Tom Welling decided to move out of Los Angeles due to how the city became during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The \u201cSmallville\u201d star, 48, left LA in 2020 with his wife, Jessica Rose Lee, and their son Thomas to move to a small town in northern California.<\/p>\n
\u201cLA was wild at the time,\u201d Welling recalled to People <\/a>in an interview published on Jan. 10. \u201cThere were no cars on the street, you couldn\u2019t go anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPeople weren\u2019t leaving their homes,\u201d he continued. \u201cOur first son was starting to crawl and we only had this tiny deck for him to play on. There was this thought of, we don\u2019t know if we can be here anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom Welling revealed he moved out of Los Angeles due to how the city handled the COVID-19 pandemic. tomwelling\/Instagram<\/p>\n The \u201cSmallville\u201d star and his wife, Jessica Rose Lee, left LA in 2020 with their son Thomas. tomwelling\/Instagram<\/p>\n Welling said he knew he wanted to eventually move out of LA but accelerated the timeline after visiting family in northern California and falling in love with a ranch.<\/p>\n The \u201cCheaper by the Dozen\u201d star now enjoys not being a celebrity in his community.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one bothers you in a small town,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone\u2019s famous in a small town.\u201d<\/p>\n While Welling still takes on acting projects, like his upcoming comedy \u201cChasing Summer\u201d that\u2019s set to debut at this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival, his wife has a business breeding horses.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s peaceful,\u201d he said of their life. \u201cAnd it feels real.\u201d<\/p>\n Welling noted that nobody bothers him in the small town that he lives in now. tomwelling\/Instagram<\/p>\n His wife also runs a business breeding horses and he described their life on the ranch as \u201cpeaceful\u201d and \u201creal.\u201d tomwelling\/Instagram<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was younger, I was always looking for the next big thing,\u201d he also shared. \u201cNow, I just want to be where my feet are.\u201d<\/p>\n Welling and Lee tied the knot in 2019<\/a>. They welcomed their second son<\/a>, Rocklin, in June 2021.<\/p>\n The actor was previously married to model Jamie White from 2002 to 2015.<\/p>\n Welling was a model before landing the lead role in \u201cSmallville.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Although he no longer lives in LA, he\u2019s still an actor and has a comedy premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Getty Images for ReedPop<\/p>\n In January 2025, Welling was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence<\/a>. He was arrested in an Arby\u2019s parking lot in Yreka, Calif., just after midnight according to police records obtained by Page Six at the time.<\/p>\n