Ellen and Oprah Are Now Neighbors

Ellen DeGeneres has bought a new home in Montecito, CA for just over $7 million dollars, right next door to her talk show mentor and idol, Oprah! The property covers over five acres, holding two abodes; the original home built in the 1800s, and the newer 3,000 square foot home overlooking the ocean.

The bad news is that the home is right in the path of the raging fires in Southern California, causing neighborhood evacuations and high anxiety. Our thoughts are worth those battling those fires this very minute.

Ellen’s estimated net worth is said to be north of $350 million, but life has not always been this easy for her. In her early days before her stand up success, she worked as a waitress, house painter, bartender, and once on the floor of J.C. Penny. She’s not only the host of one of America’s most successful television talk shows, she started her own record label called ‘ElevenEleven’; she signed contemporary singer Charlie Puth early in his career, although he is no longer with the label.

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Photo credit: Bradley Cooper / Ellen DeGeneres