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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEllen DeGeneres & wife have moved out of the US
Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have moved to rural England, put their Montecito estate on the market and plan to never return to the United States, telling friends the election of Donald Trump was their primary motivation, a person close to the former TV host told TheWrap.
DeGeneres has already moved to the Cotswolds, a rural area in south-central England, the person said, adding that her Montecito mansion, roughly 90 minutes north of Los Angeles, has been pocket-listed or will be listed soon. A representative for Riskin Partners, the prestigious real estate company she retains, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
https://www.thewrap.com/ellen-degeneres-moved-great-britain-left-united-states-donald-trump/
Skittles
(159,240 posts)CousinIT
(10,180 posts)No country accepts older people or migrants without a damn good reason ie: special skills etc.
My retirement is ruined and I cant even do that now. A recession will tank the 401K and I cant take money out until I retire which I cannot realistically do for 3-5 years now. And by that time, inflation will be 18% and half of us will be living at or below the poverty line - like Argentina.
The fucker has ruined my life and likely a lot of other peoples lives too and millions will die.
This country is too full of stupid people to survive.
Cha
(305,385 posts)Portia de Rossi. It's what they want to do... and I'm happy for them.
TY
soandso
(1,155 posts)So many celebrities said they would (back to 2016, even). AFAIK, they're the only ones who have.
People have to do what they have to do and I wish them happiness in their new home.
moniss
(5,706 posts)I believe. You know they would have been targeted. At least this way they can give financial support to resistance groups without being slapped in jail and being stripped of their assets etc. That's a part of what is coming. They'll list you as subversive, come and get you and take every financial asset from you or they'll roust you repeatedly with phony charges etc.
Look what they're trying to set up to do to military officers. If they'll make that move they certainly won't be worried about going after LGBTQ+ folks. Plus we know how prevalent "died in custody", "died in the car", "we didn't know he needed medical attention even though he was saying he couldn't breathe and had severe pain" etc. cases have become. That's what worries me also about what happens when the Goon Squads go around rounding up people for deportation.
ibegurpard
(16,856 posts)To promote queer acceptance and to spread kindness and goodwill. In return she faced multiple smears and an increasing climate of hatred and intolerance. Yeah she has more money than many but she also has higher visibility and a bigger target on her back.
I don't blame her a bit for leaving. Anyone with a clear understanding of history and the resources to do so should do the same.
The only reason I don't is that I don't see anywhere in the world as safe from the the propaganda-fuelled morons rolling the fascist wave over everyone else.
Ellen's probably buying herself enough time.
rambler_american
(845 posts)They have the means to leave.
Think. Again.
(17,906 posts)...so many of us will be trapped in the U.S., not by choice.
DFW
(56,515 posts)I moved years ago, but for the dual reason that my wife wants to continue to live in her own country (Germany) and my job takes me to a different country every day anyway, so who cares where I start out from in the morning? (coming to you live and in color today from icy and snowy suburban Sprout City in Belgium)
As it happens, after 40 years we still take our main summer vacation on the outer tip of Cape Cod. It's a pain in the ass to get there from Düsseldorf, but we make the trek every year because we love the place. Great food, great weather, great people. We're only there for a stay of three to five weeks a year, but are welcomed back by a circle of locals as if we were long-term residents who had been on an extended stay abroad. Our younger daughter wasn't even born when we went there the first time. She now comes at least every other year with her own children. Our elder daughter lives in New York, and doesn't miss a single year without staying with us for at least a week. It gets in your blood. We want to see places like Australia and New Zealand, but we just can't find the time yet. Hell, we haven't even made it to Ireland or Scotland yet, and they are less than a two hour flight from us. But we need our Cape Cod fix like a junkie needs his needle.
Oopsie Daisy
(4,500 posts)I wonder if they want to keep their US citizenship, or become dual-nationals, or become UK citizens.