Editing Richard Gere (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere-69078.jpg|thumb|Gere with his third wife [[Alejandra Silva]] in 2024]]
Gere had on-again/off-again relationships with actress [[Penelope Milford]] from 1971 to 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129747,00.html|title=A Supreme Being|work=People|first=Anne-Marie|last=O'Neil|date=November 15, 1999|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404152031/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129747,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and painter [[Sylvia Martins]] from 1978 to 1986.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Even Richard Gere Gets Dumped|magazine=Esquire|first=Michael|last=Gross|date=July 1995|page=59}}</ref> During those years, he was also sporadically linked with [[Tuesday Weld]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Robin|last=Adams Sloan|title=Show Stoppers|newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle|date=March 21, 1982|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/137613933/|archive-date=June 12, 2020|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612010634/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/137613933/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Carole Mallory]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/columnists/stu_bykofsky/norman-mailers-norristown-mistress-ive-been-defamed-stu-bykofsky-20180322.html|title=Norman Mailer's Norristown mistress: I've been defamed|first=Stu|last=Bykofsky|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=March 22, 2018|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603132340/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/columnists/stu_bykofsky/norman-mailers-norristown-mistress-ive-been-defamed-stu-bykofsky-20180322.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dawn Steel]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/dawn-of-an-era-vol-49-no-1/|title=Dawn of An Era|work=People|first=Kyle|last=Smith|date=January 12, 1998|archive-date=June 12, 2020|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612010638/https://people.com/archive/dawn-of-an-era-vol-49-no-1/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Loree Rodkin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-30-ig-diary30-story.html|title=Rockin' Rodkin|date=August 30, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Booth|last=Moore|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612010636/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-30-ig-diary30-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Barbara Carrera]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/from-the-jet-set-to-your-tv-set-dallas-barbara-carrera-knows-her-role-lady-of-mystery-vol-24-no-21/|title=From the Jet Set to Your TV Set, Dallas' Barbara Carrera Knows Her Role—Lady of Mystery|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Michelle|last=Green|date=November 18, 1985}}</ref> and [[Barbra Streisand]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Liz|last=Smith|title=Carson's Field day with the press|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=January 28, 1983|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/486273268/|archive-date=November 8, 2022|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108084622/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/486273268/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was suggested that Gere had affairs with [[Priscilla Presley]] and [[Kim Basinger]] in tell-all books written by Presley's ex-boyfriend [[Michael Edwards (actor)|Michael Edwards]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Michael|title=Priscilla, Elvis, and Me|year=1988|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|location=New York City|isbn=9780312916435|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/priscillaelvisme00edwa}}</ref> and Basinger's ex-husband Ron Snyder.<ref>{{cite book|last=Britton|first=Ron|title=Kim Basinger: Longer Than Forever|year=1998|publisher=Blake Publishing|location=Flowood, Mississippi|isbn=9781857823257}}</ref> Gere has also reportedly dated models [[Laura Bailey (model)|Laura Bailey]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1332521/Model-makes-up-with-Oxford-don-father.html|title=Model makes up with Oxford don father|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=July 1, 2001|first1=Chris|last1=Hastings|first2=Jasper|last2=Copping|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1332521/Model-makes-up-with-Oxford-don-father.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tina Chow]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1992/4/ciao-tina|title=Ciao Tina|first=Maureen|last=Orth|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=April 1992|access-date=September 11, 2024|archive-date=September 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911200731/https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1992/4/ciao-tina|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dalila Di Lazzaro]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/03/05/dalila-di-lazzaro-ho-perso-mio-figlio-poi-la-carriera-con-un-incidente-aereo-e-per-una-buca-sono-stata-costretta-a-letto-per-anni/5016251/|title=Dalila Di Lazzaro: "Ho perso mio figlio, poi la carriera con un incidente aereo e per una buca sono stata costretta a letto