Richard Gere to Spend Thanksgiving at New Home in Spain After Leaving Hollywood with Wife: 'She Gave Me 7 Years' in U.S.

Mar. 15, 2025

Richard Gere’s holiday season will be kicking off in Spain!After sharing hisdesire to relocate to the European countryearlier this year, the actor appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonWednesday, Nov. 20, and revealed that he and his family will be celebratingThanksgivingin Madrid as he discussed their move there.“My wife [Alejandra Silva] is Spanish. Is this a problem for anybody out there?” joked Gere, 75, adding that he will still return to the United States.“But my wife is Spanish and she gave me about seven years here, so we’re going to spend some years in Madrid with her family,” said thePretty Womanstar, who was also discussing his upcoming seriesThe Agency.“Our kids are bilingual so they’re going to flourish there,” Gere added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Richard Gere onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonNov. 20, 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC via GettyHostJimmy Fallonasked Gere — who also joked that he is bilingual and can “speak 15 languages perfectly” — if he will be spending Thanksgiving in Madrid, to which he replied, “There in Spain, yeah.”“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,” he continued. “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.“Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere in Zurich on Oct. 8, 2024.Andreas Rentz/GettyGere and Silva first met in 2014 at a hotel in Positano, Italy, beforemarrying in May 2018. They went on to welcome two sons:Alexander, 5, andJames, 4.Silva, 41, also has an 11-year-old son namedAlbert, with her ex-husband Govind Friedland, while Gere welcomed his only child with second wifeCarey Lowell, sonHomer, in 2000.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Richard Gere and wife Alejandra Silva with their sons Alexander and James, plus Silva’s son Albert.Alejandra Silva/InstagramEarlier on Wednesday, Gere appeared on theTodayshow withSavannah Guthriewhere he alsoopened up about the family’s new chapter.“My wife is Spanish, and we’re going there for her family, her friends, her culture. The kids are bilingual, so it’s really going to be great for them,” he said.The couple’s move comes after Gere sold his Connecticut home for $11 million in October. Gere lived in the six-bedroom, 11-bathroom property with Silva and their kids for two years after purchasing it in 2022 for $10.8 million, according to local media outlet theNew Canaan Advertiser.TheMaybe I Doactor first shared that he planned to move to his wife’s native country back in April during an interview withVanity FairSpain.“For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,” he told the outlet. “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.”

Richard Gere’s holiday season will be kicking off in Spain!

After sharing hisdesire to relocate to the European countryearlier this year, the actor appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonWednesday, Nov. 20, and revealed that he and his family will be celebratingThanksgivingin Madrid as he discussed their move there.

“My wife [Alejandra Silva] is Spanish. Is this a problem for anybody out there?” joked Gere, 75, adding that he will still return to the United States.

“But my wife is Spanish and she gave me about seven years here, so we’re going to spend some years in Madrid with her family,” said thePretty Womanstar, who was also discussing his upcoming seriesThe Agency.

“Our kids are bilingual so they’re going to flourish there,” Gere added.

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Richard Gere onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonNov. 20, 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

HostJimmy Fallonasked Gere — who also joked that he is bilingual and can “speak 15 languages perfectly” — if he will be spending Thanksgiving in Madrid, to which he replied, “There in Spain, yeah.”

“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,” he continued. “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.”

Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere in Zurich on Oct. 8, 2024.Andreas Rentz/Getty

Andreas Rentz/Getty

Gere and Silva first met in 2014 at a hotel in Positano, Italy, beforemarrying in May 2018. They went on to welcome two sons:Alexander, 5, andJames, 4.

Silva, 41, also has an 11-year-old son namedAlbert, with her ex-husband Govind Friedland, while Gere welcomed his only child with second wifeCarey Lowell, sonHomer, in 2000.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Richard Gere and wife Alejandra Silva with their sons Alexander and James, plus Silva’s son Albert.Alejandra Silva/Instagram

Alejandra Silva/Instagram

Earlier on Wednesday, Gere appeared on theTodayshow withSavannah Guthriewhere he alsoopened up about the family’s new chapter.

“My wife is Spanish, and we’re going there for her family, her friends, her culture. The kids are bilingual, so it’s really going to be great for them,” he said.

The couple’s move comes after Gere sold his Connecticut home for $11 million in October. Gere lived in the six-bedroom, 11-bathroom property with Silva and their kids for two years after purchasing it in 2022 for $10.8 million, according to local media outlet theNew Canaan Advertiser.

TheMaybe I Doactor first shared that he planned to move to his wife’s native country back in April during an interview withVanity FairSpain.

“For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,” he told the outlet. “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.”

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