Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’s new home in South West England was wrecked by floodwaters days after DeGeneres fled the United States after President-elect Donald Trump defeated his Democratic opponent.
DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi immediately decided to “get the hell out” of the U.S. when Trump won, landing on a multi-million-pound farmhouse in the Cotswolds, TMZ reported. The 66-year-old celebrity was reportedly met with home devastation when torrential rains ravaged the area, according to the DailyMail.
Ellen DeGeneres’s multi-million dollar England farmhouse has flooded after torrential rainfall struck the Cotswolds District just days after she moved in.
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Storm Bert left DeGeneres’s 43-acre property swamped in floodwater, the outlet reported. Heavy rain and 80-mph winds reportedly caused the tributary of the River Thames, which runs alongside her new property, to burst.
Roads nearby DeGeneres’s new home were reportedly inaccessible due to floods as deep as five feet, according to the outlet, trapping residents in their homes.
“The flood waters are rising by the hour. This is the worst I have seen it in years,” one resident who lives near the famous couple said. (RELATED: ‘MAGA Is Not My Mortal Enemy’: Prominent Left-Wing Pundit ‘Optimistic’ After Trump Win)
DeGeneres and de Rossi became “very disillusioned” following Trump’s victory, sources close to the couple told TMZ. While the two appear to have picked out their new home prior to the election results, DeGeneres and her wife made clear they do not intend to return to the U.S. under the incoming administration.
DeGeneres is no stranger to house floods. In January 2023, the celebrity’s former residence in Montecito, California was caught in the middle of a raging storm, TMZ reported.
At the time, DeGeneres documented the rising flood around her property on social media, according to the outlet. Other celebrities living in the area, including Oprah Winfrey and Meghan Markle, were forced to evacuate, unlike DeGeneres, who could shelter in place due to the property’s high elevation.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
