Per Hello!, they relocated to a more modern abode dubbed Kitesbridge Farm in Oxfordshire. So, despite occasional sightings in their old SoCal stomping grounds, it sounds as if the couple, who celebrated 17 years of marriage in August, are planning to stay in the U.K. for awhile.
Of course, Ellen did say she was going to be "done" after shooting her stand-up special Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval in August 2024 at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theater.
"I used to say that I didn't care what other people thought of me," she told a West Hollywood audience during her "Ellen's Last Stand...Up Tour" that April. "And I realized...I said that at the height of my popularity."
So when Ellen and Portia popped into The Farmer’s Dog pub in the Oxfordshire town of Burford a few weeks after the Nov. 5 presidential election to catch an acoustic set by The Corrs—as did Natalie Imbruglia, who posted video from that night, and James Blunt—they were settling into their new surroundings, as opposed to playing tourists.
"She lives in the village where our pub is," former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who owns the pub, told the The Mirror of Ellen earlier this month. "Absolutely I welcome them all. Everyone said she has been canceled but she seemed nice when she came to the pub, the staff said she was very friendly and lovely."
Ellen and Portia were also spotted walking around their village last month, looking like locals in their coats and wellies.
(Originally published Jan. 26, 2025, at 12 a.m. PT)
Curated by Ryan Davies
