“Forrest Gump” and “Home of Playing cards” star Robin Wright is the newest movie star to maneuver from the U.S. to the U.Ok., and he or she spoke out about her choice to The Sunday Times.
After primarily working within the U.Ok. for the previous few years, Wright rented a house within the Chilterns in Southern England and spent the weekends there along with her stepsister. Now, she’s planning to maneuver to the seaside along with her companion Henry Smith, a British-born, Australian-raised architect whom she met in an English pub.
“America is a s—present,” Wright mentioned. “I like being in [England]. There’s a freedom of self right here. Individuals are so type. They’re dwelling. They’re not within the automotive in site visitors, panicked on a cellphone name, consuming a sandwich. That’s most of America. All the things’s rush, competitors and velocity.”
She added, “Everybody’s constructing an enormous home, and I’m simply finished with all that — I like the quiet. And I’ve met my particular person. Lastly…I’m seen and beloved for who I’m. It’s so enjoyable.”
Along with Wright, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell have additionally moved to the U.Ok. and Eire, respectively, however due to President Trump’s second time period.
“We received right here the day earlier than the election and woke as much as numerous texts from our mates with crying emojis, and I used to be like, ‘He received in.’ And we’re like, ‘We’re staying right here,’” DeGeneres said in July. “It’s completely lovely. We’re simply not used to seeing this type of magnificence. The villages and the cities and the structure — every little thing you see is charming and it’s only a less complicated lifestyle. It’s clear. All the things right here is simply higher — the best way animals are handled, persons are well mannered. I simply like it right here.”
O’Donnell revealed in March that she was making use of for Irish citizenship. “When it’s protected for all residents to have equal rights there in America, that’s after we will take into account coming again,” she mentioned. “It has been heartbreaking to see what is going on over there politically and onerous for me personally as effectively.”
