Ellen DeGeneres has confirmed that Donald Trump was the real reason she left the US and moved to the UK.
In her first public appearance since moving overseas, the 67-year-old was asked at an event if Trump was the reason for her big life changed, to which she simply responded “Yes”.
“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,’” the talk show host told broadcaster Richard Bacon on Sunday. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
She continued, sharing that life “is just better” in the UK: “It’s absolutely beautiful,”, “We’re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture — everything you see is charming and it’s just a simpler way of life.
“It’s clean. Everything here is just better. The way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”
“We love it here. Portia flew her horses here, and I have chickens, and we had sheep for about two weeks,” she added.
Opening up about allegations of a toxic workplace environment on her talk show, she said: “It’s as simple as, I’m a direct person, and I’m very blunt, and I guess sometimes that means that… I’m mean?”, “I don’t think I can say anything that’s ever going to get rid of that [reputation] or dispel it, which is hurtful to me. I hate it. I hate that people think that I’m that because I know who I am and I know that I’m an empathetic, compassionate person.”
She also admitted that she doesn’t believe another show with the same format would work, now: “I mean, I wish it did, because I would do the same thing here. I would love to do that again, but I just feel like people are watching on their phones, or people aren’t really paying attention as much to televisions, because we’re so inundated with information and entertainment,”.
When asked about her future plans, she said she would pick her next job “very carefully”; “I just don’t know what that is yet,”, “I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens but I’m a little bit bored.”
Over the weekend, Trump took to Truth Social to issue a threat to Rosie O’Donnell.
He penned: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her son after Trump began his second term. She has often shared her criticisms of the president, publicly.
Experts, however, have argued that despite his dislike for the comedian, he does not have the power to remove her citizenship.
Law professor of the University of Virginia School of Law, Amanda Frost, explained: “The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen.
“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”
Despite this, O’Donnell has still hit back at Trump by sharing a photo of him with Jeffrey Epstein, along with the caption: “You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it.
“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
White House Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson shared in response: “Rosie [O’Donnell’s] unhinged rants are a symptom of late-stage TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome]. She’s way too far gone.
“Thank goodness she’s no longer in the United States.”
DeGeneres had also hit back at Trump also. Taking to Instagram, the comedian shared a screenshot of the interaction, captioning it “Good for you @rosie.”
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