Celebrities Who Have Left the U.S.: Why Ellen DeGeneres and More Have Moved

America, and Hollywood specifically, has been home to celebrities for decades — but in recent years, some stars have decided to leave the United States and settle overseas.
Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi chose to leave the sunshine state in 2024 for a more relaxed lifestyle in the United Kingdom.
A local source exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2024 that DeGeneres is “definitely a lot less well-known” in the U.K. but “she’s still famous.” The in