Eva Longoria clears the air about why she no longer lives in the United States.
The Desperate housewives alum, who stars in the Spain-based Apple TV+ series Country of womeninvoked The view: behind the table podcast with host Brian Teta, who is also the executive producer of The View, and guests and Display regular Ana Navarro. Longoria asked her friend Navarro to inform the public that she had not moved from the United States “because of Trump.”
“I have been working in Europe for three years,” Longoria said. “By the way, that’s what the article says. People have just grabbed some clickbait stuff to sow division, which makes me so sad. Everything you say is intended to sow division, while that is not possible at the moment.”
Longoria refers to her recent interview with Marie Claire, in which she spoke about being “privileged” to leave the “dystopian country” of America. “Whether it’s the homelessness or the taxes, not that I want to bitch about California — it just feels like this chapter in my life is over now,” she said in the Nov. 12 piece.
While Longoria told Navarro that she now appreciates being in a “bit of a bubble” outside of the “24-hour news cycle,” she confirmed that she did not leave the United States “because of the political climate.”
“My work took me there,” she said, noting that Country of women took her between Spain and Mexico. “The author [of the Marie Claire piece] I’ve done a really good job talking about my patriotism. I am a proud American. I’ve always been a proud American, a proud Texan, a proud American. I didn’t want it to be perceived that I left because of Trump – absolutely not – or because of the election. I have been there for so many years.”
Although Longoria did not leave America because of the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, the Corpus Christi native has been politically active for years. The Flamin’ Hot director co-founded the political action committee Latino Victory Project, and campaigned for President Biden and President Barack Obama during their presidential bids.
Eva Longoria speaks out at the Democratic National Convention in August. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
In August, Longoria — along with stars like Kerry Washington and Pink — spoke at the Democratic National Convention on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris, leading a chant of “she se puede” — which translates to “she can” in English. ” During the event, Longoria also introduced her home state before passing the microphone to former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.
Longoria has spoken about having a dual identity as a proud American and Mexican. In a 2023 interview with CBS Sunday Morning — in which she also shot down the idea of a political run — she said, “When I’m in the United States, [I hear]’Oh, you’re Mexican.’” And when I go to Mexico, they say, “Oh, the American.” I’m like, wait? Well, I’m both. I am 100% Mexican and 100% American at the same time.”
