Eva Longoria wants y’all to know: her relocation wasn’t some dramatic mic drop over politics. Nope, she didn’t flee the U.S. like a contestant eliminated from Desperate Housewives Survivor. Instead, the 49-year-old actress has been dividing her time between Mexico and Spain, living her best international life.
Why the move? “California? Loved it. Done now. Time to change chapters,” Eva casually said in a recent interview, sounding like someone who just finished a really good book and is ready to start the next one.
But wait! Enter Donald Trump, stage left. Since Eva’s move coincided with Trump’s election win, the internet did what it does best—spun wild theories faster than a soap opera plot twist. Political exile? Resistance queen? Nope. Eva shut that all the way down.
On Friday, Eva phoned her pal Ana Navarro while Ana was recording The View’s Behind the Table podcast because what’s better than setting the record straight on a podcast? “Can you please tell everyone I didn’t run off to Spain because of Trump?” Eva asked, probably with one hand holding a glass of Spanish wine because vibes.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Eva explained that she’s been in Europe working for nearly three years. “I didn’t leave because of politics,” she clarified. “I left because work—you know, that thing adults do?”
But Eva wasn’t done yet. She added, “People love to take any little nugget and twist it into clickbait. It’s like, can we not? We’ve got bigger fish to fry, like… anything else?”
Long story short, Eva isn’t hiding out in Europe plotting the next chapter of a political thriller. She’s just out there doing her thing—being fabulous, working hard, and probably eating better tapas than the rest of us.