In an interview with Marie Claire revealed this week, the actress revealed that she has been dwelling in Spain and Mexico along with her husband José Bastón and their 6-year-old son Santiago, and made the transfer years in the past. Longoria additionally shared her ideas on former President Donald Trump successful the 2024 presidential election, and described America as “dystopian.”

And it seems that many individuals interpreted her phrases to imply that she left the US due to Trump’s latest victory — one thing Longoria addressed on Friday.

As proven on Friday’s episode of The View’s Behind the Desk podcast, host Ana Navarro was recording the present when Longoria known as her. After Navarro let her buddy know she filming, Longoria determined to make use of the chance to clear the air.

“Will you please allow them to know I did not transfer out of the USA due to Trump?” Longoria, 49, mentioned, to which Navarro, 52, identified that the Determined Housewives alum was talked about throughout The View’s Scorching Matters phase that day.

“Truly, your identify got here up within the dialogue,” Navarro mentioned. “However you had moved earlier than Trump.”

“I have been in Europe [working] for 3 years,” Longoria clarified, including that the Marie Claire article famous this in its piece. “The article says that. Individuals simply grabbed some clickbait stuff to be divisive, which makes me so unhappy that every thing you say is simply meant to be divisive once we cannot be that manner proper now.”

She went on to say that she “did not go away due to the political atmosphere,” however as a result of her “work took me there since Land of Girls.” Longoria mentioned she moved to shoot the AppleTV+ collection in Catalonia and Spain, and likewise movies in Mexico for her present, Looking out For Mexico.

“I have been [in Spain] for years,” she added.

Longoria confused that she’s “proud” to be American and to have grown up in Texas.

“I simply don’t love that it is politicized as a result of the [article’s] creator did a extremely good job speaking about my patriotism,” she mentioned, referring to the response to the Marie Claire piece.

“I am a proud American. I’ve all the time been a proud American. Proud Texan, proud American,” she defined. “I did not need it to be taken that I left due to Trump — completely not — or due to the elections.”

“I have been there for thus a few years,” Longoria once more reiterated, including, “I do not know why folks simply wanna seize an excerpt to essentially exploit it.”

Navarro shared why she thinks some folks reacted that manner, telling her buddy, “It is as a result of I feel it is as a result of lots of people are wishing that they may by some means escape.”

The View panelist jokingly added that some listeners may assume they “organized” the telephone name, to which Navarro mentioned that Longoria “known as out of the blue.”

“I used to be calling you to rearrange tamale day!” Longoria mentioned, earlier than sharing why she did not communicate out earlier.

“I have never come out and mentioned something as a result of it is within the article,” she concluded. “There’s nothing to make clear. It is within the article that I have been dwelling in Europe for years.”

Navarro joked that “tamale day is a lot extra vital than any article.”

In her interview with Marie Claire, Longoria opened up about leaving Los Angeles and America.

“I had my complete grownup life right here,” mentioned Longoria, 49, whereas being interviewed in Beverly Hills for the magazine. “However even earlier than [the pandemic], it was altering. The vibe was totally different. After which Covid occurred, and it pushed it over the sting. Whether or not it’s the homelessness or the taxes, not that I need to s–t on California — it simply looks like this chapter in my life is finished now.”

Longoria — who campaigned for Kamala Harris within the presidential election — additionally reacted to Trump’s win, and voiced her issues for what is going to occur within the nation throughout Trump’s second presidency, describing the US as “dystopian.”

“The stunning half is just not that he gained,” Longoria mentioned. “It is {that a} convicted prison who spews a lot hate might maintain the very best workplace.”

“I wish to assume our battle continues,” she continued, including, “If he retains his guarantees, it’s going to be a scary place.”

Longoria mentioned she and her household divides their time between Spain and Mexico, including that she travels Europe and South America for work, however does not typically movie in Los Angeles.

“I am privileged,” she admitted. “I get to flee and go someplace. Most People aren’t so fortunate. They will be caught on this dystopian nation, and my anxiousness and unhappiness is for them.”