Joe Manganiellos fiance reveals why the celeb couple decided to leave LA for Pittsburgh

Caitlin O’Connor and her fiancé Joe Manganiello are done with Los Angeles.The TV host confirmed to People magazine in December that she and the actor had left the city after calling it home for more than 20 years and moved back to Pittsburgh, where they both grew up.The outlet reported that the newly engaged couple had relocated to Mt.

Lebanon, a suburb of the western Pennsylvania city.“The crime in Los Angeles is at an all-time high,” the 36-year-old told Fox News Digital.“We were thinking about it for a long time, and the right house happened to come up.

We went to look at it in Pittsburgh, and it was perfect for us.”“Also, LA is no longer the entertainment capital of the world,” she shared.“Actors do not audition there anymore.

Many casting directors don’t have offices there anymore. “For the most part, everything is on Zoom.A lot of premieres happen in New York.

There are studios being built in New Jersey, and things are moving overseas.Many projects are being filmed overseas, even by professionals who have worked in LA on set their whole lives.

The industry has moved.It’s no longer there.”“I think after COVID and the strikes [in Hollywood], things have evolved, things have changed,” she noted.

“You can really work from anywhere, and you can travel to wherever you’re filming from your home base.That’s why we decided to switch it up and have our home base be in Pittsburgh.”O’Connor said the move wasn’t just about putting down roots in a safer community she and Manganiello are proud to call home — it was also about giving back.

She noted that the couple is prioritizing support for UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, a cause close to Manganiello’s heart.According to the hospital, the 49-year-old’s relationship with the institution dates back to 2011, when he hosted an event tied to the season finale of HBO’s “True Blood,” donating 100% of the proceeds and making multiple visits to young patien...