Remember in 2016, after Donald Trump was elected president the first time, when all the celebrities were like, “I’m moving to Canada,” or “I’m moving to Mexico,” or “I’m moving to Mars?” For the most part, they were all talk. But not Eva Longoria.
In a new interview with Marie Claire, Longoria—who campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris and spoke at the Democratic National Convention—opened up about her global lifestyle, which no longer includes a permanent address in the U.S.
“I’m privileged,” she says of the ability to live primarily outside the States. “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.”
Longoria and her husband, José Bastón, as well as their six-year-old son Santiago, now split their time between Mexico and Spain. The 49-year-old adds that while she’s often traveling in Europe or South America for work, she doesn’t often find herself in Los Angeles, where she had previously spent most of her adult life. “It just feels like this chapter in my life is done now,” she says of leaving California.
That doesn’t mean that the multi-hyphenate is giving up the dream of a united America. The Corpus Christie native, whose family has apparently lived in the Lone Star State for nine generations, is continuing her outreach through her projects, including 2023’s Flamin’ Hot, which features a Latino protagonist, and CNN’s Searching for series. In 2023, she hosted Searching for Mexico, a follow-up to the Stanley Tucci-led Searching for Italy.
“The people who were screaming, ‘Build that wall!’ are the same people that are going to Taco Tuesday,” she says of bringing Latin stories to non-Hispanic audiences. “And I’m like, ‘No, no, no. You don’t get to margarita out and shit on the culture that gave you the taco and gave you the margarita. You have to go, ‘This came from there. There must be good things.’”
Eva Longoria will also continue her work in American politics, where she’s led efforts to turn out the Hispanic vote and to recruit Hispanic Democrats to run for office. Per Marie Claire, she still considers herself a “patriot completely.”
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