Could the frosty winds of Britain’s Cotswolds region be too much for Hollywood royalty Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to bear?
According to Breitbart, reports suggest the celebrity couple, who relocated to the U.K. after Donald Trump’s election victory over Kamala Harris, are packing their bags for a return to sunny California to escape the harsh British winters and reconnect with their social circle.
Let’s rewind a bit to trace their transatlantic journey.
DeGeneres and de Rossi made headlines when they uprooted their lives to settle in the picturesque Cotswolds region of Great Britain following Trump’s win.
The move came on the heels of DeGeneres’s long-running talk show ending in 2021, a finale marred by declining viewership and troubling allegations of workplace misconduct that painted a less-than-flattering picture of the once-beloved host.
While in the U.K., the couple purchased and later sold Kitesbridge Farm in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, for a hefty £22.5 million, showing they weren’t exactly roughing it abroad.
Now, whispers of a return to California are growing louder, with the brutal British winters apparently playing a starring role in their decision to head back west. “She’s been telling friends they are coming home soon because they miss them and can’t take the winters over there, and Portia wants to act again,” sources told the Daily Mail.
Ah, yes, nothing says “I’m done with drizzle” like fleeing to the Golden State, though one wonders if the cultural climate back home will be any warmer for a couple so tied to Hollywood’s progressive elite.
Adding fuel to the return rumors, Portia de Rossi, known for her roles in hits like “Arrested Development” and “Ally McBeal,” is reportedly eager to revive her acting career, which has been on hiatus since 2019.
“Ellen was very clear that they’re coming back to California sooner rather than later. They miss the warm weather and their friends,” a source told the Daily Mail.
While de Rossi’s ambition to step back into the spotlight is understandable, one can’t help but raise an eyebrow at the timing—Hollywood’s current obsession with identity politics might not roll out the red carpet as easily as it once did.
Meanwhile, DeGeneres has been busy offloading U.S. properties, including a Montecito home sold for $29.9 million and another listed for nearly $5 million, suggesting a complex relationship with their American roots.
Though DeGeneres previously indicated a desire to remain in the U.K. until Trump’s term ends, recent chatter points to a holiday return to California with plans to stay longer than expected.
It’s a curious pivot for a couple who seemed to want distance from America’s political landscape, yet perhaps the pull of familiar faces—and thermostats above freezing—proves stronger than ideological stances in the end.