Aaron Paul has sold his Los Angeles home and relocated to France, trading Hollywood for Paris.
Paul, 47, parted with the property known as Aberdeen for $7.5 million, a sharp drop from its original $10 million asking price. The sale marks a definitive break from the city where he built his career playing Jesse Pinkman on the Emmy-dominating drama Breaking Bad.
At the time of listing, the actor released a statement about the family home. “Aberdeen has been a safe haven for my family and we feel so lucky to have experienced so much life here over the years. We will forever hold this home and its history close to our hearts,” he said.
Travel + Leisure reported last year that Paul, his wife Lauren Paul, and their two children — son Ryden and daughter Story — have settled in Paris. The move places him among a growing wave of entertainment figures who have abandoned Los Angeles in recent years, though Paul has largely avoided the spotlight throughout his post-Breaking Bad career.
The Idaho-born actor earned three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor during Breaking Bad’s run, a series that collected 92 awards total. His subsequent credits include Central Intelligence, Need For Speed, the animated series BoJack Horseman, Black Mirror, and The Get Out.
Despite the transatlantic relocation, Paul remains active in film. He was confirmed earlier this year to star in Anything But Ghosts, though details about the project remain limited.
His most prominent venture outside acting continues to thrive stateside. Paul co-founded Dos Hombres, a mezcal brand, with Breaking Bad co-star Bryan Cranston, and the company secured a $15 million investment last year.
“We aspire to be the leading global premium agave spirits brand. We’ve built a strong national presence that positions us to achieve that vision,” Cranston said at the time of the investment, as reported by The Spirits Business. “This investment gives us the resources to accelerate our growth and bring Dos Hombres to more consumers nationwide.”
The partners expanded into tequila this year. In a June interview with the same publication, Paul described the move as a “natural progression” for the company.
“With mezcal, we were just laser-focused on a niche spirit that we both really fell in love with and now this [Tequila] is just a natural progression,” he shared.
Paul continued: “We really had to solidify ourselves as a respectable, honest brand first. We’re not trying to fool anybody. It’s water and agave, the way that the spirit is meant to be. That’s it.”
The celebrity spirits market has drawn skepticism amid a flood of famous names attaching themselves to tequila and mezcal labels, including Kendall Jenner, Dwayne Johnson, George Clooney, and Justin Timberlake. Cranston addressed those stigmas directly in the June discussion.
“Good enough is not good enough,” he said. “We had to be great, or what we feel is great anyway – so, pure and natural, no additives, no adulterants, no sweeteners – no anything.”
Paul’s departure from Los Angeles follows a pattern of high-profile exits from the city, with numerous celebrities citing rising costs, industry shifts, and quality-of-life concerns as driving factors behind relocations to other states and countries.