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Ellen DeGeneres claims 'fled US after Trump win'
She confirmed long-standing rumors while talking to Richard Bacon in England
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Wed, 23, Jul 2025
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Ellen DeGeneres moved to the United Kingdom from the United States of America in early 2025, soon after American President Donald Trump's election to the oval office.
While speculations about the two events being linked were rife, neither DeGeneres nor her wife Portia de Rossi had confirmed at the time that their move was in any way related to Trump's win.
In a July 20 interview with Richard Bacon in Cheltenham, England, the 67-year-old American comedian and actress confirmed that her move to the UK was almost entirely based on her feelings towards Trump's election win.
DeGeneres, who came out as gay in 1997, was a vocal critic of Trump's anti-homosexuality stance and support-base.
She claimed that she and her wife had initially bought only "a part-time house" in the UK, which they were planning to use for a few months every year.
She continued, "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 added, "And we're like, 'We're staying here'."
Highlighting the threat faced by the LGBTQ+ community in the US, DeGeneres brought up a recent move by the Southern Baptist Convention to endorse the reversal of a Supreme Court case allowing same-sex marriage. At least nine state legislatures have introduced bills to do the same.
She argued, "The Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage".
DeGeneres continued, "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."
Responding to a question posed by a member of the audience, DeGeneres also said, "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.
"So until we're there, I think there's a hard place to say we have huge progress."
In a sign of optimism, she added that the younger generation is "more comfortable with it" and is "just kind of fluid."
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