Richard Gere is set to relocate to Spain with his wife, Alejandra Silva, and family after years of living in the United States.
The Pretty Woman actor, 75, revealed that he would be out of the country and in the Spanish capital of Madrid in time to celebrate Thanksgiving with Alejandra’s loved ones.
Sharing the major move on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Richard began by joking: ‘My wife is Spanish. Is this a problem for anybody out there?’
He then announced: ‘But my wife is Spanish, and she gave me about seven years here, so we’re going to spend some years in Madrid.’
‘Our kids are bilingual so they’re going to flourish there,’ he continued.
Richard and Alejandra, who wed in 2018, share two sons: Alexander, five, and James, four.
In addition, the Hollywood A-lister is stepfather to the Spanish activist’s 11-year-son, Albert.
He is also dad to son Homer, 24, whom he welcomed with his second wife, actress Carey Lowell.
Richard did confirm that he won’t be quitting America forever and added: ‘Of course I’ll be back.’
Speaking about his family, Richard gushed: ‘I love my wife, she’s incredible. Great mother.
‘Kids are healthy and happy. Of course, there’s nothing more than that.’
Turning his attention to their Thanksgiving plans, he continued: ‘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.
‘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.’
Surprisingly, Richard isn’t the only celeb to ditch the U.S. of late.
According to The Wrap, Ellen DeGeneres’ recently moved to England with her wife, Portia de Rossi.
The couple are now reportedly living in the Cotswolds, a rural portion of southwest England that is about 100 miles from London.
Meanwhile, Eva Longoria fled what she claims to be a ‘dystopian’ America and now lives between Mexico and Spain in fear that if ‘Trump keeps his promises’ America will become a ‘scary place.’
Richard’s appearance on of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon came hours after he flipped off Savannah Guthrie at the start of his interview on the Today show.
The program quickly derailed when the show aired a clip of the actor starring in his new political thriller, The Agency.
Producers, however, cut the scene before the A-lister’s character Bosko gave the middle finger, so Richard took matters into his own hands and acted out the moment live in Studio 1A.
As Savannah introduced him to viewers, Richard proudly flipped her off leaving her completely shocked.
Defending the move, Richard said: ‘Sorry, but that’s what I did in the piece.’
A stunned Savannah instantly attempted to hide Richard’s hand with her script, while declaring that she was ‘bleeping’ him.
‘You just did an obscene gesture on this family morning show,’ she said.
