14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Superstar Gloria Estefan was asked if she would ever leave Miami. Here's her answer
She's not leaving.
Gloria Estefan recently appeared on 'The Elvis Duran Show' and was asked whether she would ever abandon her adopted hometown.
'Miami is its own being, without doubt,' said Y100's Duran. 'You could go anywhere and you don't get the same feeling.'
Estefan agreed.
'We have our own foreign policy,' she said, laughing. 'We're a country, not a city!'
'From there, staying there, roots there, businesses there, career there, family there,' Crespo said. 'Home there, friends anyone ever said, 'Hey have you thought about moving?' And you said what?'
Estefan's emphatic answer? Heck no.
'I live in paradise!' said the Havana native, 67. 'Look, you know what? When my parents left Cuba [in 1959 during the Cuban Revolution] they thought they were going back and we became very deeply rooted in Miami. So leaving there now to me would be like them when they left Cuba.'
The music legend admitted that over the years industry people have asked why she didn't relocate to Los Angeles, where the majority of celebrities live.
'They said move to L.A. Why? I can fly to L.A. and fly back home,' explained the 'Raices' singer. 'I've gone all over the world and whenever I would see the weather report... I'd be in Europe somewhere... it'd make me cry. I'd miss it so much. I love it. I'm a tropical girl.'
Commenters on the radio station's Instagram page, which showed the clip, applauded the local superstar's loyalty.
'She's always lived in Miami and she's an icon here.'
'#305'
'Gloria is the definition of Miami!'
