A Sunday afternoon at the end of July, Ellen degeneres Marked on the stage of the Historical Theater of Cheltenham Everyman in Cheltenham, England, up to Harry styles“” You are so golden “, then sat in front of a crowd of nearly 700 people for a surprise question and answer session. During the event, the former talk show host-who has been mainly under the radar since her end of her longtime catfest in 2022 – discussed everything, of its first days in the showbiz to its 2020 fall from grace to what the future has in store for us.
She also highlighted her recent decision to leave her beloved Montecito, California, the district for greener pastures in the United Kingdom in November 2024, Degeneres, 67, and his 17-year-old wife, Rossi Portia52 years old, officially moved to COTSWOLDS – an idyllic region in the English countryside filled with hills, stone cottages … and lists has more privileged in terms of confidentiality research as David And Victoria Beckham. “It’s absolutely magnificent,” she told the public of her adopted house. “Everything here is better.”
According to sources, Degeneres has found his place happy. She spends her days taking care of her chickens, getting out of sheep from her outdoor living room and heading for local pub for lunch. “It’s a different lifestyle for her,” said an initiate US Weekly. “She is very cold and in her element.” She and Rossi reside in a superb 10,000 square feet house called Hiven, which they bought for $ 26 million. (Their original property COTSWOLDS, KITESBRIDGE FARM, is currently for sale for $ 30 million.)
It is a new chapter for Degeneres – and also a chance to refresh the career. “I like my chickens here, but I bored a little,” she told English the diffuser and host Richard Bacon During her event on July 20, noting that she has always understood her next movements. (Just days later, it was announced that degeneres had signed With WME Talent Agency.) “I don’t know what I’m going to do yet,” she said. “I will choose it very carefully.”
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Degeneres and de Rossi have been considering a move across the pond for some time. “They had already visited and looked at the houses, but did not know when they would,” said an initiate. “When they found the right place, they jumped on it.” They initially planned to stay in England just a few months of the year, but decided to make it their permanent residence after the 2024 elections. Degeneres said in the questions and answers she and Rossi were in the Cotswolds when Donald TrumpThe presidency was announced. “We said to ourselves: ‘we are Stay here. We do not return. “(They chose to sell Kesesbridge and move to Hiven because, according to Degeneres, the more recent house has a horses and Rossi installation” could not live without its horses “.)))
She looks at the life of the countryside. “Ellen cultivated and jardicated and took care of her animals,” explains the initiate. Degeneres shared Photos and videos It does all that precedes with its 135 million followers on Instagramas well as images of her and Rossi rowing a boat and mow the lawn On their vast property of 100 acres, located in the comfortable village of Great Tew. “Those who have been close to her have never seen her happier.” DeGeneres has delighted in the United Kingdom in Bacon, saying that she likes the landscape and architecture “absolutely beautiful”, adding: “I really like people and [the] Fish and fries are delicious. Everything you see is charming, and it’s just a simpler lifestyle. »»
Confidentiality is a huge concern for Degeneres and Rossi, but they discussed the inhabitants. “”[Ellen and Portia] Have interesting things to say, “share a source.” They were friendly with the local populations and wanted to live a normal life, but were nervous towards all attention from the press. “Add a big Tew resident:” I only met them very briefly, but from what I heard, all those who spent time with them seem to suggest that they are very nice, good company and really determined to make England their house. “
However, many inhabitants seem to ignore the celebrity status of Degerenes. A second source in the region tells We Several residents revealed that they had “never heard” the actor when he was asked about her. “But then again, the horses – and there are many here – don’t watch afternoon television,” said the source. That Degeneres is recognized or not, the great resident of Tew thinks she and of Rossi obtained a warm welcome from the community. “To my knowledge, there is nothing” freezing “here. I think this side of Cotswolds is very welcoming and friendly. ”
The pair is regulars of the exclusive members’ club SOHO farm And were seen for Sunday lunch at the Falkland Arms Pub, a 16th century inn in the center of the city. “It is a maze of comfortable corners and corners, dark and often weakly lit with low ceilings and a copious atmosphere,” explains a pub scorer. “Ellen and Portia can easily slip unnoticed.”
