America, and Hollywood specifically, has been home to celebrities for decades - but in recent years, some stars have decided to leave the United States and settle overseas. Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi chose to leave the sunshine state in 2024 for a more relaxed lifestyle in the United Kingdom. A local source exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2024 that DeGeneres is "definitely a lot less well-known" in the U.K. but "she's still famous." The insider added that Cotswolds, where the couple reportedly settled, is all about anonymity. "People know who she is but the thing about the Cotswolds is no one gives a f- if you're Kate Moss or the farmer's wife," the source said. Celebrity Moms Who Stepped Away From Hollywood After Having Kids While DeGeneres and de Rossi didn't instantly announce their relocation, other celebrities have been much more vocal about their U.S. exit. Richard Gere pointed to his wife's heritage as his reason to move to Spain, while Rosie O'Donnell headed to Ireland in 2025 after President Donald Trump began his second term. Scroll down to see which A-listers no longer live in the U.S. - or call another country their primary residence: Rosie O'Donnell Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for ELLE O'Donnell revealed in March 2025 that she and child Clay relocated from New York City to Ireland that January days before Trump was sworn in as president. "[I'm] in the process of getting my Irish citizenship, as I have Irish grandparents," the actress explained via a TikTok video. "And that's what's going on, and that's where I've been and what I've been doing. And although I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child. And here we are." The A League of Their Own actress adopted Dakota, whose nickname is Clay, in 2013 with her late ex-wife Michelle Rounds, to whom she was married from 2012 to 2015. (O'Donnell adopted her four eldest children - Parker, Chelsea, Blake and Vivienne - with her first wife, Kelli Carpenter.) Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for RH News broke in November 2024 that the former Ellen DeGeneres Show host and her wife left their Montecito, California, home and moved to the rural area of the Costwolds, which is two hours outside of London. DeGeneres spoke about the move for the first time in a July 2025 interview, replying "yes" when asked if the move was a result of President Trump's 2024 election win. "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 told English broadcaster Richard Bacon at the time. "And we're like, 'We're staying here.'" The former TV host said it was "absolutely beautiful" in England. "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," DeGeneres added. "It's clean. Everything here is just better - the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here." Eva Longoria Raymond Hall/GC Images After spending much of her adult life in Los Angeles, Longoria revealed to Marie Claire in November 2024 that she and husband José Bastón had been living between Spain and Mexico for the past few years. (The couple share son Santiago.) "The vibe was different," Longoria told the outlet when asked what made her want to leave L.A. "And then Covid happened, and it pushed it over the edge. Whether it's the homelessness or the taxes - not that I want to s- on California - it just feels like this chapter in my life is done now." Christina Milian Dave Benett/Getty Images The singer relocated her family from Hollywood to France because of her husband's heritage. "My husband is French, and we've been together for over seven or eight years, and for, like, the last three or four years, we were commuting back and forth every six months," Milian explained during a November 2024 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show. "And then we decided to commit to it last year because our kids were going to go to school." Milian said she loves living overseas, noting her three children are "all going to school in Paris. What better an opportunity than that." (Milian shares sons Isaiah and Kenna with husband Matt Pokora, whom she wed in 2020. She shares her eldest child, daughter Violet, with ex The Dream.) Amber Heard Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images Us confirmed in May 2024 that Heard relocated from the U.S. to Spain with her daughter, Oonagh, whom she welcomed via surrogate in 2021. "Amber doesn't want to raise a child in Hollywood," a source exclusively told Us at the time, claiming the actress "never liked the energy" of Los Angeles. "She [thinks] Madrid is a more welcoming place for her. She feels safe and secure, and she's surrounded by better people where she is." Richard Gere Carlos Alvarez/WireImage The Pretty Woman actor revealed in March 202