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Ariel Winterdecided to move away from Los Angeles to pursue a quieter life — at least one away from the flash of paparazzi bulbs.
“I don’t like pictures of me when I haven’t signed up for pictures of me. I don’t like feeling watched,” she continued. “I’ve always just wanted to live a very, very normal life, just have a normal existence.”
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Winter added that life in L.A. is one in which she was expected to accept being constantly on display, with photos seemingly popping up of her everywhere she went.
Ultimately she gave in to the impulse to leave. Winter andboyfriend Luke Benwardpacked up their things, sold her house and moved to an undisclosed location with their dogs.
“People have always been like, ‘You don’t like L.A., why don’t you just move?’ … And then I just randomly looked and decided,Why not?” she said. “We sold our cars, got an Escalade to fit all the dogs for the drive, put my house on the market and sold my house.”
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Winter said she’s already feeling the relief of leaving the city. “It feels like a different thing here,” she explained. “I’m going to get to live some of the young adult [life] I haven’t been able to live.”
While Winter is settling into a new home, she isn’t leaving Los Angeles entirely.
The actress will continue to appear in new projects — includingNBC’s upcoming seriesHungry.Winter is said to have replacedDemi Lovatoin the show’s lead role, though Lovato still serves as an executive producer on the show.
source: people.com
