Eva Longoria has decided to leave the “dystopian” United States and bring her family with her.
The actress revealed in an interview with Marie Claire that she and her family have chosen to split their time between Mexico and Spain, abandoning what she called a “dystopian” America.
Looking back on her time in Los Angeles, Longoria remarked, “I had my whole adult life here.”
However, things were shifting even prior to the pandemic. It had a different vibe. The COVID-19 pandemic then pushed it over the brink. It feels like this chapter of my life is over, whether it’s because of the taxes or the homelessness—not that I want to s**t on California.
Given that she is a well-known Democrat, some people could find her comments troubling.
Longoria did, however, voice reservations about Donald Trump’s second term in president.
“If he keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place,” she said, adding, “I would like to think our fight continues.”
Longoria is fortunate that she won’t be residing in the United States to witness it firsthand.
“I get to escape and go somewhere,” she acknowledged, acknowledging her advantages. Not all Americans are as fortunate. They will be stranded in this dystopian nation, and I feel sad and anxious for them.
Longoria has now stressed, nevertheless, that Donald Trump had no influence on her choice to divide her time between Mexico and Spain.
She cleared up misunderstandings resulting from a recent interview with Marie Claire in an appearance on the podcast “The View: Behind the Table.”
Longoria asked her friend Ana Navarro to assist explain the problem on the podcast call.
“Could you please tell them that Trump wasn’t the reason I left the United States?” she asked.
She was upset that her remarks had been misrepresented in “clickbait” headlines by certain media sites.
“I’ve been working in Europe for almost three years,” she said, adding, “and it makes me very sad that people just grabbed some clickbait stuff to be divisive. We can’t be that way right now, and everything you say is only intended to cause division.
Longoria, José Bastón, and their six-year-old son Santiago reside overseas.
She was reminded by Navarro of a previous comment that living in Europe was like “shutting off the noise.”
“Yeah, I mean being away from the constant 24-hour news cycle puts you in a bit of a bubble, for sure,” Longoria concurred. I am in Europe for that reason. The political climate did not cause me to leave. I left because I had to go there for employment.