Ellen DeGeneres ‘going on vacation in Africa with Portia de Rossi’ as she embarks on ‘career pause’

Ellen DeGeneres’ ‘career pause’ will begin with a luxury vacation to Africa. 

The final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show will air later this week, and Ellen, 64, and her wife Portia de Rossi, 49, are now planning to head overseas with some of their close friends, as she embarks on the next chapter of her career.

A source told The Sun newspaper: ‘Right after the show finale airs she, Portia and her closest friends, including her brother, Vance DeGeneres and his wife, are heading to Rwanda for the opening of her gorilla campus.’

Getaway: Ellen DeGeneres’ ‘career pause’ will begin with a luxury vacation to Africa; pictured 2014

Ellen – who began hosting the talk show in 2003 – is set to open the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Gorilla conservation is passion project for the TV star, and for the time being, she doesn’t have any ‘definite’ career plans in place.

The insider added: ‘She’s going to take some much-needed time off and just take a pause.’

Ellen revealed back in April that she had already filmed her last-ever episode of her long-running talk show.

Controversy: Ellen announced in May of 2021 the show was ending following complaints of a toxic workplace from staff on the show that led to an internal probe from Warner Brothers

New venture: Ellen – who began hosting the talk show in 2003 – is set to open the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund; pictured February 2022

The host – who married Portia in 2008 – wrote on Twitter at the time: ‘Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show which airs on May 26th.

‘When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist. Social Media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.

‘But whatever was happening, my goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour. Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (sic)’

Loved-up: DeGeneres has been married to Portia since 2008

Ellen announced in May of 2021 the show was ending following complaints of a toxic workplace from staff on the show that led to an internal probe from Warner Bros. 

The final episode of the show will feature a slew of A-list guests. 

Jennifer Aniston, Pink, and Billie Eilish will all be chatting with Ellen.  

Having Jennifer visit the show on Ellen’s very last day serves as a bookend of sorts as 19 years ago the Friends veteran was the comedienne’s very first guest.

This will be Jennifer’s 20th time as a guest on Ellen.

A-list: Jennifer Aniston will be the last guest on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show