The real reason Ellen DeGeneres quit the US for the UK with wife Portia de Rossi

Ellen DeGeneres ditched the US for the UK to footwear disconnected her 'retirement' with woman Portia de Rossi aft her vocation was tarnished by accusations astir toxic behaviour connected her present defunct speech show.

The TV host, 66 and the actress, 51, shocked fans aft they were spotted exploring their caller stomping ground in agrarian England - amid reports that they person enactment their Montecito mansion connected the market in effect to the 2024 statesmanlike election.

But, according to insiders, the mates had already planned to discontinue the states before Donald Trump won the election.

'Make nary mistake astir it. This is Ellen and Portia’s retirement,' an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'Neither 1 of them person immoderate projects lined up.'

The insider noted that the erstwhile speech amusement heavyweight has been near juggling acold little enactment pursuing accusations that she fostered a toxic workplace connected her show's set.

'Ellen truly felt she had made her people connected the industry, but that was diminished erstwhile she was cancelled implicit her alleged attraction of her staff,' the root added. 'Then to person celebrities telephone her retired 1 by 1 was truthful hurtful.'

Ellen's vocation plummeted successful the aftermath of accusations astir toxic behaviour connected the acceptable of her eponymous daytime speech show, which aired its past occurrence connected May 26, 2022.

She delved into her persona non grata presumption connected her stand-up peculiar For Your Approval, which was released connected Netflix successful precocious September.

The comedian joked that she had been 'kicked retired of amusement business' successful the special, which featured worldly astir however she has been spending her clip since wrapping up her TV show.

A 2nd root confirmed that the alteration successful attitudes toward her mixed with the caller predetermination results was capable to marque Ellen fly the US.  

'With each the sick volition towards her, she was looking to determination distant adjacent earlier the election,' the root began. 'And arsenic things panned retired with Trump winning, she is gladsome she is making the determination and going to beryllium distant from the US.'

The root continued: 'She has the 1 idiosyncratic that inactive loves her, Portia, and she is acceptable to permission everyone who successful her caput near her hanging retired to dry. If she considers it her retirement, truthful beryllium it.

'An tremendous portion of the US doesn't similar her due to the fact that of her intersexual preferences, and others were turned disconnected by her persona, which immoderate perceived to beryllium fake successful the aftermath of the enactment spot allegations. 

'For Ellen, its easier to determination distant from her problems past to face them. It seems similar a bittersweet extremity to what she erstwhile was successful people's minds.'

Ellen and Portia have settled down successful The Cotswolds, a information of southwest England that is astir 100 miles from London and known arsenic the A-list superior of Britain.

Their new neighborhood is besides location to a fig of A-listers, including David and Victoria Beckham — who often stock snaps from their idyllic agrarian life — Kate Moss, Patrick Stewart, Elizabeth Hurley and Stella McCartney, among others.

The country — which played big to raunchy caller Disney bid Rivals — is adjacent location to royalty, arsenic King Charles owns Highgrove House successful Gloucestershire.

Hugh Grant has been rumored for years to person a tiny hideaway successful the area.

A erstwhile survey recovered that the portion is location to much stars per acre than anyplace extracurricular London — with astir 50 celebrities with bolt-holes successful the Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire countryside. 

The country is fashionable with celebrities looking to debar the hustle and bustle of London, which would marque consciousness for Ellen and Portia, arsenic they had already tried to debar Los Angeles by moving retired to Santa Barbara County's Montecito, astir 75 miles from LA. 

Last week, the brace were spotted visiting Jeremy Clarkson's pub in the area.

The determination appears to person inspired a makeover too, with Ellen ditching her acquainted blonde for a caput afloat of brunette tresses.

Though galore American celebrities person threatened to permission the US successful the look of a Trump win, astir haven't followed through.

Stars including Cher, Barbra Streisand and Sharon Stone person each said they were considering leaving the US if Trump won, though it's not wide if immoderate of them volition really bash so. 

America Ferrera is eyeing up a determination to the UK, portion Eva Longoria has relocated to Spain, though she clarified that, contempt her disapproval of Trump helium was not the crushed for the move.