Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to England After Finding ‘a House She Loved’ in the Countryside: Source The former talk show host and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have recently been spotted out and about in the celeb-favorite Cotswalds region

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Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to England After Finding ‘a House She Loved’ in the Countryside: Source
The former talk show host and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have recently been spotted out and about in the celeb-favorite Cotswalds region

By Mackenzie Schmidt Published on November 21, 2024 01:19PM EST
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Ellen DeGeneres has relocated to the English countryside, a source tells PEOPLE.

The former talk show host, whose long-running eponymous series ended in May 2022, has moved abroad after finding a house she fell in love with in the U.K.

“Ellen was in England house hunting in the beginning of October. She ended up finding a house that she loved and purchased it shortly after,” the source says.

Just last week, Ellen and her wife, Portia de Rossi, were spotted at The Farmer’s Dog, a pub owned by the English TV presenter and journalist Jeremy Clarkson in the Cotswolds.

“They hung out with [Clarkson’s partner, actress] Lisa Hogan and James Blunt, and The Corrs performed at the pub,” the source adds. A representative for DeGeneres did not immediately reply to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are seen as RH Celebrates The Unveiling of RH San Francisco, The Gallery at the Historic Bethlehem Steel Building on March 17, 2022 in San Francisco, California.
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A real estate insider back in California tells PEOPLE that the couple sold their estate in the town of Carpinteria in August for $96 million.

DeGeneres is a well-known collector of multimillion-dollar homes, and owns several properties in Southern California. PEOPLE previously reported she sold a Montecito, Calif. home in May 2024 for $32 million after restoring it and another property in the same town she owned for less than a year in April 2022 for $15 million.

In a 2023 issue of The Riv, a local outlet, DeGeneres shared that she has bought and sold over 50 houses. Some of her other properties include a cottage she listed for $6 million in 2022, and a Malibu home that once belonged to Brad Pitt she purchased for $12 million back in 2011.

“I don’t really travel a lot. So, house flipping is my version of travel,” she shared. “With house flipping, the scenery changes though I stay in the same general area. Only in a new place and from a new perspective.”

The Cotswolds is a popular spot for U.K. celebrities to pick up a country estate. The Beckhams have a home there, as does Kate Moss, Elizabeth Hurley, the artist Damian Hirst, and former British Prime Minister David Cameron.

King Charles’s estate Highgrove House is also located here.

The Cotswolds are sometimes called the “Heart of England”
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DeGeneres stepped out of the spotlight after nearly 20 years on the air following toxic workplace accusations made against her in 2020. The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which was on the air for 19 seasons, aired its final episode in May 2022.

The entertainer spoke out for the first time in a Netflix comedy special, “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up” tour, in July 2024 and addressed her controversies.

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“Let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me,” she said. “I got chickens. Oh yeah, and I got kicked out of show business for being mean.”

When later questioned about whether she would return to fame in the future, now that she has had time to reflect on her mistakes, DeGeneres gave a hard “no.”

“This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done,” she said.

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