Ellen DeGeneres seen in Jeremy Clarkson's Cotswold pub

Ellen DeGeneres is an American comedian, actress and television host, best known for hosing The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2001 to 2022.

But the TV star has now swapped out sunny California for a (mostly rainy) England after buying a house in the Cotswolds with her Australian actress wife Portia de Rossi.

The news comes after a source close to DeGeneres told the Daily Mail she and de Rossi were fleeing the US in response to the 2024 presidential election, in which former President Donald Trump won.

Sources told TMZ that DeGeneres and de Rossi had already purchased the Cotswolds home before the 2024 election, but they decided to 'get the hell out' of the US afterwards.

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife drinking at The Farmer's Dog in Oxfordshire (Image: The Farmer's Dog) Although the exact location of her home in the Cotswolds (which encompasses parts of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Worcestershire and Warwickshire)  is unknown, DeGeneres has already been spotted grabbing a drink at local pub The Farmer's Dog.

In the week beginning November 18, 2024, DeGeneres was filmed at Jeremy Clarkson's new pub just off the Asthall Barrow Roundabout in Oxfordshire, approximately 35 minutes from Swindon.

The American TV host and her wife were pictured with pop star James Blunt.

Ellen is best known for hosting the talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Image: PA) Speaking to the Daily Mail, one friend reportedly said: "Ellen has fallen in love with the property in the Cotswolds. She has been on the lookout for a house in the area and often visits her celebrity pals.

"A Cotswolds house has become a status symbol in the celebrity world - and Ellen wanted to join the pack."

This picturesque Cotswold area has in recent years become a British celebrity hotspot, a couple of hours' drive from London.

Celebrities who currently own homes in the Cotswolds include Lily Allen, Hugh Grant, David Cameron, Jeremy Clarkson, Damien Hirst, Kate Moss and many more.

But this is also not DeGeneres' first experience of Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties.

A year ago she was spotted at a party at a 17th-century stately home in the Cotswolds, sharing a DJ booth with British actor Idris Elba, star of television's Luther.