Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were spotted braving the rain in Paris on Thursday, enjoying a stroll through the City of Lights as they figure out their next move in England.
The 67-year-old comedian and her stunning 52-year-old actress wife have made England their home since leaving the U.S. after Donald Trump took office.
But just weeks ago, the couple put their $15 million Cotswolds farmhouse on the market — less than a year after moving there — and relocated to a sprawling 11,000 sq ft home nearby.
Ellen told a British audience at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre in July that the farmhouse she moved into last year was now for sale, yet she insisted she’s staying in Britain “for good,” a decision cemented after Trump’s re-election last November.
While the couple have clearly enjoyed their new temporary English estate — sharing videos of the property, including Portia’s horse paddock — they took a quick getaway to Paris.
Dressed in coordinated white Oxford shirts and black trousers, the couple, who tied the knot in 2008, appeared unfazed by the showers, flashing smiles while on a lunch date.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were spotted braving the rain in Paris on Thursday, enjoying a stroll through the City of Lights as they figure out their next move in England
Dressed in coordinated white Oxford shirts and black trousers, the couple, who tied the knot in 2008, appeared unfazed by the showers, flashing smiles while on a lunch date
Their outfits were perfectly in sync, right down to matching white scarf ties and designer sunglasses.
At one moment, Ellen halted and shrugged, clearly unbothered by the gentle Paris rain.
Last month, Ellen and Portia celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary.
The comedienne marked the occasion with a sweet video from their wedding day on Instagram, showing them surveying the preparations at home, from pink flowers being delivered to crystal and silverware being set for dozens of guests.
The caption read: ‘Happy 17th anniversary of the best day of my life. Portia, I love you more every day. #MarriageForAll.’
The couple moved to Britain in 2024, snapping up a 43-acre estate in the Cotswolds for $20 million.
They’ve now listed the property for $22.5 million to move into a bigger home that could accommodate Portia’s horses, which they flew over from the U.S.
Ellen explained to the Wall Street Journal: ‘When we decided to live here full time, we knew that Portia couldn’t live without her horses. We needed a home that had a horse facility and pastures for them.’
Their outfits were perfectly in sync, right down to matching white scarf ties and designer sunglasses
At one moment, Ellen halted and shrugged, clearly unbothered by the gentle Paris rain
The Oxfordshire estate boasts a two-bedroom guest house, swimming pool, gym, and a “party barn” with its own pub.
The couple spent four and a half months renovating it but only lived there for about a month before moving to a larger property while awaiting the sale.
Asked this year if she was staying in the UK because of Trump, Ellen replied: ‘Yes. We were hopeful for [Democratic presidential nominee] Kamala [Harris]. We were very hopeful and we thought at least let’s get a place here.’
She and Portia opted to settle in the Cotswolds, a popular spot for wealthy Londoners to keep second homes.
‘The idea was that we would be here for three or four months of the year — but always when we came here we loved it and we thought it was beautiful,’ Ellen shared.
‘We thought when I stopped the show [Ellen’s eponymous US talk show] one day, that it was so beautiful here that we would get a farm here and then go back there.
‘And we got here the day before the election. We woke up to lots of texts from our friends and crying emojis. And we were like, “He [Trump] got in. So we are staying here. We are not going back. We are not leaving.”‘
‘So we bought a house that we thought was going to be a part-time house.
Their former home (pictured) in the region, hit by flooding last November, is now up for sale
The couple have since moved to a new property (pictured) about 30 minutes’ drive away
Taking to Instagram in August, Ellen shared a sweet snap of her wife horse riding in the English countryside
‘Then we decided we needed a different house, and now we are selling that house. So if anyone wants a house, it’s a beautiful house.
‘It’s a beautiful stone farmhouse. To clarify, I’m not selling the new one. I’m selling the old stone farmhouse.’
Speaking further about her first year in Britain, DeGeneres pondered on ‘the best thing about life in the UK’, telling her audience: ‘I really like the people. Fish and chips are delicious too.
‘The UK is beautiful. It is absolutely beautiful. We [Americans] are just not used to seeing this kind of beauty.
‘Even in the villages and the towns, I love the architecture and houses. Everything you see here is charming. It is a simpler way of life.
‘It’s clean. Everything here is just better. The way animals are treated, the way people are polite. I just love it here.’
DeGeneres is a well-known collector of ‘multi-million dollar homes’ including a $24million property in the Montecito area of California where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex also live.
In 2023, she told one US outlet of having bought and sold ‘over 50 houses’ including a house in Malibu that once belonged to Brad Pitt.
Earlier this year it was reported that she had put two homes in Montecito on the market – thought to be among her last remaining properties in California.
