Why Pierce Brosnan and His Wife Want to Leave $100 Million Home in Malibu After 26 Years

Pierce Brosnan and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, are ready to let go of their Malibu mansion after almost three decades of calling it home.

Speaking to U.K. publication The Times on Friday, September 11, the actor, 73, explained why it might be time for the couple to move on from their $100 million home.

“We’ve been spared by the fires a few times now. But I think it’s time to move. Everything changes, everything falls apart,” he told the outlet. “We live by this body of earth’s water on a fault in a ring of earthquakes. That creates a fear.”

The MobLand star continued, “I think the two of us are somewhat reclusive. It’s a long way into town. We have a small circle of friends here [but] people get divorced, they die, they move on. And we’re still here.”

In January 2025, the Palisades Fire burned more than 23,000 acres across L.A. and its surrounding suburbs, including Brosnan’s neighborhood. According to CalFire, more than 6,500 structures were destroyed, 975 were damaged and at least 27 people lost their lives.

Many celebrities, such as Billy Crystal,  Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Tyra Banks and more, were among those who were affected by the severe weather disaster.

Although Brosnan and Smith’s home was “spared” during this event, they went through an ordeal a decade prior.

In February 2015, Us confirmed that their Malibu home sustained approximately $1 million in damage after a fire spread from his garage to one of the rooms in his home. According to the L.A. County Fire Department at the time, it took nearly 40 minutes for 50 firefighters to respond, contain, and extinguish the blaze.

Meanwhile, Brosnan and Smith’s marriage has continued to burn bright since they tied the knot in 2001.

Brosnan met Smith in 1994, three years after his first wife, Cassandra Harris, died of ovarian cancer. Prior to Harris’ death, she and Brosnan welcomed son Sean in 1983. (Brosnan also adopted Harris’ daughter, Charlotte, and son, Chris, whom she shared with her late ex.)

The James Bond star opened up about the secret to the longevity of his marriage to Smith during an interview with Fox News in December 2023.

“We like each other a lot. We love each other a lot,” he told the outlet at the time. “And we’ve been down the road, and we’ve seen many, many hardships as families do, as we all do.”

He added, “But watching someone grow up with you and grow old with you is a very spiritual journey. To watch each other change … whatever it may be, the hair [or] the waist … it’s [about] the love in the heart.”