Why Richard Gere Is Moving to Spain for a 'Great Adventure' with Wife Alejandra Silva and Their Kids

Mar. 15, 2025

From Left: Alejandra Poses with her kids; and Richard Gere.Photo: Alejandra Gere/Instagram; Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Richard Gere recently said farewell to a piece of his life in the U.S., six months after first revealing his desire to relocate to Spain.

ThePretty Womanactor, 75,sold his $11 million New Canaan, Conn., homein October, property records confirm, marking another milestone in his transition to spending more time outside America.

The news of the sale comes after he toldVanity FairSpainin April that he planned to move to wifeAlejandra Silva’s home country, to allow her to be closer to her relatives.

“For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,” he said of Silva, 41, “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,”

From Left: Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere on May 12, 2024.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty

Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty

PEOPLE’s 1999 Sexiest Man Alive described his dream life in Madrid as a “great adventure because I have never lived full-time outside the United States.” He’ll move with his wife and their sons, Alexander, 5, and James, 4.

Silva also shares a son, Albert, 11, with ex-husband Govind Friedland. And Gere is also dad to son Homer, 24, whom he shares with second wife, Carey Lowell. (Gere proudly shared that Homer lives in New York City and “is vocalist for a punk band.")

“I love Spain and I think your lifestyle is fabulous,” Gere toldVFSpain. “Also your ability to live transmitting joy and happiness. It is a beautiful place, the food is extraordinary and the people exude sensitivity and generosity, as well as a strong will to laugh and enjoy.”

Despite letting go of his Connecticut property, Gere will travel back and forth to the U.S. When that feature was published in April 2024, the actor and philanthropist said he has a house “in the countryside near New York,” so he will still have a foothold here.

Richard Gere on Feb. 28, 2016.Ross Gilmore/Getty Images

Ross Gilmore/Getty Images

Gere has no interest, however, in putting down roots in Los Angeles. “When I hear the word Hollywood, the first thing I think is that it is something very foreign to me,” he shared with the outlet. “I have not lived in California for a quarter of a century, nor have I filmed a movie in Los Angeles during that period.”

Gere and Silva first met in 2014 at thecelebrity-favorite Hotel Trevillein Positano, Italy. They wed in 2018 and expressed their desire to have a family together.

A source close to the couple told PEOPLE around the time of their wedding in 2018 that the two were “extraordinarily happy,” adding, “They’re so comfortable with each other, have fun together and are looking forward to their future together.”

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Silva frequently shares updates from their life on Instagram.

Silva added, “Here’s to many more years of love, laughter, and happiness together. With all my love, Ale.”

source: people.com