Jeremy Clarkson is now neighbours with Ellen DeGeneres and she's already drinking pints in his pub

Jeremy Clarkson has welcomed another famous neighbour to the Cotswolds, with none other than Ellen DeGeneres moving to the area alongside her wife, actress Portia de Rossi.

She's the latest big name to live in the area after the likes of David and Victoria Beckham, former Prime Minister David Cameron, and Alex James from Blur decided to call the rural part of England their home.

And despite only being in the United Kingdom for a few weeks, DeGeneres has already been made to feel more than welcome at none other than Clarkson's newly opened £1 million pub, The Farmer's Dog.

In October, it was reported that DeGeneres was eyeing up a move to England alongside Portia, swapping California for the British countryside more than 5,000 miles away.

Claims were lodged that they were looking to leave the US following Donald Trump's election win to become the next President of the United States.

But those were wide of the mark, according to sources close to the couple with TMZ, who said their property in England had been purchased before the electoral run off between Trump and Kamala Harris.

A source reportedly told MailOnline: “Make no mistake about it. This is Ellen and Portia’s retirement. Neither one of them have any projects lined up.”

During her recent Netflix special, DeGeneres joked that she was 'kicked out of showbiz' after leaving her The Ellen DeGeneres Show talk show in 2022.

Buying a house in the idyllic Cotswolds, home to Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm, both DeGeneres and De Rossi were spotted in none other than Jezza's newly opened pub.

Located in Asthall near Burford, the £1m rated pub was opened by the former Top Gear man in August and has been rammed ever since - although the cost of one meal has recently left a few divided.

And a few weeks back, he and partner Lisa Hogan welcomed DeGeneres and De Rossi in to the watering hole alongside singers Natalie Imbruglia and James Blunt.

In a video posted on to The Farmer's Dog Instagram account, it shows an acoustic gig being performed by The Corrs while Hogan entertained DeGeneres and De Rossi on a more exclusive looking balcony area overlooking the main bar.

Posting about the event on 14 November, the pub account wrote: "Natalie Imbruglia, Lisa Hogan, James Blunt what a great night in the pub with The Corrs... the way a good pub night should be... acoustic set, a few drinks, great friends.

"Thanks for organising it Jeremy!"

DeGeneres left mainstream television after stepping back from The Ellen DeGeneres Show following allegations of a toxic workplace environment.

She took to Instagram this week to clarify that her new home had not flooded after reports it was underwater following flooding in the Cotswolds.