Anyone else hear this? I just heard that he has decided to leave. Sold his Connecticut home for 11 million. Times must be getting tough for Mr. Gere. I guess Trump will make them worse!
Hope he is heading for a warmer climate, like Cuba. Don’t bother our Canadian friends.
His wife is Spanish-born. He’s moving to Madrid. She has family there. Why are you mentioning Cuba? Spain is fantastic. Especially Barcelona. The food, the people. Do you think he shouldn’t have sold his CT home? What’s the point of this post.
shareMy point was that so many celebrities say they will leave if Trump got elected. And finally one has, more credit to him.
I am not dissing Spain. I have no idea who Richard Gere is married to. I don’t keep tabs on their personal lives.
I mention Cuba because the Hollywood crowd says they are going to Canada. I think they should pick on country more in line with their socialist ideals, that’s all. Nice that Richard Gere is not one of them.
His house was sold before election results.
I actually think the “Hollywood” community have a lot of homes and apartments across the world. No one has just one dwelling. And most love Europe. Gere bought his CT home in 2022 from Paul Simon and he sold it 2 years later for a loss of $6M. There are a whole lot of Americans visiting Italy, France, Spain, Portugal. These countries are overwhelmed with American tourists. There also a lot of expats moving to Mexico and Costa Rica. The cost of living is less and the quality of life are better but it’s also hiking up prices for the locals.
I know there’s a list of people saying they’re going to leave but they probably already have a place somewhere - so all they have to do is go there for a couple of months. I agree with you - they say they’re going to leave, but you don’t know if they are leaving because of Trump or for tax reasons or if they are making a movie. I just think these are hollow announcements and really, who cares. Gere now has young kids so his family life seems solidified in Madrid. And if you’ve been there, you can see why.
I was friends with a kinda lower level celebrity once who was on "Grey's Anatomy" and even he had a bunch of properties in the US and abroad. Once you get to a certain wealth level, it's kinda insane NOT to own property which makes it easy to "leave the US" because you already have your toe in the water somewhere else without breaking a sweat.
But in this increasingly digitized "work from home" era that we live in, why need to live in a specific place for work in entertainment? High level celebrities (and Gere barely qualifies anymore) get flown to wherever the shoot is and put up in a nice hotel, or if it's on greenscreen, then the shoot often comes to them (like Christopher Lee in his last few movies). Practically nothing gets filmed physically in Hollywood anymore so it doesn't make sense for celebrities to live there (or any specific place) especially when Cali is so ruthlessly expensive. I lived in Hollywood for a couple years and it's actually kinda a dump anyway, though I did see Tom Bergeron and Francis Fisher walking their dogs in my neighborhood on numerous occasions.
Granted, I'm sure Gere is making it all about politics, but the economics I think factor in a lot more heavily.
Clearly the country of Madrid is very poor and underdeveloped compared to America.
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Actually, if Gere is leaving the U.S. quietly for political reasons but not saying that's the reason he's moving, I have more respect for him than for those who loudly grandstand about leaving (before the election in an attempt to curry votes for their side) but never actually leave - like that old fart DeNiro for instance.