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Richard Gere, 74, makes rare red carpet appearance with wife Alejandra Silva, 41

Notoriously private Richard Gere and his wife made a rare public appearance together, mingling with another famous celebrity couple in New York.

Richard Gere and Alejandra Gere attend the 2024 City Harvest Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 10 in New York City. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Richard Gere and Alejandra Gere attend the 2024 City Harvest Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 10 in New York City. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Richard Gere and Alejandra Silva made a rare public appearance together Wednesday night in support of a good cause.

The couple attended the 2024 City Harvest Gala in New York City, held at celebrity hot spot Cipriani 42nd Street, reports Page Six.

The notoriously private pair, who secretly tied the knot in 2018, left their kids at home for the mid-week date night, as they posed alongside honouree John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen.

Richard Gere and Alejandra Gere attend the 2024 City Harvest Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 10 in New York City. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Richard Gere and Alejandra Gere attend the 2024 City Harvest Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 10 in New York City. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

The Pretty Woman actor, 74, looked dapper in a navy blue suit, along with a light blue dress shirt and black shoes. He gazed adoringly at his wife and beamed as they posed for photos together.

Silva, 41, stunned in a black tiered ruffle evening gown by BCBGMAXAZRIA, which featured spaghetti straps and a sheer bodice.

The couple rarely attend events together. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images
The couple rarely attend events together. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

She paired the tulle dress with a glittering silver necklace and matching drop earrings.

The Spanish activist also accessorised with a pair of silver platform pumps and a matching bedazzled clutch.

Gere and Silva, who recently celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary, have kept most of their marriage out of the public eye.

Gere was smitten with his wife during red carpet interviews. Picture: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for City Harvest
Gere was smitten with his wife during red carpet interviews. Picture: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for City Harvest

They also rarely share snaps of their sons, 5-year-old Alexander and a 4-year-old whose name hasn’t been revealed.

The Runaway Bride actor, who was previously married to Carey Lowell from 2002 to 2016, also shares son Homer, 24, with the model.

His first wife, fellow model Cindy Crawford, recently spoke out about their marriage, which lasted from 1991 to 1995.

The couple mingled with Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
The couple mingled with Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

“I just think your 20s for women is such a time where you’re starting to come into your own and feel your own power and connect to your inner strength,” Crawford, 58, said in the series The Supermodel late last year.

“He was older, so I just was like in a different circle and not doing some of those same fashiony things anymore,” she went on, noting she was “willing to kind of mold” herself to be with Gere, who was 17 years older than her.

Silva, for her part, was married to businessman Govind Friedland from 2012 and 2015 and the former couple co-parent a 10-year-old son named Albert.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Richard Gere, 74, makes rare red carpet appearance with wife Alejandra Silva, 41

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