Richard Gere Slammed by Paul Simon's Daughter for Selling Her Childhood Home to Developers Who Will Demolish It

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10-07-2025

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
Richard and his wife Alejandra Gere purchased the property from Paul and Brickell in 2022 for $10.8 million
Gere then sold it for $10.75 in October 2024 amid his move to Spain
The house is now being demolished to make room for a nine-house developmentPaul Simon's daughter Lulu has some strong words for Richard Gere.
The singer, 30, took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, July 8, to express her anger over the Pretty Woman star's decision to sell her childhood home to real estate developers. The property is now being demolished to make room for nine new homes.
Lulu claims Gere promised her family that he would 'take care of the land' when he purchased it from the Simon & Garfunkel musician and his wife Edie Brickell for $10.8 million in 2022. While she claims it was a "condition of his purchase" to protect the home, she does not go into any further detail on the alleged agreement.
'Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere – I do!' Lulu wrote in white text over a selfie and a screenshot of a news article about the home's impending destruction.
She continued, 'He bought my childhood home. Promised he would take care of the land as condition of his purchase. Proceeded to never actually move in & just sold it to a developer as 9 separate plots :).'
'Hate! Him!' she added over the photo.
A representative for Gere did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
In a second slide, she wrote, 'I hope my dead pets buried in that backyard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness.'
The caption was written over an old photo of Gere seemingly surrounded by the cats and dogs Lulu had as a child.
Her post was then followed by a meme of a frog sitting in front of a colorful sky along with the caption, 'Time will put your enemies in the ground.'
PEOPLE reached out to representatives for both Lulu and Gere but did not receive an immediate response.
Two years after he purchased the New Canaan, Conn., property from Paul and Brickell, Richard and his wife Alejandra Gere officially sold the abode for $10.75 million in October 2024.
In May, it was revealed that the historic 1930s home was scheduled for demolition in order to make room for a nine-property development on the site. The news came after the couple had already moved to Madrid so Richard and Alejandra, who is originally from Spain, and their children could be closer to her family.
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.
"For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture," Richard told Vanity Fair Spain in April 2024. "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."
Alejandra has since shared that they do plan on moving back to the U.S. in a "few years."
Despite the property being set for demolition, salvage experts from New York-based Hudson Valley House Parts worked to extract some of the architectural gems from the home to be repurposed.
As detailed in an Instagram Reel shared in May, the company offered an inside look at the massive property and some of the historic pieces they were able to save.
'For the past month we have been fascinated by this estate as our team has been working on location salvaging many architectural elements,' they wrote in the caption.
'Formerly owned by Richard Gere who purchased the property from Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, this 1930s home is scheduled for demolition with the intention of dividing the 32 acres into nine large lots," the caption continued.
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