Ellen DeGeneres (left) and Rosie O'Donnell Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy; Monica Schipper/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr Numerous celebrities have been outspoken critics of President Donald Trump and his administration's controversial polices in recent years, including Rosie O'Donnell, Robert De Niro, Mark Hamill, Madonna, Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Parsons, John Oliver, Bruce Springsteen, Diego Luna, James Cameron, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg, just to name a few. However, while some Hollywood notables have threatened to leave the United States over the years due to Trump, whether it was ahead of his first term in the White House or his second, only a few have actually made the move to another country. Some have directly cited Trump and the current state of American politics as the reason for leaving, while others have mentioned different reasons, but hinted at the heated political climate plaguing the U.S. Below, The Hollywood Reporter shares a list of celebrities who have fled the U.S. in recent years. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Image Credit: Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for RH Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and her wife, Portia de Rossi, left the U.S. for the United Kingdom because of Trump. After the former talk show host wrapped up her final comedy tour, titled Ellen's Last Stand ... Up, last year, DeGeneres and de Rossi initially planned to move to the U.K. for a few months. However, they decided to permanently relocate when Trump was voted back into office. "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 during a live conversation in Cheltenham, England, in July 2025. "And we're like, 'We're staying here.'" DeGeneres added that she and de Rossi might also get married again in England since "The Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage" in America. She said, "They're trying to literally stop it from happening in the future and possibly reverse it. Portia and I are already looking into it, and if they do that, we're going to get married here." Rosie O'Donnell Image Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images Rosie O'Donnell, who has been a longtime critic of Trump's policies, shared in March 2025 that she moved from the U.S. to Ireland, where she is in the process of getting citizenship. The Emmy winner said she moved with her 12-year-old daughter, Clay, and her service dog, Kuma, due to the current U.S. political climate amid Trump's return to the White House. "It has been heartbreaking to see what is happening over there politically and hard for me personally as well," she said in a TikTok video. "When you know it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that's when we will consider coming back." James Cameron Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images James Cameron has said he has no plans to move back to the U.S., partly due to Trump's controversial policies. While the Avatar filmmaker, born in Canada, has been based in New Zealand for the past 14 years, he is looking to stay and hoping to get his New Zealand citizenship. "I see a turn away from everything decent," Cameron said of the States in February 2025 on Stuff's The F#$%ing News podcast. "America doesn't stand for anything if it doesn't stand for what it has historically stood for. It becomes a hollow idea, and I think they're hollowing it out as fast as they can for their own benefit." Eva Longoria Image Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Eva Longoria has been open about her reasons for moving her family out of what she's previously called the "dystopian" United States, now splitting their time between Mexico and Spain. While the actress has explained that she left the U.S. "because my work took me there," she previously told Marie Claire that not only was the "vibe different" in the States post-COVID, but that Trump's re-election was also a factor. "The shocking part is not that he won," she said of Trump's victory last year. "It's that a convicted criminal who spews so much hate could hold the highest office." Longoria also acknowledged that she is "privileged" to be able to make the decision to move away, as "most Americans aren't so lucky. They're going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and my anxiety and sadness is for them." Sophie Turner Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Though Sophie Turner is not from the U.S., she moved there during her marriage to Joe Jonas from 2019 to 2024. However, she has since returned home to the U.K., partly due to the current politics in the States. The Game of Thrones actress, who shares two daughters with Jonas, opened up to Harper's Bazaar in October 2024 about her reason for leaving the States, saying that "everything