Richard Gere, you’re breaking my coronary heart.
Lulu Simon, the daughter of legendary singer Paul Simon, blasted the “Pretty Woman” actor after he offered her childhood Connecticut dwelling to actual property builders who plan to demolish the property to construct new homes.
“Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere – I do!” Simon wrote in an Instagram story posted on Tuesday.
The singer, 30, claimed that the Golden Globe-winning star vowed to “take care” of the 31.8-acre property in New Canaan as a part of the circumstances when he bought the mansion in 2022.
“He bought my childhood home,” Simon mentioned. “Promised he would take care of the land as [a] condition of his purchase. Proceeded to never actually move in & just sold it to a developer as 9 separate plots.”
The daughter of the Simon & Garfunkel hitmaker didn’t go into particulars concerning the alleged settlement
Lulu, who has simply over 2.5K month-to-month listeners on Spotify, continued her social media rant when she posted an edited photograph that confirmed her previous childhood pets surrounding a picture of Gere.
“I hope my dead pets buried in that backyard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness,” Simon captioned the submit.
The Publish has reached out to Gere’s rep for remark.
Regardless of Lulu Simon’s lament concerning the misplaced property, the property has not confirmed to be a fruitful funding for its house owners.
Each the 16-time Grammy winner Paul Simon and Gere, 75, took a loss throughout their separate gross sales of the 8,800-square-foot mansion.
The “Sound of Silence” singer and his spouse, singer Edie Brickell, purchased the house the place he “recorded many of his hit albums” for $16.5 million in 2002, in response to City & Nation.
In 2019, the couple tried to promote the Georgian-style property for $13.9 million. The asking value fluctuated for 3 years till the “Chicago” star bought the property for $10.8 million in 2022, The Publish reported.
The principle dwelling has six bedrooms, seven bogs, three powder rooms and a number of fireplaces.
The property additionally featured a separate 2,400-square-foot visitor home, a pond, a pool and a courtyard.
Gere had deliberate to show a portion of the property right into a farm, in response to Realtor.
After proudly owning the property for under two years, Gere and his spouse, Alejandra, took a slight loss on the property and offered the home in an off-market deal to actual property builders for $10.75 million in October 2024.
The couple offered the house so they might transfer to Spain and be nearer to Alejandra’s household, Gere shared throughout an interview with Vainness Honest Spain in April 2024.
“Alejandra was very generous in giving me six years of living in my world, so it’s only fair that I give her at least another six years of living in hers,” he informed the outlet.
