Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere: Too Much Love, Too Soon

Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere: Too Much Love, Too Soon

She was the most desired woman in the world; he was a Hollywood superstar. Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere met at a party in California and soon walked together at the Oscars. The world crowned them “the romance of the century.” The passion was immediate: they married secretly in Las Vegas, exchanging rings made of aluminum foil. But exposure wore everything down. Jealousy, distance, different paths. He sought spiritual silence; she dreamed of a family. They eventually separated, admitting the truth: “We weren’t mature enough to protect something so beautiful.”