Ellen DeGeneres says she moved to Britain because of Trump

FILE - Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 21, 2015. DeGeneres said she has tested positive for COVID-19 but is feeling fine right now. The producer of her daytime talk show says production has been put on hold until January. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) (Richard Shotwell)

Ellen DeGeneres has made no secret of her new British life, posting social media clips of sheep charmingly trotting into her luxury rural home while she mows the lawn of the sprawling estate, her trademark hair now natural and undyed.

But on Sunday, she confirmed for the first time that she moved to the United Kingdom permanently for one reason: the election of President Donald Trump last November.

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“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.’ And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here,” she told an audience at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, central England.,

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