A number of celebrities, from Cher to Sharon Stone, vowed to leave the United States if Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president, but Eva Longoria has already made good on her plan to make her home elsewhere.
The Texas-born actor and director explained in a new profile for Marie Claire that she’s done with California and now divides her time between Spain and Mexico. Less than 24 hours after Harris conceded the election to Trump last week, Longoria contacted the Marie Claire writer and said, “The shocking part is not that he won, It’s that a convicted criminal who spews so much hate could hold the highest office.”
Longoria, a longtime activist on behalf of Democrats, Latinos and women, spent the last half of the summer campaigning for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
“I would like to think our fight continues,” Longoria said in the Marie Claire profile, which was published this week. But as the “Desperate Housewives” star was still processing Harris’ loss, she said she can’t pretend to know what will happen next.
America is a “scary place” under a second Trump administration, Longoria said. “If he keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place.”
Before the election, Longoria told Marie Claire that she had already moved away from California, where she spent her “whole adult life” building her career in TV and movies.
Longoria, who has Spanish citizenship, and her producer husband José Bastón, a native of Mexico, have been living abroad with their 6-year-old son Santiago while she works on her CNN miniseries “Searching for Spain” — a follow-up to last year’s “Searching for Mexico,” Marie Claire reported.
Work keeps the couple in Europe, Mexico and South America, and Longoria no longer tends to shoot projects in Los Angeles — and she said she doesn’t miss it.
“But even before (the pandemic), it was changing,” Longoria said about Los Angeles. “The vibe was different. And then COVID happened, and it pushed it over the edge. Whether it’s the homelessness or the taxes, not that I want to (expletive) on California — it just feels like this chapter in my life is done now.”
“I’m privileged,” Longoria added. “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.”
The profile of Longoria comes as Trump has already announced plans to fill key posts in his second administration with a number of controversial, “outlandish” choices, as CNN and MSNBC reported.
They include people like longtime advisor Stephen Miller, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Tom Homan, who would be tasked with delivering on Trump’s promise to round up and deport an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Trump also wants to make Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Attorney General, even though the right-wing provocateur is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of sexual misconduct. The 47th president-elect also has announced that Elon Musk, his billionaire …read more
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment