Paul Simon's daughter shouldn't be proud of Richard Gere.
Lulu Simon, 30, took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, July 8, to slam the actor, 75, for promoting her childhood house to real-estate builders.
“JUST IN CASE ANYONE WAS WONDERING IF I STILL HATE RICHARD GERE – I DO!” Lulu, a musician like her father, posted in her Tales, per People.
She claimed, in all caps: “HE BOUGHT MY CHILDHOOD HOME. PROMISED HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE LAND AS CONDITION OF HIS PURCHASE. PROCEEDED TO NEVER ACTUALLY MOVE IN & JUST SOLD IT TO A DEVELOPER AS 9 SEPARATE PLOTS :).”
Lulu added a screenshot of a information article concerning the historic Connecticut mansion's upcoming demolition. In line with that article, “Preservationists are racing to salvage its Nineteen Thirties appeal earlier than the 32-acre lot is was 9 new properties.”
Gere purchased the property from Paul, 83, and his spouse Edie Brickell for $10.8 million circa 2022. In October 2024, he offered it to Hudson Valley Home Elements for $10.7 million.
In a subsequent Story, Lulu superimposed a photograph of Gere over assorted pet photos, writing, “I HOPE MY DEAD PETS BURIED IN THAT BACK YARD HAUNT YOU UNTIL YOU DESCEND INTO A SLOW AND UNRELENTING MADNESS.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Gere's rep for remark.
The demolition was first reported in May. Hudson Valley Home Elements shared an Instagram post that month through which the corporate said that “our crew has been working to avoid wasting the items that we are able to from the landfill.”
Earlier than promoting the 1938 property, Gere had needed to transform the property into a non-public farm, the New Canaan Advertiser reported in September 2023.
“I've acquired telephone calls from 4 or 5 neighbors (who have been) very involved … if this was going to be some kind of massive industrial operation, and it's actually not,” Gere's lawyer, Richard Rucci, mentioned throughout a Planning and Zoning Fee assembly on the time. “The house owners … they each have grown up on farms, they're very concerned about farms and instructing their children about farms … so that is actually essential to them.”
Gere lately moved to Madrid together with his spouse of seven years, Alejandra Silva, and their sons Alexander, 6, and James, 5.
Richard Gere and his spouse, Alejandra Silva, turned their newest crimson carpet outing right into a household affair. Gere, 75, and Silva, 42, walked the crimson carpet on the Metropolis Harvest Presents the 2025 Gala: Carnaval on Tuesday, April 22, in New York Metropolis alongside his eldest son, Homer. (Gere shares Homer, 24, with ex-wife Carey […]
“My spouse is Spanish, and we're going there for her household, her mates, her tradition,” the Fairly Lady star defined on At this time in November 2024. “The youngsters are bilingual, so it's actually going to be nice for them.”
