Richard Gere is getting the hell out of Dodge.
The “American Gigolo” actor, 75, revealed he’s shifting to Spain along with his spouse, Alejandra Silva, 41, and their kids.
Showing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, Gere stated his household can be spending Thanksgiving in Madrid whereas discussing the transfer.
“My wife is Spanish. Is this a problem for anybody out there?” he joked.
“But my wife is Spanish and she gave me about seven years here, so we’re going to spend some years in Madrid with her family,” Gere shared, including that he’ll return to the USA.
The “Pretty Woman” star defined, “Our kids are bilingual so they’re going to flourish there.”
Gere went on to speak about their upcoming vacation plans in Spain.
“My wife grew up in a big Spanish family, like a big Italian family, and her grandmother was kind of the glue that held that all together,” he shared. “And the grandmother passed away [about] two years ago, so my wife, I can see her morphing into the new grandmother of this extended family. So she’s already planning for 35 people for Sunday lunches.”
Gere met his spouse in 2014 at a lodge in Positano, Italy.
The pair married in Might 2018 and share two younger sons: Alexander, 5, and James, 4.
Gere and Silva every have one baby from earlier marriages, making them a blended household.
Silva has an 11-year-old son, Albert, together with her ex-husband Govind Friedland. Gere welcomed son Homer, 24, along with his second spouse, Carey Lowell, in 2000.
The “Runaway Bride” actor offered his house in Connecticut for $10.7 million in October after buying the six-bedroom property from Grammy-winning singer Paul Simon in 2022 for $10.8 million.
Gere first shared their plan to maneuver in April throughout an interview with Self-importance Truthful Spain.
“For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,” he informed the outlet. “She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so it is only fair that I give her at least another six living in hers.”
Gere’s transfer comes on the heels of a number of different celebrities uprooting their lives following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.
Ellen DeGeneres and her spouse, actress Portia de Rossi, have reportedly put their Montecito, Calif., mansion available on the market and moved to the UK, sources informed the Wrap this week.
Icons like Sharon Stone, Cher and Barbra Streisand additionally threatened to go away the States if Trump was elected.
