Paul Simon's daughter blasts Richard Gere for selling her childhood Connecticut home to real estate developers: ‘Hate him!'

New York Post

10-07-2025

Richard Gere, you're breaking my heart.
Lulu Simon, the daughter of legendary singer Paul Simon, blasted the 'Pretty Woman' actor after he sold her childhood Connecticut home to real estate developers who plan to demolish the property to build new houses.
'​​Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere – I do!' Simon wrote in an Instagram story posted on Tuesday.
8 Lulu Simon slammed Richard Gere in an Instagram story posted on Tuesday.
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The singer, 30, claimed that the Golden Globe-winning star vowed to 'take care' of the 31.8-acre estate in New Canaan as part of the conditions when he purchased the mansion in 2022.
'He bought my childhood home,' Simon said. '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 details about the alleged agreement
Lulu, who has just over 2.5K monthly listeners on Spotify, continued her social media rant when she posted an edited photo that showed her old childhood pets surrounding an image 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 post.
8 Simon posted this seemingly edited image after slamming Gere.
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8 Simon expressed her 'hate' toward the actor after the sale.
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8 The property also featured a separate 2,400-square-foot guest house.
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The Post has reached out to Gere's rep for comment.
Despite Lulu Simon's lament about the lost property, the estate has not proven to be a fruitful investment for its owners.
Both the 16-time Grammy winner Paul Simon and Gere, 75, took a loss during their separate sales of the 8,800-square-foot mansion.
8 Richard Gere won a Golden Globe for his performance as Billy Flynn in the 2002 film 'Chicago.'
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The 'Sound of Silence' singer and his wife, singer Edie Brickell, bought the home where he 'recorded many of his hit albums' for $16.5 million in 2002, according to Town & Country.
In 2019, the couple tried to sell the Georgian-style estate for $13.9 million. The asking price fluctuated for three years until the 'Chicago' star purchased the estate for $10.8 million in 2022, The Post reported.
The main home has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three powder rooms and multiple fireplaces.
The property also featured a separate 2,400-square-foot guest house, a pond, a pool and a courtyard.
Gere had planned to turn a portion of the property into a farm, according to Realtor.
8 Gere purchased the property in 2022.
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8 The home is being demolished after it was sold to real estate developers.
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8 Lulu attempted to follow in her father's footsteps and has released a series of original songs.
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After owning the property for only two years, Gere and his wife, Alejandra, took a slight loss on the property and sold the house in an off-market deal to real estate developers for $10.75 million in October 2024.
The couple sold the home so they could move to Spain and be closer to Alejandra's family, Gere shared during an interview with Vanity Fair 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 told the outlet.