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During the two-decade run of oThe Ellen DeGeneres Show,o its host would
end each episode with the line, oBe kind to one another.o That was
until the show got cancelled following allegations that DeGeneres
created a toxic environment for her employees. Now, she spends her time
in English exile complaining that President Donald Trump isnAt nice
enough.

We all wish we had a nickel for every celebrity who vowed to leave the
country if Donald Trump won the election. And then it happened twice. Ka-ching.

Yet the vast majority of stars, like Cher, never leave. They
collectively memory-holed their vow while keeping up a oresistanceo
posture. Not Ellen DeGeneres. She followed through on the promise to
leave. The disgraced talk show host literally left the country at the
end of 2024 before Trump took office for greener pastures. Bucolic
England, to be more accurate. And she loved her new home:

oWeAre just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The
villages and the towns and the architecture u everything
you see is charming and itAs just a simpler way of life a
ItAs clean. Everything here is just better u the way animals
are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.o

Yes. The comedienne who was bounced from her own show for chronic
cruelty is now a big fan of polite behavior, apparently.

President TrumpAs reelection weighed heavily in her decision to flee
the country. She also worried Trump u who has appointed openly gay men
to be key parts of his administration, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
and adviser Ric Grenell u would end same-sex marriage in the United
States.

That was then. A year and a half of Trump-induced exile was apparently
enough. The oFinding Nemoo star is now using some of her American-
earned royalties to buy a new home a back in America.

The comic and her longtime squeeze Portia de Rossi just gobbled up a
$27 million mansion in Montecito, California. The plan, at the moment,
is for the couple to split time between England and the United States.
But it appears their return may be temporary.

Imagine having enough money to buy a California mansion with the plan
to ditch it in the near future.

One would think a celebrity of her stature might have a debt of
gratitude to a country that allows that kind of financial freedom.
Perhaps sheAll realize life in the United States, even under a so-
called odictator,o still has its perks.

Maybe not.

ItAs also unclear what DeGeneres thinks about the recent crackdowns on
free speech on British citizens, including the arrest of comedic
colleague Graham Linehan at Heathrow Airport over a social media post
about men entering womenAs spaces. SheAs yet to weigh in on the matter
via social media, even though sheAs been a stand-up comic for decades,
a gig that demands all the free speech room Western culture can offer.

For now, a People magazine source says the duo missed CaliforniaAs
weather and ohorse scene.o TheyAll hole up back in California while
they build a massive horse stable and riding area at the United Kingdom estate.

De Rossi is an animal enthusiast and appears to have put her extensive Hollywood career behind her. The oArrested Developmento co-starAs
resume dried up in recent years with no new projects on the horizon.

The same may not be true for DeGeneres.

The comedian delivered a rare stand-up special late in 2024 on Netflix.
It was her first attempt at explaining away all the terrible headlines
tied to her ugly TV talk show exit on her terms, not any tabloid
headlines.

No filters. Just DeGeneres and her considerable wit. Except the special
didnAt capture the upbeat humor that entertained so many Americans over
the years. And, when it came to addressing the elephant on the stage,
her toxic behavior, DeGeneres fumbled.

Even Variety, a far-left outlet that might be gracious to any DeGeneres comeback given her legitimate status as an LGBT pioneer, cried foul.

ItAs a spectacle of ego that seems at odds with the humble demeanor
DeGeneres shows on stage u but then, that divide has lately been part
of the whole Ellen experience.

And, it appeared, the special was her way of speaking her mind and
bowing out of Hollywood, officially.

Then again, how many artists have promised to hang up their
professional hats only to return a short time later? If DeGeneres truly embraced the kindness and beauty of her new British home, why not move
to any of the other states in America, where sheAll find plenty of
both? Why pick a city thatAs less than two hours from Los Angeles,
still a major Hollywood hub?

Her recent social media musings prove sheAs still plugged in to
American news headlines and, more importantly, remains on the same page
as her former Hollywood denizens. She recently offered oprayerso to Minneapolis for the self-inflicted chaos engulfing the city over ICE
arrests.

Perhaps DeGeneres is taking a page from the playbook of another former
talk show host: Rosie OADonnell. TheyAre both former comedians who fled
the country thanks to President Trump, but neither can leave their old
homeAs politics behind.

OADonnellAs unhinged rants over all things Trump have flowed steadily
from her social media accounts despite living full-time in Ireland for
the past year. She even questioned whether President TrumpAs 2024 assassination attempt actually happened.

And both DeGeneres and OADonnell played up a sweet, friendly brand that
proved to be anything but accurate. OADonnellAs oQueen of Niceo shtick,
along with her crush on Tom Cruise, proved to be pure Hollywood
fiction.

And we all know how afraid oElleno staffers were to be near their boss
behind the scenes.

Perhaps DeGeneresA self-imposed American exile, along with her speedy
return, will end up as stand-up fodder for her next comeback attempt.
Turns out even self-exiled Hollywood royalty will eventually return to
the kingdom that made her rich.
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Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
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