Sophie Turner Moved Kids To UK Because Of American Gun Control

This was hardly surprising, with Sophie making no secret of her dream of returning to her home country after she moved to the US to be with Joe in 2019.

"I really love living in America," Sophie went on. "But, for my mental health, I have to be around my friends and my family. And also for my daughter — I would love her to get the education and school life that I was so lucky to have."

"England would ideally be the final destination," Sophie concluded, before admitting: "But [Joe] might take quite a bit of convincing!"

And in a brand new interview with British Vogue, Sophie has opened up some more about why it was so important for her to “get out” of America with her kids.

First of all, Sophie confessed to finding the States pretty isolating. Aside from Joe and his family, all of her inner circle are based in England, and she struggled even more once they moved to Florida.

But, even more importantly, Sophie became increasingly concerned about raising her daughters in America’s political landscape, with gun control and women’s rights being the two biggest issues.

“I couldn’t fathom being a mother of one of those children knowing that this was something your country could fix, that they’d rather have rights to guns than give kids a right to life,” Sophie said of the tragedy.

“Meanwhile, women in the US are being stripped of their rights, left, right and center,” she added. “It all contributed to this feeling of I have to get out, I have to get out.”

And, as she anticipated in the Elle interview, being surrounded by her friends and family back home has done wonders for Sophie’s mental health.