217;re like, &#8216;We&#8217;re staying here.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ellen-degeneres-backs-rosie-odonnell-after-trump-threatened-revoke-her-u-s-citizenship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>ELLEN DEGENERES BACKS ROSIE O&#8217;DONNELL AFTER TRUMP THREATENED TO REVOKE HER U.S. CITIZENSHIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-ellen-degeneres.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump wears blue suit, Ellen DeGeneres wears white suit.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ellen DeGeneres confirmed her move to the U.K. was made permanent after Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 election. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s remained relatively private about her new life in the English countryside, but keeps fans updated about farm living on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely beautiful,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We&#8217;re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture \u2013 everything you see is charming and it&#8217;s just a simpler way of life. It&#8217;s clean. Everything here is just better \u2013 the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former talk show host added, &#8220;We moved here in November, which was not the ideal time, but I saw snow for the first time in my life. We love it here. Portia flew her horses here, and I have chickens, and we had sheep for about two weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDCxpA7vo7u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIuC7NrT32F\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeGeneres recently threw her support toward fellow comedian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/rosie-odonnell-uses-irish-comedy-club-set-harp-trump-feud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell,<\/a> who also fled the United States following Trump&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ellen-degeneres-shows-off-english-countryside-home-sheep-invade-through-open-door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>ELLEN DEGENERES SHOWS OFF ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE HOME AS SHEEP INVADE THROUGH OPEN DOOR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One day after the president threatened to revoke O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s U.S. citizenship following her move to Ireland earlier this year, DeGeneres gave Rosie a public shout out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good for you,&#8221; DeGeneres wrote atop a reposed image of Trump&#8217;s threat and O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s lengthy response on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMDkYh0Jvvz\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump referred to O&#8217;Donnell as a &#8220;threat to humanity,&#8221; and wrote that Rosie&#8217;s &#8220;best interests&#8221; were not for the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,&#8221; Trump wrote in a post to his social media platform Truth Social. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Donnell quickly responded to Trump&#8217;s jab in several posts that she shared on her social media pages. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/rosie-odonnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;A League of Their Own&#8221; star<\/a> posted a collage of photos centered around a screenshot of Trump&#8217;s post on Instagram and blasted the politician in the caption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rosie-donald-trump-ellen-degeneres.jpg\" alt=\"Rosie O'Donnell, Donald Trump and Ellen DeGeneres\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Rosie O&#8217;Donnell didn&#8217;t expect Ellen DeGeneres to leave the United States after Donald Trump was elected president. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president of the USA has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is &#8211; a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;This is why i moved to Ireland &#8211; he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, O&#8217;Donnell admitted she was &#8220;shocked&#8221; to hear why Ellen left the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve never really known Ellen to say anything political in her life, so I was surprised to read that she left because of President Trump. Like, that shocked me, actually,&#8221; O\u2019Donnell told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/rosie-odonnell-details-ireland-move-and-connection-with-ellen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Us Weekly<\/a> earlier this year. &#8220;I\u2019ve been a political person my whole life, not better or worse, it\u2019s just a different way to be in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very clear about the reason why I was leaving, and I don\u2019t think it came as a surprise to anyone. We\u2019re not really in each other\u2019s worlds, and it\u2019s been kind of awkward but you know what? I wish her the best. I wish that she has peace and love in her life and that she is OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rosie-odonnell-trump.jpg\" alt=\"Rosie O'Donnell and President Donald Trump split\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Rosie O&#8217;Donnell has been in a decades-long feud with Trump. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>While their relationship isn&#8217;t strong, O&#8217;Donnell insisted she harbors no ill will for the comedian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t want to fight against another gay woman. It\u2019s not like we\u2019re tenaciously opposed to each other,&#8221; O&#8217;Donnell said. &#8220;We\u2019re just very different people. We have had some stuff in the past that we never resolved. And not in any way as, as partners or lovers or anything like that, just as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/comedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">friends and comedians,<\/a> but I wish her the best. I seriously do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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