TALK OF THE TOWN: First she fled Trump... now Ellen DeGeneres is on the run from his Vice President
I'm told the former talk show host, who moved to Oxfordshire last year with her wife Portia de Rossi, is planning a two-week break from her adopted home when Vice President JD Vance visits with his family in August.
Mr Vance, wife Usha and their three young children are expected to rent a cottage in the affluent region, home to political powers like former Prime Minister David Cameron and celebrities like the Beckhams.
I hear Mr Vance is keen to visit Ms DeGeneres's beloved local The Bull at Charlbury, which she has visited with Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field.
I'm told this is why the US TV star planned her urgent getaway, as she's eager to avoid an awkward run-in with Mr Vance there. Ms DeGeneres said last week that Trump's victory influenced her move to the UK.
'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 then'.'
Last week it was revealed she is selling one of her two Cotswolds properties for a cool £22.5million – £7.5million more than she paid for it. I wonder if JD will put in an offer?
Lily's tragic heroine act ends in tears…
Lily Allen has spoken of her 'emotional turmoil' after her divorce from Netflix star David Harbour.
I wonder if she mined her experience when playing tragic heroine Hedda Gabler in Bath last week? In Henrik Ibsen's play, Allen plays a woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
So perhaps it's no wonder she broke down in tears during the curtain call while the audience erupted into congratulatory applause.
Violet won't get minted on Vinted visitations
She was once branded Lady Violet 'no' Manners after neighbours complained about her wild parties.
Now the daughter of the Duke of Rutland is facing new criticism after selling clothes – including Prada and Chloe – on shopping app Vinted.
Users claim she is unreliable, with one commenting: 'Would avoid as she never bothers to send.'
'Untrustworthy,' said another.
'Excuse me?' Violet wrote in her defence.
So is the customer always right?
Meg makes up
Does Meg Mathews fear what's about to be revealed in a forthcoming memoir by PR supremo Fran Cutler?
I only ask because Meg, the former wife of Noel Gallagher, has called a truce with Fran, who was the heart of the Primrose Hill Set in the 1990s along with Kate Moss, Jude Law and Sadie Frost.
Fran and supermodel Kate fell out, and Meg seemingly sided with Kate. Now Meg has shared a photo with Fran with the message: 'Time truly is a healer, bringing us together to cherish moments past and present.'
Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield took matters into his own hands when his sons received a slew of nasty comments after being photographed backstage with Noel and Liam Gallagher on the Oasis tour.
'My rich daddy got me tickets to a band I've never heard of,' one online troll said.
It prompted Mani to set the record straight, replying: 'Noel and Liam know my two boys very well... Never heard of Oasis when they are from Manchester and are Stone Roses sons? Have a word with yourself.'
Spotted
◆ Singer Ellie Goulding buying almond butter for son Arthur, four, at Daylesford Organic in Notting Hill. She says he's 'obsessed' with the stuff.
◆ Acting great Sir Ian McKellen using old-fashioned theatre binoculars to watch Noughts & Crosses at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
◆Singer Sam Smith dressed as a pirate for a swashbuckling private party held upstairs at Notting Hill pub The Cow. Ahoy!
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