{"id":30419,"date":"2025-07-09T22:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30419"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:34:30","slug":"paul-simons-daughter-slams-richard-gere-after-he-sold-her-childhood-home-to-developers-who-will-demolish-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30419","title":{"rendered":"Paul Simon\u2019s Daughter Slams Richard Gere After He Sold Her Childhood Home to Developers Who Will Demolish It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"article-heading text-headline-300\">Richard Gere Slammed by Paul Simon\u2019s Daughter for Selling Her Childhood Home to Developers Who Will Demolish It<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Lulu Simon claimed Gere \u201cpromised he would take care of the land\u201d when he purchased it from her famous parents in 2022. Gere sold the house for $11M in 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TK6dVJECNQeUH1ghMwAbfbOUgSI=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(753x393:755x395)\/lulu-simon-instagram-richard-gere-7925-4477114df8064d65ab7cd9370f8405bf.jpg\" alt=\"Lulu Simon, Instagram, Richard Gere\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TK6dVJECNQeUH1ghMwAbfbOUgSI=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(753x393:755x395)\/lulu-simon-instagram-richard-gere-7925-4477114df8064d65ab7cd9370f8405bf.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Lulu Simon, Instagram, Richard Gere\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Lulu Simon&#8217;s Instagram Story (left) and Richard Gere (right).<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :<\/span><\/span>Lulu Simon\/Instagram; Michael Loccisano\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Lulu Simon, the daughter of Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, took to her Instagram Stories with a message to Richard Gere after he sold her childhood home to developers<\/li>\n<li>Richard and his wife Alejandra Gere purchased the property from Paul and Brickell in 2022 for $10.8 million<\/li>\n<li>Gere then sold it for $10.75 in October 2024 amid his move to Spain<\/li>\n<li>The house is now being demolished to make room for a nine-house development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/paul-simon\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Paul Simon<\/a>\u2019s daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/lulu-simon-everything-to-know\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Lulu<\/a> has some strong words for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/richard-gere\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Richard Gere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The singer, 30, took to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lulusimonofficial\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Instagram Stories<\/a> on Tuesday, July 8, to express her anger over the <em>Pretty Woman<\/em> star\u2019s decision to sell her childhood home to real estate developers. The property is now being demolished to make room for nine new homes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Lulu claims Gere promised her family that he would \u201ctake care of the land\u201d when he purchased it from the Simon &amp; Garfunkel musician and his wife Edie Brickell for $10.8 million in 2022.\u00a0While she claims it was a &#8220;condition of his purchase&#8221; to protect the home, she does not go into any further detail on the alleged agreement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cJust in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere \u2013 I do!\u201d Lulu wrote in white text over a selfie and a screenshot of a news article about the home&#8217;s impending destruction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">She continued, \u201cHe bought my childhood home. Promised he would take care of the land as condition of his purchase. Proceeded to never actually move in &amp; just sold it to a developer as 9 separate plots :).\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cHate! Him!\u201d she added over the photo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A representative for Gere did not immediately respond to PEOPLE&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 160.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ckiVwJdEGxzeXpNJbrCJ08XWCYI=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x0:601x2)\/lulu-simon-instagram2-7925-100df699341c45f185186ecf0e603458.jpg\" alt=\"Lulu Simon, Instagram \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1929\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ckiVwJdEGxzeXpNJbrCJ08XWCYI=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x0:601x2)\/lulu-simon-instagram2-7925-100df699341c45f185186ecf0e603458.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/ckiVwJdEGxzeXpNJbrCJ08XWCYI=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x0:601x2)\/lulu-simon-instagram2-7925-100df699341c45f185186ecf0e603458.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1929\" alt=\"Lulu Simon, Instagram \" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Lulu Simon&#8217;s Instagram Stories.<\/span>Lulu Simon\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In a second slide, she wrote, \u201cI hope my dead pets buried in that backyard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The caption was written over an old photo of Gere seemingly surrounded by the cats and dogs Lulu had as a child.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Her post was then followed by a meme of a frog sitting in front of a colorful sky along with the caption, \u201cTime will put your enemies in the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">PEOPLE reached out to representatives for both Lulu and Gere but did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 162.1%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/AiXqAxFidX6Jv0dmlaLr4X-7VBU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x0:601x2)\/lulu-simon-instagram-7925-9c08e90b64674c7aaefe7a2b3a1c8639.jpg\" alt=\"Lulu Simon, Instagram \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1946\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/AiXqAxFidX6Jv0dmlaLr4X-7VBU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x0:601x2)\/lulu-simon-instagram-7925-9c08e90b64674c7aaefe7a2b3a1c8639.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/AiXqAxFidX6Jv0dmlaLr4X-7VBU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(599x0:601x2)\/lulu-simon-instagram-7925-9c08e90b64674c7aaefe7a2b3a1c8639.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1946\" alt=\"Lulu Simon, Instagram \" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Lulu Simon&#8217;s Instagram Stories.<\/span>Lulu Simon\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Two years after he purchased the New Canaan, Conn., property from Paul and Brickell, Richard and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/who-is-alejandra-silva-richard-gere-wife\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Alejandra Gere<\/a> officially sold the abode <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pretty-woman-actor-richard-gere-sells-connecticut-house-for-11-million-8739429\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">for $10.75 million in October 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In May, it was revealed that the historic 1930s home <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/richard-gere-former-connecticut-home-sold-before-spain-move-being-torn-down-11742350\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">was scheduled for demolition<\/a> in order to make room for a nine-property development on the site. The news came after the couple had already <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/richard-gere-on-becoming-bilingual-ahead-of-big-move-to-spain-8748664\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">moved to Madrid<\/a> so Richard and Alejandra, who is originally from Spain, and their children could be closer to her family.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_3-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/khqn4afjOg-DjwGulteWuIV2fHs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(739x269:741x271)\/richard-alejandra-gere-sons-052425-5a3e24a38ffa4873a4b9d414a9964d17.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Gere Shares Rare Family Photo with 2 Sons and Wife\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/khqn4afjOg-DjwGulteWuIV2fHs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(739x269:741x271)\/richard-alejandra-gere-sons-052425-5a3e24a38ffa4873a4b9d414a9964d17.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><noscript><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/khqn4afjOg-DjwGulteWuIV2fHs=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(739x269:741x271)\/richard-alejandra-gere-sons-052425-5a3e24a38ffa4873a4b9d414a9964d17.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Richard Gere Shares Rare Family Photo with 2 Sons and Wife\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\"><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Richard Gere and wife Alejandra with their younger sons.<\/span>Richard Gere\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The pair share sons Alexander, 6, and James, 5. Alejandra is also mom to son, Albert, 11, with ex-husband Govind Friedland, while Richard shares son Homer, 25, with ex-wife Carey Lowell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,&#8221; Richard told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revistavanityfair.es\/articulos\/richard-gere-alejandra-silva-entrevista-mudanza-espana\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>Vanity Fair<\/em>\u00a0Spain<\/a>\u00a0in April 2024. &#8220;She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so it is only fair that I give her at least another six living in here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Alejandra has since shared that they do <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/richard-gere-wife-alejandra-says-theyll-return-to-us-after-moving-to-spain-11724767\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">plan on moving back to the U.S.<\/a> in a &#8220;few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block\">\n<h2 id=\"midcirc__heading_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__heading mntl-text-block\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div id=\"midcirc__card-list_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__card-list mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Richard Gere\u2019s Connecticut Mansion Stripped from the Inside Out After His Move to Spain: Watch<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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