They also spent time with Famous friends. They attended starry are the British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson‘s The farmer’s dog Pub in November 2024 and took dinner with another former talk-show host James Corden At the Chiltern fire station in London to celebrate DE Rossi’s birthday in February. (Corden bought a property about an hour from Great Tew in the Oxfordshire.) “They have a good group of friends”, explains the initiate, adding that Degeneres traveled In the United States a few times since the decision to see people.
Not everything was perfect. A third source says that Degeneres and de Rossi had a “rocky start” in the Cotswolds. The Farm Kitesbridge region was flooded just a few days after moving in a serious wind storm, and they had to find their place while adapting to agricultural life. “Things were not as luxurious as they were in Montecito,” said the source, noting that the duo had been spotted by collecting their own trash cans from the end of their 700 -foot alley a windy day. Degeneres admitted in his Q & R that the cold gray time has taken some time to get used to. “Winter is difficult,” she confessed, “but I have always appreciated because we are not used to the seasons in California.”
Another “Hollywood” problem? The third source indicates that two of the couple’s cars, a vintage Land Rover defender and a discovery of Land Rover, are too important to overcome a width and limited bridge that leads directly to town. “”[They’ve] Used to take the village path – a three -thousand trip, “shares the source, which notes that Degeneres and de Rossi were also seen walking in town.[It’s] Probably faster than the long -term journey. »»
The third source also indicates that the more modern Hiven – with its ceiling floor windows and the infinity pool – was better suited to the couple. (Andrew BarnesA senior director of the United Kingdom of Sotheby’s International Realty, told Wall Street Journal The house seems to belong “to Malibu”.) “[Ellen and Portia] went from a traditional farm to something much more Hollywood, “said a source in March. An unexpected story on property? The manor has been built near the site of a farm since demolished where murder took place. Lynda Rickard was prison for having forged the will of its millionaire owner, Anthony SOOTHERANThen deprive him of food and medical aid to inherit part of his succession.
Overall, relocation has compared degeneres and Rossi. “There is less stress at work and more shared activities,” explains the initiate. The pair was spotted holding its hand during a romantic walk on Bond Street in London on July 29. “It’s a quieter Ellen, so it is easier to rub shoulders. And Portia really benefits.” THE Development stopped Alum has retired to act in 2018. “Portia stop playing A long time ago, so she did not leave her career, “added the initiate.” She has already gone. “”
The cross movement gave Degeneres a welcome distance from Hollywood. In 2020, after Buzzfeed published a report In what former employees of The Ellen Degeneres show Accused the top brass of ill -treatment and discrimination, an official survey was launched. (Degeneres had been dragged a few months before x [formerly Twitter] When a comedoir thread on his “bad” became viral.) In September, she Publicly excuse In his talk-show, saying in part: “I know that I am in a position of privilege and power, and I realize that with this comes the responsibility, and I take responsibility for what is happening on my program.”
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Although the catfest lasted two more years, The damage was done. The initiate says that Degeneres felt “pushed” from the circles of the industry. “The investigation into his program was a major blow.” Adds a second initiate: “Ellen feels very burned by the way the world turned against her.” She addressed be canceled In his special Netflix in 2024, For your approvalin which she joked about being “expelled from show business”. During her sitting on July 20, she said The bite remains of scandal. “I hate people think I am [mean]. Because I know who I am. I know I am an empathetic and compassionate person. And so it hurts my feelings.
She now weighs her options on what to do then professionally. “I’m still the happiest on stage,” she told Bacon. “It’s the best feeling.” (She also said that she would like to do Another talk show Based in the United Kingdom, but is not sure that the format works.) For the moment, the first initiate says that Degeneres “embraces this reinvention. She left the Hollywood drama for a more peaceful life ”.
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