Posted on 01/19/2025 9:53:27 AM PST by Signalman
For the past three elections, we’ve heard plenty of celebrities claim they were going to leave the United States if Donald Trump gets elected.
Spoiler alert: They never do.
Ahead of the 2024 election, celebrities like Cher, Barbra Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg and Cardi B all talked about leaving the United States if Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. And, well, we all know what happened in the election…and they’re all still here.
In fact the only one who actually left was Ellen DeGeneres, the disgraced talk show host who retired after accusations of bullying and creating a hostile work environment for her employees and guests.
After Trump was elected, it was reported that Ellen and her wife, Portia de Rossi, had left their Montecito, California home and relocated to the Cotswolds in England. According to TMZ, the couple decided to “get the hell out” of the United States after Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election after becoming “disillusioned” with the country.
DeGeneres had donated to Harris and publicly endorsed her for president:
The couple reportedly began house shopping in England back in October, and officially made the move not long after Trump was elected. But it’s already been a rough start over there, after their neighborhood was hit by severe flooding last month. Apparently moving from sunny California to the rainy English countryside has its problems too…
Sources have claimed that the couple vowed to “never come back” to the United States, and they have reportedly planned to list their Montecito home for sale after previously selling another mansion in the area for $96 million earlier this year.
But apparently things have already changed.
Earlier this week, DeGeneres was spotted out and about in Montecito, just two months after reportedly leaving the country for good. Just can’t stay away, eh?
The former talk show host looked almost unrecognizable, showing off a new gray hairstyle that had some people mistaking her for Bill Gates.
DeGeneres has also vowed that she’ll never return to the entertainment industry, joking about her bullying accusations during her latest Netflix special:
“I got kicked out of show business. You can’t be mean and be in show business. No, they’ll kick you out. No mean people in show business.”
And she also told a crowd during a stand-up special that after her Netflix special, we would never hear from her again:
“This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done.”
Probably a good thing after the accusations against her. “Being mean” is putting it mildly, if the stories from her former employees are to be believed. And Ellen herself apologized in an email to her staff, though she seemingly blamed management for the environment by claiming that she “wasn’t able to stay on top of everything” as the show grew:
“On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ would be a place of happiness – no one would ever raise their voice, and everyone would be treated with respect. Obviously, something changed, and I am disappointed to learn that this has not been the case. And for that, I am sorry. Anyone who knows me knows it’s the opposite of what I believe and what I hoped for our show…
Alongside Warner Bros, we immediately began an internal investigation and we are taking steps, together, to correct the issues. As we’ve grown exponentially, I’ve not been able to stay on top of everything and relied on others to do their jobs as they knew I’d want them done. Clearly some didn’t. That will now change and I’m committed to ensuring this does not happen again.”
Of course we don’t know if she’s returning for good, or just back for a quick visit. But apparently she couldn’t even make it to the inauguration before returning to the country that she reportedly was leaving for good.
Oh well, maybe in 2028.
Very.
Ellen Degeneres couldn’t survive outside her Bigotry Bubble.
LOL
Robert DeNiro left after Election Day. Did he come back?
It shows how great this country is, when those who hate it refuse to leave.
Meanwhile, yeah, these clymers never leave no matter how much they scream they're going to. Maybe we need to deport all the paparazzi.
Yep. It’s always a big, loud “look at me and what I’m doing!” show about leaving. And then a low-key, don’t-mind-me return not long after.
Perhaps she missed her Montecito neighbors, the Duchess of Succotash and the Prince of Dubious Parentage, also known as Markle & Sparkle.
I read somewhere her house was flooded....and now with the heavy winter snow.
Probably realized that a sea change was happening in Britain and all her pedophile friends are planning on going to California for protection.
Disasters must follow her.
She got flooded out in the UK.
People mistaking her for Bill Gates. ROTFL!!! After a couple months of President Trump, she’ll probably go back and be mistaken for Egghead Mayorkass.
Perhaps someone with a sense of history and a measurable intelligence told the ignorant **** what Muslims (currently ruling the country) do to folks like her. Heck, Islam manages to generate even more hate than she does.
“She must have gotten her first tax bill”
That’s what I was thinking. If you take up residence there I’m sure you would have to begin paying British taxes.
I hear it is nice and sunny in Cuba this time of year and Ellen could enjoy the kind of Marxist government she and Harris wanted for this country. She might problems getting her cellphone charged due to the country wide blackouts in Cuba, but at least she would be among friends who also hate Trump.
I suspect deep down the average Cuban likes Trump, they just cannot say it publicly.
Cheaper real estate now in S. California?
When I showed tis headline to my wife, she told me I should call her Ellen Degenerate on the forum here. I told her she has been called that over and over on every Conservative website for years. And so shall it be, over and over.
the evidence burned …
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