Ellen DeGeneres must have finally gotten tired of pretending she was living her best life in the British countryside, because now she wants to come home. And after all the dramatic declarations she made about fleeing the United States because of President Trump, her sudden change of heart is sounding a whole lot like what it really is, a celebrity temper tantrum that fizzled out the moment the weather got cold.
Remember when she first bolted to the UK after Trump won in 2024? She couldn’t praise England enough. Everything was beautiful, simpler, cleaner, kinder. Animals were apparently treated like royalty, and the locals were polite beyond anything she had ever witnessed. She sounded like she had discovered utopia tucked between sheep pastures and cobblestone streets. The not so subtle implication was that America, under Trump, had become some kind of dystopian wasteland she simply couldn’t bear to live in.
But now the truth is out. It wasn’t about politics. It wasn’t about Trump. It was about the weather. Ellen is suddenly realizing that British winters are cold, dark, damp, and long, and that California sunshine actually does matter when you’ve spent your entire life swimming in it. The Daily Mail reports she and Portia are already plotting their return to the United States, telling friends they miss them and can’t take another dreary winter in the Cotswolds. So much for bravely boycotting America until Trump left office.
And let’s be honest, the idea that Hollywood is going to welcome her back with open arms is laughable. Ellen didn’t fall from grace because of Trump. She destroyed her own career with the toxic workplace nightmare that unraveled her reputation. Dozens of former staffers accused her of being the opposite of the cheerful persona she sold on television. That scandal didn’t just dent her image, it torched it.
So now she wants to slip back into California like none of this ever happened. But the industry moved on without her, and she’s going to find that the sunshine might be warm, but the reception won’t be. Hollywood has a long memory when it comes to scandals, especially ones that expose people who built an empire on being nice.
Ellen can blame Trump all she wants, but the real problem wasn’t the president or the country. It was Ellen.
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