Richard Gere’s Wife Alejandra Silva Is Not Afraid Of Their Age Gap Of 33 Years

Feb 01, 2020 by apost team

Alejandra Silva, who is 33 years younger than her husband, Richard Gere, says she isn't afraid of their age difference because, in her words, "he has promised me at least 20 good years."

The couple married in 2018 when Alejandra was 35 and Richard was 68. They welcomed a son into their lives in February 2019 and are currently expecting a second child. Richard has a son from a previous marriage, and Alejandra also has a son from a previous marriage.

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Alejandra is Richard's third wife. He married his first wife, Cindy Crawford, in 1991; at the time, he was 42 and she was 25. Their marriage only lasted a short time, and they divorced in 1995. He married his second wife, Carey Lowell, in 2002; at the time, he was 53 and she was 41. They had a son together. They separated after 11 years of marriage and finally divorced in 2016 after some rather heated court battles that are speculated to be mostly about money.

Cindy Crawford has commented on the reason for her break-up with Richard Gere and has openly acknowledged it was because of their 17-year age gap. She said that when they first started dating she was only 22 and she was still trying to figure out who she was and what she wanted to be, continually changing and growing, while Gere was fully mature and had moved out of that stage of life.

Many people have speculated about the stability of marriages where there is a significant age gap. Studies have shown that marriages with an age gap of 10 years or more are at a higher risk of splitting up. However, this information may be confounded by the fact that, when the wife is between age 18 and 25 at the time of the marriage, the couple is at high risk of splitting up regardless of any age gap. When the wife is 35 or older at the time of marriage, the couple is quite unlikely to split up regardless of any age gap.

Alejandra and Richard met in 2014 at a film festival and started dating. They came out as a couple in 2015. After their marriage in 2018, Richard told The Guardian that he had always wanted a marriage like the one his parents had; they were happily married for 70 years.

Alejandra is a Spanish publicist and political activist. She was born in Spain and is a Spanish citizen. She worked in Madrid for a private firm in the airplane industry and also engaged in political activism with several nonprofit foundations that are trying to help homeless children, refugee children, and children who are victims of war.

Alejandra was in the process of divorcing her first husband when she became involved with Richard Gere. Alejandra and Richard are happily enjoying their newfound love and appear to have met their soulmates.  "He has promised me at least good 20 years," Alejandra told Hello in 2019. We wish them a lot of happiness.

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