Actress Eva Longoria admitted that she and her family have fled the “dystopian” United States, leaving the homelessness and high taxes of California for a brighter life in Mexico and Spain.
“My entire adult life has been spent here,” Longoria told Marie Claire“But even before [the pandemic]This was changing. The atmosphere was different. And then COVID happened, and it pushed it over the edge. Whether it’s homelessness or taxes, it’s not that I want to blame California – it feels like that chapter of my life is now complete.
While Los Angeles is no longer in her swing, the 49-year-old ‘Desperate Housewives’ star also cited the recent presidential election as a reason she was confident in her decision to leave.
“The shocking thing is not that he won,” he said of former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. “It is such that a convicted criminal who spreads so much hatred can hold the highest office.”
“If he keeps his promises, it will be a scary place,” she said, recalling how depressed she felt after Trump’s 2016 victory.
Longoria, who volunteered over the summer to mobilize voters for Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, expressed her disillusionment with the US election process.
“It was like, ‘Does my vote really matter? Am I really making a difference?'” she said. “I was so unethical at the core of what I believe because I really believed in my soul. The best person wins. And then that’s what happened, and I said, ‘Oh, wait. The best person doesn’t win.’
Longoria, her husband Jose Baston, and their 6-year-old son Santiago now live between Mexico and Spain.
While she frequently travels to Europe and South America for work, Longoria does not spend much time in Los Angeles.
The actress turned producer and director admitted that she is “privileged” to be able to leave the country.
“I would rather escape and go somewhere,” she said. “Most Americans are not so lucky. They’re going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and my worry and sadness is for them.
