Richard Gere becomes a dad again at 71 to baby boy with wife Alejandra Silva

23 April 2020, 15:16

Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva have welcomed a new baby boy to their family.

Alejandra, 37, has given birth to the couple’s second child, according to Spanish magazine Hola!.

Richard, 71, married Alejandra in August 2018 at a civil ceremony in Spain before celebrating the occasion with friends and family in America in May 2019.

The pair first met in 2014 at a luxury Italian boutique hotel that Alejandra had bought with her former husband.

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Richard and Alejandra became parents to their first child together, Alexander, in February 2019.

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Both Alejandra and Richard have other children – Richard has a 20-year-old son called Homer James Jigme with his former wife Carey Lowell, while Alejandra has a seven-year-old son called Albert with her ex Govind Friedland.

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The private couple have yet to officially confirm they were expecting their second child.

Gere told Hola! after the couple’s wedding: “I’m the happiest man in the universe and how couldn’t I be!

“I’m married to a beautiful, sensitive, funny woman who’s committed to helping people and is a great mother.”

Congratulations to the growing family!