Richard Gere Is "Happier than Ever" After Relocating to Spain With Alejandra Silva

Richard Gere is officially an expert in the age-old adage, "happy wife, happy life." After relocating to Spain last November with his wife, Alejandra Silva, and their kids, the family is living their best lives, according to the actor.

"The truth is that you are seeing us in our momentum. We are happier than ever," Gere said in an interview with Elle España. "[Alejandra], because she is at home and I because, if she is happy, I am happy."

Gere and Silva aren't the only members of Hollywood to decamp from the U.S. In November, Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, decided to "get the hell out" of America and subsequently moved to England. Eva Longoria also packed up and moved over seas—her family now splits their time between Mexico and Spain.

“I’m privileged,” Longoria told Marie Claire. “I get to escape and go somewhere. Most Americans aren’t so lucky. They’re going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and my anxiety and sadness is for them.”

Gere and Silva met in Italy in 2014 and tied the knot in 2018 on a ranch outside of New York City. They share two sons together—Alexander and James—and also each have a child from a previous relationship. When it came to Gere, Silva told Hello, it was love at first sight.

"I feel like I'm in a true fairytale," she said in 2018. "Without a doubt, I feel like the luckiest woman in the world."

Gere, for his part, is equally smitten: "I'm the happiest man in the universe," he said. "How could I not be? I'm married to a beautiful woman who is smart, sensitive, committed to helping people, who's fun, patient, who knows how to forgive, who's a great cook—and who makes the best salads in the world!"

As for his new home? “I love Spain and the ability of the Spanish people to live transmitting joy and happiness,” he told Vanity Fair Spain. "[Alejandra] 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."

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