Trump Critic Eva Longoria Reveals She Has Fled ‘Dystopian’ United States: ‘I’m Privileged. I Get To Escape’
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Actress and producer Eva Longoria revealed she fled the United States with her family in part because of President-elect Donald Trump.
Longoria, who campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris over the summer, spoke to Marie Claire in an interview published this week and shared her “depression” over Trump. She also referred to the United States as “dystopian” under the incoming president. She and her family have ditched California and now split their time between Spain and Mexico.
“The shocking part is not that he won,” Longoria said in an interview conducted just two days after Trump’s victory over Harris.
The Desperate Housewives star said she doesn’t miss Los Angeles and doesn’t shoot there anymore.
“I had my whole adult life here,” she said. “But even before [the pandemic], it was changing. The vibe was different. And then Covid happened, and it pushed it over the edge. Whether it’s the homelessness or the taxes, not that I want to shit on California—it just feels like this chapter in my life is done now.”
Most Americans, she admitted, are not as “privileged” as her. According to the actress, they’ll be stuck in a “dystopian” country because if Trump keeps his “promises,” the United States will be a “scary place.”
“I’m privileged. I get to escape and go somewhere. Most Americans aren’t so lucky,” she said. “They’re going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and my anxiety and sadness is for them.”
Longoria rallied to up Hispanic support for Harris and criticized those pushing for Trump’s plan to “build the wall” along the southern border.
“The people who were screaming, ‘Build that wall!’ are the same people that are going to Taco Tuesday. And I’m like, ‘No, no, no. You don’t get to margarita out and shit on the culture that gave you the taco and gave you the margarita. You have to go, ‘This came from there. There must be good things,” she said.
Longoria recalled feeling “depression” for the first time after Trump’s initial win in 2016.
“It was like, does my vote really matter? Am I really making a difference?” she said. “I was so untethered to the core of what I believe because I truly believed in my soul that the best person wins. And then that happened, and I was like, oh, wait, the best person doesn’t win.”