per anni"|date=March 5, 2019|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612010638/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/03/05/dalila-di-lazzaro-ho-perso-mio-figlio-poi-la-carriera-con-un-incidente-aereo-e-per-una-buca-sono-stata-costretta-a-letto-per-anni/5016251/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Padma Lakshmi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-richard-gere-padma-lakshmi-split-20141014-story.html|title=Richard Gere, Padma Lakshmi split, 'would be better as friends'|date=October 14, 2014|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Christie|last=D'Zurilla|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612010636/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-richard-gere-padma-lakshmi-split-20141014-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was married to model [[Cindy Crawford]] from 1991 to 1995.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

In November 2002, Gere married model and actress [[Carey Lowell]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625152,00.html|title=Gere, Lowell Get Married|first=Stephen|last=Silverman|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=November 15, 2002|access-date=September 25, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224604/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625152,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They have a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, who was born in February 2000 and is named for his grandfathers as well as the Tibetan name "Jigme".<ref name="actors"/><ref name=people2000>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20130546,00.html|title=Role Change|first=Dan|last=Jewel|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=February 21, 2000|access-date=September 25, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928023843/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20130546,00.html|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> In September 2013, the two separated after 11 years of marriage. They spent three years in highly contested divorce proceedings in [[New York Supreme Court|New York County Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Barbara|title=Richard Gere, Carey Lowell still fighting over money in divorce case|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/richard-gere-carey-lowell-continue-divorce-proceedings-article-1.2206512|access-date=November 9, 2015|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=May 1, 2015|archive-date=October 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163209/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/richard-gere-carey-lowell-continue-divorce-proceedings-article-1.2206512|url-status=live}}</ref> The case was settled in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/richard-gere-carey-lowell-expected-reach-divorce-settlement-article-1.2835137|title=Richard Gere finalizes divorce settlement with Carey Lowell after more than a decade of marriage|first=Barbara|last=Ross|website=[[New York Daily News]]|date=October 18, 2016|access-date=July 15, 2018|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629131843/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/richard-gere-carey-lowell-expected-reach-divorce-settlement-article-1.2835137|url-status=live}}</ref> In early April 2018, Gere married Spanish activist [[Alejandra Silva]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/movies/all-about-richard-geres-35-year-old-wife-alejandra-silva-an-activist-from-spains-elite-circle|title=All About Richard Gere's 35-Year-Old Wife Alejandra Silva: An Activist from Spain's Elite Circle|first=Ale|last=Russian|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=April 23, 2018|access-date=May 7, 2018|archive-date=May 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054258/http://people.com/movies/all-about-richard-geres-35-year-old-wife-alejandra-silva-an-activist-from-spains-elite-circle/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, they announced that they were expecting their first child;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderwall.com/news/richard-gere-68-expecting-baby-new-wife-35-report-3015796.article|title=Richard Gere, 68, expecting baby with new wife, 35: Report|last=Laudadio|first=Marisa|date=August 8, 2018|work=Wonderwall|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923010020/https://www.wonderwall.com/news/richard-gere-68-expecting-baby-new-wife-35-report-3015796.article|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1000576/Richard-Gere-wife-Alejandra-Silva-pregnant-baby-son-wedding-Instagram-news-pictures|title=Richard Gere, 68, 'expecting first child with Alejandra Silva, 35,' months after they wed|last=Meechan|first=Lauren|date=August 8, 2018|work=[[Daily Express]]|access-date=August 14, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813214823/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1000576/Richard-Gere-wife-Alejandra-Silva-pregnant-baby-son-wedding-Instagram-news-pictures|url-status=live}}</ref> their son was born in February 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/entertainment/richard-gere-baby-boy/index.html|title=Richard Gere, 69, and wife Alejandra welcome baby boy|first=Chloe|last=Melas|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 12, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013127/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/entertainment/richard-gere-baby-boy/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/northamerica/northamerica-life-arts/richard-gere-and-wife-welcome-baby-son-report/ar-BBTr1MA?li=BBKhQr3&ocid=wispr|title=Richard Gere and wife welcome baby son – report|website=www.msn.com|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011708/https://www.msn.com/en-xl/northamerica/northamerica-life-arts/richard-gere-and-wife-welcome-baby-son-report/ar-BBTr1MA?li=BBKhQr3&ocid=wispr|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2020, the birth of their second son was reported.