George W. Bush bestie Ellen DeGeneres reportedly fled the U.S. after Trump win

Ellen DeGeneres is apparently fleeing the country in anticipation of Donald Trump's second term as president of the United States.

According to The Wrap, DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, purchased property in England and are putting their home in Montecito, Calif., up for sale. The two had only owned the property — one of several they own in the state — since 2019.

The former talk show host has yet to confirm any of this herself, but a source told TMZ that the couple was "very disillusioned" with Trump's victory.

Their decision to move to the United Kingdom may not be all that surprising. DeGeneres became the subject of derision following an exposé in 2020 in which a number of crew members alleged that her talk show was a toxic environment. A comedy tour and Netflix special earlier this year, which DeGeneres claimed would be her last, failed to rehabilitate her image.

The alleged reasoning for the move, however, likely deserves a side-eye. DeGeneres openly supported Kamala Harris during her campaign for the presidency, but previously came under fire for her public friendship with former President George W. Bush.

"I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have," she said at the time. "We're all different, and I think we've forgotten that's okay that we're different."

Perhaps the comedian has finally realized the error of that train of thought, as she shared a post to Instagram in October pointing out that "'Agree to disagree' is reserved for things like 'I don't like coffee,'" rather than "common decency" or "human rights."

Unfortunately, the years spent pretending that a difference in political beliefs isn't a big deal helped us get to a point where plenty of folks were happy to vote for a party that consistently works to undermine the rights of LGBTQ+ people and other marginalized groups for a shot at lower gas prices.

Hopefully DeGeneres and de Rossi enjoy their lives in the UK. It's certainly a lot easier to be flippant about the ripple effect of your choices when you have the luxury to pick up and leave when everything starts falling apart.