Ellen DeGeneres mocked over new UK home ‘monstrosity’
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has been left embarrassed just months after she fled the US with wife Portia de Rossi.
Ellen DeGeneres has been mocked over her new UK home, with many dubbing the mansion a “monstrosity”.
The comedian and her wife, Aussie actress Portia de Rossi, have moved into a hilltop mansion in Oxfordshire after putting their £15 million ($A31 million) Cotswolds farmhouse on the market.
The single-storey house was built by a UK-based developer, who described the glass-fronted house as an attempt to “redefine rural modern living”.
But, the couple’s new house left social media users divided.
Businessman and utility industry expert Steve Loftus described the property on X as a “concrete and glass monstrosity”.
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Another described the futuristic home as a “genuine hate crime”.
Others criticised the home for the couple’s issues with their farmhouse, including flooding.
“The inside of Ellen DeGeneres’ home in the Cotswolds is totally devoid of any personality … which, I mean … Not only did she likely pay a fortune for the build, she also probably paid an ‘interior decorator’ for this. It looks like a prison,” one person commented.
“She had total control over the design and she went with ‘unfinished bunker but with more grey and less functionality’. Says a lot about her personality (or lack thereof),” another wrote.
“I’m struggling to see any ‘farmhouse roots’! It’s a brutalist bunker,” a third said.
Another compared the property to the home of a villain in the James Bond film series.
Other X users compared the house to a “remodelled community college,” a “factory,” and a “water treatment plant in Arizona circa 1976”.
News of DeGeneres’ new home comes after she confirmed she and de Rossi permanently relocated to the UK after Donald Trump’s second presidential win.
During a conversation with broadcaster Richard Baco, the former talk show host revealed that she and de Rossi initially planned to stay in the UK for a couple of months.
The pair bought “a part-time house” in the Cotswolds, which is a known favourite among the Hollywood elite, the New York Post reports.
“We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in,’” she said. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
The couple proved they were serious about uprooting their lives across the pond after buying a sprawling farmhouse in the hoity-toity area in southwest England, nearly two hours from London, for an eye-popping $US18 million ($A28 million) — some $US3 million ($A4.6 million) over the asking price.
Their new rural life includes tending to their horses, chickens and dogs.
“It’s absolutely beautiful,” the funnywoman said. “We’re just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture — everything you see is charming and it’s just a simpler way of life.”
“It’s clean,” she went on. “Everything here is just better — the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”
While it appears as though the couple have taken to the English countryside lifestyle without a hitch, it’s not all been smooth sailing.
Earlier this year, the couple clashed with their British neighbours over an extension at their home.
Still, the hiccup didn’t stop DeGeneres from selling one of her final properties in the US — prompting her to officially cut ties with her homeland.
Parts of this story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission.
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Originally published as Ellen DeGeneres mocked over new UK home ‘monstrosity’
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