Eva Longoria returned to the United States this week to promote Necaxa, a new docuseries that follows her efforts as a co‑owner of Mexican soccer club Club Necaxa, and said fellow investors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney warned her to "prepare for heartbreak."
On Wednesday she appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the series, which charts attempts to turn the club around and the emotional highs and lows of sports ownership. "They said prepare for heartbreak," Longoria said on the ABC program, adding that "sports is so emotional, with all the ups and the downs. It is an emotional roller coaster."
Longoria, 50, has spent the past several years living abroad and splitting her time between Mexico and Spain with her husband, media executive José Bastón, and their seven‑year‑old son, Santiago. The Good Morning America appearance follows the actress’s recent promotional stops and public outings in Beverly Hills where she was seen with Bastón.
During the interview Longoria was also asked to reflect on where her Desperate Housewives character, Gabrielle "Gaby" Solis, might be now, more than two decades after the series premiered. "Oh Gaby? She’d be an influencer," Longoria quipped, saying the character "probably would have been the original fashion influencer." She added that Bree Van de Kamp, played by Marcia Cross, "would have probably been the first Martha Stewart," drawing laughter from the studio. When host Michael Strahan noted it had been 21 years since the show debuted, Longoria joked, "21 years… and I look the same," and described her time on the series as "one of the best times in my life."
Longoria has spoken at length in other recent interviews about her decision to spend more time outside the United States. In a conversation with Marie Claire, the Texas native said the "vibe" in California had shifted before the COVID‑19 pandemic and that the combination of factors such as homelessness and taxes made her feel that chapter of her life was over. She has said she did not move because of politics and reiterated the point on The View: Behind the Table podcast, asking hosts to make clear that she "didn’t move out of Spain because of Trump," and noting she had been working in Europe for nearly three years.
The move to Spain followed Longoria’s purchase of a home in Marbella in 2023 and reports in April 2024 that she and Bastón planned to spend more time there. Sources told press outlets at the time that the couple wanted their son to grow up "surrounded by nature and beauty" and outside the Hollywood cycle. Longoria has said she is privileged to be able to live abroad.
Longoria also discussed aspects of her marriage during recent interviews, saying she and Bastón do not compete for attention and that he "supports me in everything I do." Bastón, who shuns social media, has asked Longoria to avoid posting him on her Instagram feed, she said, explaining why he rarely appears on her public profiles. The couple began dating in 2013 and married in 2016.
Necaxa arrives amid increased celebrity involvement in lower‑league and overseas soccer clubs, a trend highlighted by Reynolds and McElhenney’s high‑profile purchase of Wrexham. Longoria’s docuseries seeks to show the day‑to‑day challenges of attempting to revive a historic club and the personal and professional stakes involved for owners and investors.
As she promotes the series, Longoria balances her public work as an actress and L’Oréal Paris spokesperson with a private family life abroad, returning periodically to the United States for interviews, premieres and promotional appearances. The Necaxa series is expected to reach audiences interested in sports, business and the reality of club ownership, portraying the emotional unpredictability she described on ABC.