Nearly a year after the couple moved to England<\/a>, sources tell PEOPLE that the former talk show host, 67, and the Arrested Development alum, 52, are thriving after moving to their new home in the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n \u201cThey come in regularly, they are really chilled and very polite,\u201d a local pub source near Wigginton tells PEOPLE. \u201cThey come in with their dogs, sometimes on their own and sometimes with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne time, they asked to sit at the corner table presumably as it\u2019s a bit more private,” the insider recalls, adding of DeGeneres, \u201cEveryone knows who she is, but they don\u2019t bother her.\u201d<\/p>\n Dave Benett\/Getty for RH<\/p>\n From left: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi attend the unveiling of RH England, The Gallery at the Historic Aynho Park on June 3, 2023 in Banbury, England.<\/p>\n While their move made headlines, the source tells PEOPLE locals “all just respect their privacy.”<\/p>\n “[Ellen’s] so nice and very down to earth,” adds the source. “It’s a small village so of course everyone gossips, but I haven’t heard a single bad thing.”<\/p>\n Kelly Sullivan\/Getty<\/p>\n From left: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are seen as RH Celebrates The Unveiling of RH San Francisco, The Gallery at the Historic Bethlehem Steel Building on March 17, 2022 in San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n Echoes another local insider: \u201cThey were [at our pub] for about an hour or so last year and were discreet. They had a drink and left, no fuss.”<\/p>\n The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/a><\/p>\n In August, the television personality \u2014 who revealed on Friday, Oct. 10 that they had welcomed another puppy<\/a> into their home \u2014 shared a glimpse into her new life in the English countryside with de Rossi.<\/p>\n \u201cPortia\u2019s living her dream riding her horse through the English countryside and into the village,” she wrote alongside a clip of the actress riding her horse, before joking, “Gosh I hope she comes home soon.”<\/p>\n The comedian then teased her wife, \u201cAre you going to a photo shoot?\u201d to which de Rossi replied, \u201cNo\u201d with a laugh as she continued to guide her horse down a path.<\/p>\n The video \u2014 set to Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s “August” \u2014 cuts to the actress smiling while riding the horse down a dirt trail before passing by cottages in the English countryside.<\/p>\n The post came one month after DeGeneres revealed the couple\u2019s move was due to the 2024 presidential election results<\/a>.<\/p>\n On July 20, English broadcaster Richard Bacon asked her whether Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s victory played a role in their relocation<\/a>, to which she replied, \u201cYes,\u201d per the BBC.<\/p>\n VALERIE MACON\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n Ellen DeGeneres arrives for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards on January 5, 2020, at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>\n DeGeneres also shared how life has improved since the move to the U.K.<\/p>\n The couple \u201cgot here the day before the election,\u201d she added, \u201cand woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, \u2018He got in.\u2019 \u2026 And we\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re staying here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n “We moved here in November, which was not the ideal time, but I saw snow for the first time in my life,\u201d the California native continued. \u201cWe love it here. Portia flew her horses here, and I have chickens, and we had sheep for about two weeks<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n She also noted that the English countryside is \u201cabsolutely beautiful,\u201d and that she and de Rossi are enjoying \u201cjust a simpler way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n The same month, DeGeneres revealed to The Wall Street Journal<\/a> that the pair decided to list their Cotswolds estate for $30 million, not because they\u2019re leaving England, but because they need more space for their animals.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we decided to live here full time, we knew that Portia couldn’t live without her horses,\u201d she told the outlet in a statement. \u201cWe needed a home that had a horse facility and pastures for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Listing agent Andrew Barnes of Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/a> confirmed to the outlet that the couple had moved into a bigger, more modern home in the area to accommodate de Rossi\u2019s animals.<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\u00a0Dave](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/707498fc60dce634aa676e42f96a6df1.jpeg\"\/)
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