“Good riddance!” That was all White Home assistant press secretary Taylor Rogers instructed Business Insider in response to experiences that celebrities are shifting overseas after Donald Trump’s reelection. This week, musician Courtney Love grew to become the most recent star to ditch America on a extra everlasting foundation amid Trump’s second time period, becoming a member of different performers who’ve shared their disillusionment with the administration.
Throughout a latest look on the Royal Geographical Society in London, Love revealed that she is changing into a British citizen, telling the gang, “Can’t eliminate me!” In response to The Daily Mail, Love, who moved to the UK from LA in 2019, stated on the occasion: “When it comes to Trump, and notably this group… it’s like emperor-core—like, [they’re] carrying million-dollar watches. Emperor-core is occurring at Mar-a-Lago. It’s horrifying now. It’s like cyanide now.”
The sluggish movie star exodus coincides with increased search interest round departing the US since final November. Under, listed below are a number of the stars who’ve relocated amid Trump 2.0.
Rosie O’Donnell
In mid-March, the American actor and comic revealed on TikTok that she moved to Eire, and had no set plans to return to her homeland. “When it’s protected for all residents to have equal rights there in America, that’s after we will think about coming again,” O’Donnell stated. “It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s occurring politically and onerous for me personally as properly. The non-public is political, as everyone knows.”
O’Donnell went on to share that she had relocated in mid-January along with her youngest little one, 12-year-old Dakota, whose nickname is Clay. “Though I used to be by no means somebody who thought I might transfer to a different nation, that’s what I made a decision could be the most effective for myself and my 12-year-old little one,” stated the mom of 5, whose 4 older youngsters are actually adults. “I’m joyful. Clay is joyful. I miss my different youngsters. I miss my mates. I miss many issues about life there at residence. I’m looking for a house right here on this lovely nation.”
O’Donnell added that she is within the means of being granted Irish citizenship, which she is eligible for as a result of her grandparents hail from the nation. “Defend your sanity, is all I can say,” she concluded her nine-minute video. “Defend your sanity as a lot as you’ll be able to, and check out to not swim within the chaos if attainable. However I do know it’s almost not possible once you’re there in the midst of it.”
Ellen DeGeneres
DeGeneres and spouse Portia de Rossi reportedly fled the UK after Trump gained reelection, buying and selling their Montecito home for a dwelling within the Cotswalds, a quaint area two hours from London. Sources instructed TMZ that whereas the couple had bought their new residence previous to Trump’s second electoral victory, they have been “very disillusioned” when he gained and needed “to get the hell out.” DeGeneres, who shared her assist of Kamala Harris within the 2024 election by way of Instagram, had additionally skilled a serious fall from grace within the ultimate years of her daytime speak present—one she addressed in her Netflix comedy particular final yr.
Eva Longoria
Final November, Longoria instructed Marie Claire that she was “privileged” sufficient to have her household break up their time between Spain and Mexico. “I get to flee and go someplace,” she continued. “Most Individuals aren’t so fortunate. They’re going to be caught on this dystopian nation, and my anxiousness and disappointment is for them.”
Days later, Longoria clarified her remarks in a telephone name with Ana Navarro on The View’s podcast, explaining that she didn’t relocate straight due to Trump’s reelection. “Will you please allow them to know I didn’t transfer out of the USA due to Trump?” stated Longoria. “I’ve been in Europe for nearly three years…. I didn’t depart due to the political surroundings. I left as a result of my work took me there.”
Richard Gere
Gere’s transfer to Spain final November along with his Spanish spouse, Alejandra Silva, and their youngsters, was additionally circuitously motivated by politics. The couple bought their $10.8 million Connecticut residence in order that Silva might be nearer to her household. “For Alejandra, it is going to be great to be nearer to her household, her lifelong mates, and her tradition,” Gere instructed Vanity Fair España on the time. “She was very beneficiant in giving me six years of residing in my world, so it’s solely honest that I give her no less than one other six residing in hers.”
Sophie Turner
For some stars, an abroad transfer is extra explicitly political. After years spent between Los Angeles and Miami, the Sport of Thrones star shared that within the aftermath of her break up from Joe Jonas, she had largely relocated to her native Britain. “The gun violence, Roe v. Wade being overturned…Every little thing simply sort of piled on,” she instructed Harper’s Bazaar UK final fall. “After the Uvalde [school] capturing, I knew it was time to get the fuck out of there. I’m so joyful to be again. I by no means really feel like myself once I’m not in London.”
