his second child together with his wife of two years, 37-year-old Spanish philanthropist Alejandra Silva. As it surfaced on April 23, 2020, Silva delivered a child boy whose name is but to be revealed.
The happy information comes simply 14 months after the couple welcomed their first kid together, son Alexander. This is what you wish to have to know about the love of Gere’s lifestyles.
THE BEGINNING OF A ROMANCE
Gere has reportedly been a friend of Silva’s circle of relatives for years, and the 2 had known each and every other for greater than 10 years when their friendship evolved into a romance.
Even even though there is a 33-year age distinction between them, Silva believes that the “strong karmic energy” they proportion will lend a hand them triumph over any issues that come their approach.
Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere attend the "It Takes A Lunatic" international premiere all through the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on May 03, 2019 in New York City. I Image: Getty Images.
Gere has famously been a practicing Buddhist since his twenties and has transform one of the influential practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism within the Western global, having grown shut to the Dalai Lama.
After Silva, who had reportedly identified Gere all her existence, started to date the actor in 2014, she turned into enthusiastic about Eastern philosophy, and by the point they married she had officially converted to Buddhism.
Following four years of relationship the “Pretty Woman” superstar, Silva was made up our minds to make their dating reputable and agreed to transfer to New York City so as to marry Gere.
Gere and Silva got married soon after, in a private ceremony at the actor’s ranch simply outdoor New York City. To get the 2 families to really know every other, the birthday party spent two weeks in the nation space.
WEALTHY FATHER
Silva comes from a very rich Spanish family, her father being a successful businessman and a outstanding figure in his country since he served as Vice President of the Spanish soccer club Real Madrid (1995-2000).
Silva grew up as part of the Madrid elite and attended the most productive schools within the Spanish capital.
NON-PROFIT
Since she turned into Gere’s wife, Silva has been very involved with the Gere Foundation, which specializes in “the cultural preservation of Tibet and the Tibetan other people.”
But Silva also runs her personal charity that goals to assist the homeless other folks in her home nation, the RAIS Foundation. Gere is now an lively supporter of the charity and has attended official events of the organization with his wife.
PREVIOUSLY MARRIED
Silva was going thru a divorce with her first husband when she began to develop into shut to Gere. Between 2012 and 2015 she was married to Govind Friedland, a geologist and the heir of a $350 million fortune.
In reality, Silva and Gere met when the latter stayed at the Hotel Villa Treville, in Positano, Italy, which Silva used to run with her ex-husband. Silva and Friedland share a son named Albert, now 7.
GERE’S THIRD WIFE
Gere was additionally within the technique of divorcing his 2nd wife Carey Lowell whom he married in 2002, when his romance with Silva began. Separated since 2013, their divorce was made official in 2016.
Gere and Lowell share 18-year-old son Homer James Jigme Gere, of whom the 2 agreed on joint custody. Coming to an settlement about the actor’s fortune wasn’t that straightforward, and it took the former couple seven years in court docket.
From 1991 to 1995, Gere was famously married to the twiglet Cindy Crawford, but even supposing they made a picture-perfect Hollywood couple, the age distinction eventually introduced the connection to an finish.
"I think part of the problem in our relationship was that we were a lot of other things but I don't know if we were ever friends -- like peers, because I was young, and he was Richard Gere,” Crawford said about her former husband in 2016.
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