The comedian and presenter told an audience at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham that life is "simply better" in the UK, writes BBC.
Ellen DeGeneres was for 30 years one of the biggest names on American TV. After her talk show was cancelled, she went on a final stand-up tour in the US in 2024 and then bought a house in the Cotswolds. DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi had originally planned to spend three or four months a year in the UK.
We came here the day before the election and woke up to a lot of texts from our friends with crying emojis, she says.
Then we said: 'We're staying here'.
Another comedian and actress who has also left the US after the shift in power is the outspoken Trump critic Rosie O'Donnell, who earlier this year moved to Ireland with her family. Now the president is threatening to revoke her American citizenship.
"She is a threat to humanity, and should stay in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her", Trump writes on Truth Social.
