Tom Green Finds Peace in Canada Following Departure from L.A. After 2 Decades

Tom Green is getting candid about his move back to his home country of Canada after living in the Hollywood Hills for 20 years.

The Tom Green Show star, 53, opened up about his decision to leave Los Angeles in 2021 in a new interview with The New York Times to promote This Is the Tom Green Documentary on Amazon Prime Video.

“I’m not really a Hollywood guy,” Green said. “I started to feel like I wasn’t being true to my authentic self.” 

Glenn Humplik, his costar on The Tom Green Show, noted how important this idea was to the comedian, telling the outlet in a phone interview that the actor and comedian was often “reserved” and “serious” and “analytical about every single comedy bit and thing that he does.”

This side of Green will be on display in his documentary, which documents his rise to fame and his adventures living on a 150-acre farm in a remote area of Ontario alongside chickens, a mule, a donkey and other animals.

“People are probably going to be surprised that I’m not, like, completely crazy,” Green said of his depiction in his new documentary, adding that people will be able to see the things that he holds dear to his heart.

“There’s a sort of a wholesome heartwarming thing to this — that I have a close relationship with my family, that I love animals, that I enjoy doing a lot of things that a great many people in the world enjoy doing, like getting out into the woods,” he explained. 

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Part of his farm life includes spending time with his new fiancée Amanda Nelson, a fellow Ontario native whom Green reconnected with after he moved back to the country. He proposed to her in December. 

Despite retreating back to a more quiet rural livelihood, the comedian is still busy. He is also embarking on a U.S. tour to perform standup comedy and music from his new country album, Home to the Country. 

However, he still enjoys his time away from the big cities and technologies, noting that in 50 or 100 years “cities may no longer be as relevant.”

“People may start to realize that there’s a lot of space. We’re all connected now electronically, so we don’t need to be all sitting on top of each other,” he told The New York Times, adding that he plans to travel to more secluded desert areas in Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the U.S. in the future.

This Is the Tom Green Documentary is streaming on Prime Video.