Richard Gere and Spouse Alejandra Gush About Their Trans-Atlantic Life-style

Actor Richard Gere and his spouse, Alejandra Gere, have shed some mild on the household’s trans-Atlantic life-style, revealing the gratitude they really feel at with the ability to cut up their time between “two countries, two cultures,” two years after they introduced that they had been relocating to her native Spain.

Gere, 76, revealed in April 2024 that he and his 43-year-old partner had been planning to take up residence in Spain, explaining on the time that he wished Alejandra and their two youngsters to have the chance to spend time along with her household within the European nation.

However, the duo later revealed that—regardless of promoting their household abode in Connecticut—they’d really be splitting their time between Spain and the U.S., with Alejandra explaining in December 2025 that the transfer was by no means meant to be everlasting, noting that they deliberate to spend an excellent chunk of the summer time in America.

Sticking to that plan, the household seems to have returned to the U.S. for the Fourth of July vacation, when Gere and Alejandra posted a series of Instagram photos and videos of themselves and their two youngsters having fun with fireworks shows, a day on the seashore, and a visit to the Statue of Liberty.

In the caption, the actor and activist detailed their happiness at with the ability to share two totally different worlds with their children, writing: “Deeply grateful for a life built between two countries, two cultures, and so many people we love.

“Today, we rejoice connection, household, friendship, and every part that reminds us that dwelling shouldn’t be solely a spot, however the folks we stock in our hearts.

“Happy Fourth of July to our family and friends across the United States.”

The first picture within the put up captured Gere, Alejandra, and their two sons—Alexander, 7, and James, 6—sitting behind a ship whereas crusing previous the Statue of Liberty, the 2 younger boys seen sporting life jackets, whereas their faces had been blurred out within the photograph.

In the second, Alexander and James could possibly be seen perched on a rocky seashore at sundown with a picnic blanket and cooler sitting subsequent to them, whereas the phrases “Happy 4th of July” are written throughout the underside.

The remainder of the pictures and movies included within the put up had been taken at a fireworks show, the place Gere and Alejandra’s sons could possibly be seen reaching as much as attempt to catch the fireworks as they exploded above their heads.

Gere has made a number of journeys again to the East Coast since transferring, revealing in December that he, his spouse, and their youngsters had been spending the festive season within the U.S., the place his eldest baby, Homer—whom he shares along with his second spouse, Corey Lowell—continues to be based mostly.

It’s unclear how lengthy Gere and his household plan to be within the U.S. on this event. However, they’re possible spending their time staying at their abode in upstate New York, which the “Pretty Woman” star revealed they’d be holding onto even after their transfer.

Soon after he introduced his household’s relocation to Spain, the place they stay in a “chalet in the exclusive Madrid neighborhood of La Moraleja,” the actor bought one other stateside abode in a really controversial deal that ended with the historic Connecticut property being torn down.

Gere initially purchased the six-bedroom, 11-bathroom New Canaan, CT, dwelling from singer Paul Simon and his spouse, Edie Brickell, for $10.75 million in summer time 2022 and had initially deliberate to show a big portion of its expansive grounds right into a farm, in accordance with particulars shared throughout a neighborhood planning and zoning fee assembly in 2023.

However, in November 2024, the actor quietly offloaded the property for a similar quantity he’d paid—promoting it in an off-market deal to developer SBP Homes, who promptly razed the beautiful residence to make approach for a nine-plot subdivision.

Among these main the outcry was Simon’s daughter, Lulu, who publicly bashed Gere in a sequence of posts shared on her Instagram Stories in July, accusing him of failing to satisfy his promise to “take care” of her childhood dwelling.

“Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere—I do!” she wrote alongside an image of herself flashing a peace signal on the digicam.

“He bought my childhood home,” she went on. “Promised he would take care of the land as [a] condition of his purchase. Proceeded to never actually move in and just sold it to a developer as nine separate plots.

“Hate! Him!” she concluded the post, which also featured a news story about Gere’s real estate deal.

Gere has by no means publicly addressed the backlash; nonetheless, he has opened up at size about his love of his new life in Spain, revealing to People magazine in November 2025 what he enjoys most about residing there.

“My spouse is so blissful in Spain, in order that’s the very best a part of that,” he said at the DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute Luncheon in New York City. “She has fantastic household, fantastic pals.

“Spanish culture, there’s a very open joy about it,” he stated. The persons are “very warm and very open and a lot less stressed than what you find here in the U.S.

“It’s a really blissful place. Like the Italians. I imply, being in Italy, being in Spain, you are coping with Latin cultures that simply perceive life differently than we do right here.”

Still, Gere admitted that there are some things that he misses about his time in the U.S., particularly in New York City, which he praised for its “addictive … power.”

However, the actor has also opened up about elements of life in his home nation that he doesn’t miss—namely President Donald Trump‘s administration.

In a 2025 interview with Spanish outlet El País, Gere reflected on the changing political landscape in his home country, taking aim at Trump and accusing him of creating a “violent, crude, and ignorant” world.

“If every of us had been type to one another, the world could be totally different and higher. Not all of us reply to knowledge, however all of us reply to kindness,” Gere told the publication. “Even within the case of Trump, I’m certain there’s something type about him. People say he’s charming in non-public.

“Yet the world he’s created around himself is violent, crude, and ignorant. Many of the things he’s doing we’ve never seen before.”

When requested whether or not he believes that Trump’s second time period in workplace might “irreversibly change the values of U.S. society,” the actor admitted that he “worries” about it—claiming that the president is “cut off from” society’s pure sense of empathy.