Spy Kids Star Alexa PenaVega Explains Why She Ditched Hollywood For Hawaii: 'God Pulled Me Out'
30.06.2022 - 04:33
/ perezhilton.com
Alexa PenaVega is opening up about her journey in Hollywood — and her journey away from the entertainment capital, too.
The former Spy Kids star and her husband, Big Time Rush alum Carlos PenaVega (she was Alexa Vega, he was Carlos Pena — they combined their last names) happily live with their children on the island of Maui now. They moved to Hawaii several years ago after the former child star, now 33 years old, and her 32-year-old husband realized they were done with Los Angeles!
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Now, the couple has a new memoir, entitled What If Love Is The Point?, which was released on Tuesday. While promoting the spiritual self-help book, Alexa spoke to Fox News Digital on Wednesday about their relationship, the family’s faith, and their reason for leaving Tinseltown. In the interview, PenaVega first reflected on falling in love with Carlos. He came to her at a time in life when she wasn’t looking for a relationship — and especially not one with another actor! But he just proved to be everything she needed!
The Spy Kids star recalled:
Awww! Why was she looking to avoid “industry” types?
In their book, both Carlos and Alexa are frank about some of the struggles they experienced regarding bad influences and difficult situations in the entertainment business.
Criticizing the culture in Hollywood, Alexa explained to Fox:
Inneresting!
Ironically, it wasn’t Alexa who initially wanted to move out of El Lay, but Carlos. The former starlet recalled how her husband was falling just short of role after role in the industry — and the constant rejection was wearing on him.
So, she explained, he was the first one to push for the move to their more rural digs.