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Interview by Richard Gere about theToday Show on Wednesday (November 20) got off to a rough start.

The Beautiful woman star appeared on the talk show to promote his new thriller series, The Agency for Paramount+.

After showing a trailer for the drama, the cameras went back to the studio where Gere then gave the middle finger to host Savannah Guthrie.

A panicked Guthrie quickly covered Gere’s finger with her stack of bills and told him, “You just made an obscene gesture on this family morning show!”

“I’m beeping you!” She added, before referencing the fact that Cher swore in on the show yesterday.

“You know, Cher was here yesterday with an F-bomb, so I don’t know what’s happening!” she laughed.

The Runaway bride The actor explained that he made this gesture because he was ending the scene The Agency before it was cut off Today‘s introductory clip.

“You didn’t show it, but I did that in the piece!” Gere clarifies. “That was the clip!”

“That was the clip, but we cut that part out. But then you did it live!” Guthrie replied.

“I saw that, but without it there was no point!” he said, adding that he wasn’t trying to offend anyone. “My hand did that, I have no control over it!”

The Agency is based on a French television series called The desk. It follows the story of a secret CIA agent who is forced to give up his undercover life and return to the London office and face the loose ends he left behind. The series features several notable actors, including Jeffrey Wright, Katherine Waterston, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dominic West, Hugh Bonneville and Michael Fassbender.

Before signing on for the television series, Gere had watched The desk with his wife Alejandra Silva, which made him excited to talk to him about his appearance on the US version of the hit show.

“It’s very well written… it’s amazing,” the actor said. “I mean, they’re all great. and we shot it like a movie. We do it the same way. Film directors, film actors, the schedule is like a movie schedule. It feels the same to me.”

Recently, the actor decided to sell his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, for $10.75 million after saying he would like to move to Spain so Silva could be closer to her family, along with their two children Alexander, five, and James, four. .

The home was first purchased in 2022 for $10.8 million and features 11 bathrooms, a three-bedroom guesthouse, a swimming pool, and several gardens throughout the 32-acre estate.

“For Alejandra, it will be great to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,” Gere said. Vanity Fair Spain back in April. “She was very generous in letting me live in my world for six years, so it’s only fair that I give her at least another six years in hers.”