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moniuszko|first=Sara M.|title=Richard Gere, 70, welcomes baby no. 2 with wife Alejandra Silva|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/04/25/richard-gere-welcomes-second-child-wife-alejandra-silva/3021030001/|date=April 25, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2020|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802224706/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/04/25/richard-gere-welcomes-second-child-wife-alejandra-silva/3021030001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Katherine|last=Schaffstall|title=Richard Gere and Wife Alejandra Silva Welcome Second Child|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-gere-welcomes-second-child-wife-alejandra-silva-1291519|access-date=July 29, 2020|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 23, 2020|language=en|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729004229/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-gere-welcomes-second-child-wife-alejandra-silva-1291519|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gere's interest in [[Buddhism]] began when he was in his 20s.<ref name="shambsun">{{cite web|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/richard-gere-my-journey-as-a-buddhist|title=Richard Gere: My Journey as a Buddhist|access-date=May 27, 2012|website=Shambhala Sun|archive-date=October 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029114046/http://www.lionsroar.com/richard-gere-my-journey-as-a-buddhist|url-status=live}}</ref> Gere first studied [[Zen Buddhism]]<ref name="shambsun"/> under [[Kyozan Joshu Sasaki]]. After studying Zen for five or six years,<ref name="shambsun"/> he and Brazilian painter Sylvia Martins traveled in 1978 to [[Nepal]], where Gere met many Tibetan monks and lamas.<ref name="biochannel">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/richard-gere.htm.html|title=Richard Gere Biography|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|access-date=May 12, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330215547/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/richard-gere.htm.html|archive-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> He then met the [[14th Dalai Lama]] in India<ref name="shambsun"/> and became a practicing [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] (specifically of the [[Gelugpa]] school)<ref name="shambsun"/> and an active supporter of the Dalai Lama.<ref name="actors"/>

In February 2023, Gere was diagnosed and hospitalized with [[pneumonia]] during a family vacation in [[Nuevo Vallarta]] in [[Mexico]]. It was reported by his wife that he had fully recovered from his illness.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hume |first1=Ashley |date=February 19, 2023|title=Richard Gere recovering after being hospitalized with pneumonia on vacation |website=[[Fox News]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/richard-gere-hospitalized-overnight-pneumonia-while-vacationing-family-mexico |access-date=November 20, 2023|language=en-US}}</ref>

Gere has often been included on lists of famous vegetarians. However, his status as a vegetarian is disputed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Madeleine |date=March 6, 2019 |title=The secrets of Richard Gere's enduring good health (and glowing looks) |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/secrets-richard-geres-enduring-good-health-glowing-looks/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120023543/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/secrets-richard-geres-enduring-good-health-glowing-looks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Famous Vegans|website=Vegans Have Superpowers|access-date=October 12, 2017|url=https://veganshavesuperpowers.weebly.com/famous-vegans.html|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012150548/https://veganshavesuperpowers.weebly.com/famous-vegans.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Famous Vegetarians and Famous vegans|website=Veganwolf.com|access-date=October 12, 2017|url=http://www.veganwolf.com/famous_vegetarians.htm|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025025559/http://www.veganwolf.com/famous_vegetarians.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Parsons|first=Rhea|title=Breaking Up With Richard Gere|date=March 24, 2011|access-date=October 12, 2017|website=The 'V' Word|url=http://thevword.net/2011/03/breaking-up-with-richard-gere.html|quote=Richard Gere is all of these things but there is one thing he's not: a Vegan. He's not even vegetarian.|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012151837/http://thevword.net/2011/03/breaking-up-with-richard-gere.html|url-status=live}}</ref>