Natalie Portman prefers to boost her household in The Metropolis of Mild versus below the Hollywood stars.
The “Black Swan” actress, who moved to Paris in 2014, revealed she loves residing in a European metropolis that’s bustling however has a tradition that’s well mannered and “very good at privacy.”
“Even when it’s cold and gray, there’s always some incredible exhibit or concert or dinner party or writers in town; something fascinating and stimulating happening… and the frequent vacations are so clutch!” Portman informed vogue outlet Internet-a-Porter on Monday.
Portman, 43, pushed again on a stereotype about how French residents are impolite, stating the “weird” social variations between the US and France.
“I find the people here are actually incredibly friendly – you just have to know how to interact, so that we’re not the ones being rude,” Portman mentioned. “Now, when I go back to the US, I’m like, oh, I would go into a store and not say hello to everyone there? It’s weird.”
The “V for Vendetta” star insisted that cultural variations don’t equal rudeness.
“I think we have an assumption that Western cultures are all the same, and kind of evened out by all this pop culture that everyone consumes,” Portman claimed. “It’s not true: it’s extremely specific here.”
In 2014, Portman ditched Los Angeles and moved to Paris alongside her then-husband Benjamin Millepied, whom she met when he was a choreographer and dancer on the set of “Black Swan.”
The Oscar winner shares two kids, Aleph,13, and Amalia, 8, with Millepied.
However the couple ended up calling it quits and finalized their divorce in March 2024 after Millepied had an alleged affair with a 25-year-old local weather activist named Camille Étienne.
The actress is now reportedly relationship French musician Tanguy Destable.
Portman stayed in France following the breakup with Millepied and praised how mother and father elevate children in France.
“All the kids that come to my house are, like, ‘bonjour Madame’ – and give me the bise [cheek-to-cheek kiss],” Portman informed the outlet. “And before they leave, they are, like, ‘thank you for having me’ – and if I’m not nearby, they’ll come and find me to say it.”
Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and rose to fame as a teenage star appearing in movies like “Heat,” “Mars Attacks” and “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.”
She’s not the one star who ditched the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles for a greater household life.
In 2014, Matthew McConaughey and his spouse, Camila Alves, planted their roots in Austin, Texas.
The “Interstellar” actor, who was born and raised within the Lone Star State, mentioned he all the time deliberate to return and lift a household and to be nearer to his mom and two older brothers, who additionally reside in Texas.
“I wanted them to have what I grew up around… There’s a solid… amount of common sense that runs through it, it’s untalked about, but we understand it here,” McConaughey informed “Today” in 2014.
“Stranger Things” actress Millie Bobby Brown swapped Hollywood for farm life in rural Georgia along with her husband Jake Bongiovi, the son of singer Jon Bon Jovi.
The couple tied the knot in Might 2024 and Brown insisted that she cherished the approach to life throughout a March 2025 interview with Self-importance Truthful, however added that the nation life shouldn’t be simple.
“If you’re not picking up horse s–t or washing a cow with your bare hands, then that life is not made for you. At all,” she informed the outlet.
