United Kingdom, Oct. 5 -- Luke Evans has moved to Lisbon and become a Portuguese citizen.

The Hobbit star grew up in Wales but last year he quit his native UK and emigrated to Portugal with his partner of six years, Fran Tomas, and Luke is loving his "simple" new life.

After talking about UK politics in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, Luke confessed the subject no longer concerns him since he moved abroad. He explained: "I think many {UK political] parties still try and appeal to Middle England; they want to appeal to the masses.

"And I wonder whether as a country we are ready yet for a gay prime minister. I don't know.

"Fortunately I don't have to think about all this now because I no longer live here."

Luke confirmed rec...