“There is a fear”: the American stars who move abroad following the re -election of Donald Trump

“What a liberation!” This is what was declared by the assistant responsible for relations with the press of the White House Taylor Rogers to Business Insider In response to the news that various celebrities are moving abroad after the re -election of Donald Trump. This week, the musician Courtney Love It has become the last star to leave the United States permanently during Trump’s second mandate, as already done by other artists who have expressed their disillusionment towards the new administration.

During a recent appearance at the Royal Geographical Society in London, Love revealed that she is about to become a British citizen, saying to the public: “You will not free me about me!”. According to the Daily Mailduring the event Love (who moved to the United Kingdom by Los Angeles in 2019) said: «As for Trump, and in particular this clique … the situation is dictatorial, [indossano] millions of dollars. In Mar-a-lagoes, dictatorial stuff occurs. There is to be afraid. It’s like cyanide ».

The slow exodus of celebrities coincides with the increase in google research on how to leave the United States since last November. Here, here are some of the stars who moved from the re -election of Trump.

In mid -March, the American actress and comic revealed on Tiktok to have moved to Ireland and to have no intention of returning to their homeland. “When in America there will be the certainty for all citizens to have equal rights, then we will consider the idea of ​​returning,” said O’Donnell. «It was excruciating to witness what is happening on a political level, as well as difficult for me personally. The staff is political, as we all know ».

O’donnell then said he moved to mid -January with his youngest daughter, Dakota12 years old, whose nickname is Clay. “Even if I have never been a person who thought of moving to another country, I decided that it would be better for me and for my twelve -year -old daughter,” said O’Donnell, whose other four children are now adults. “I am happy. Clay is happy. I miss the other children. I miss my friends. I miss many things in life at home. I’m trying to find a house here, in this beautiful country ».

O’Donnell added to be about to obtain Irish citizenship, to which he has the right because his grandparents originate in that country. “Protect your health care, it’s all I can say,” he concluded in his nine -minute video. «Protect as much as you can your health and try not to wallow in chaos if possible. But I know it’s almost impossible when you are in the middle ».

Degeneres and his wife Portia de Rossi They would have escaped in the United Kingdom after the re -election of Trump, exchanging their home in Montecito with a home in the Cotswolds, a picturesque region two hours from London. Some sources referred to TMZ that, although the couple had purchased the new home before Trump’s second electoral victory, they were “very disillusioned” when he won and wanted to “get rid of it”. Degeneres, who had manifested on Instagram one’s support to Kamala Harris For the 2024 elections, in recent years he has also seen his daytime talk show face a serious crisis, of which he spoke in his special comedian on Netflix last year.

Last November, Longoria said to Marie Claire to feel “privileged” to have a family that can divide between Spain and Mexico. “I can run away and go somewhere,” he continued. “Most of the US are not as lucky. They will remain blocked in this dystopian country, and I feel anxious and sadness for them ».

A few days later, Longoria clarified his considerations in a phone call with Ana Navarro on the podcast of The Viewexplaining that he did not move directly due to Trump’s re -election. “Could you let me know that I didn’t move from the United States because of Trump?” Longoria said. «I have been in Europe for almost three years (…) I have not gone because of the political environment. I left because the work brought me there ».

Not even Gere’s transfer to Spain last November with his Spanish wife Alejandra Silva And their children was directly motivated by politics. The couple sold their home of $ 10.8 million in the Connecticut to allow Silva to be closer to her family. “For Alejandra it will be wonderful to be closer to his family, his friends ever and his culture,” said Gere at the time Vanity Fair España. “It was very generous to give me six years of life in my world, so it is right that I give it to at least others in his”.

For some stars, moving abroad is a more explicitly political question. After having lived for years between Los Angeles and Miami, the star of The throne of swords he made it known, in the aftermath of the separation from Joe Jonasto have basically moved to the native Britain. «The violence of weapons, the cancellation of ROE v. Wade… we have accumulated everything, “he said to Harper’s Bazaar UK last autumn. “After the shooting [scolastica] of Uvalde, I realized that the time had come to leave. I am very happy to have returned. I never feel myself when I’m not in London ».