People.The “Suits” alum, 53, added: “I got out of town and we’re exploring the world.”Macht took a “long break” from acting to focus on his wife, Jacinda Barrett, and their two children: daughter Satine, 17, and son Luca, 10, after the USA Network series ended in 2019.“Right before COVID, we wanted to take the kids out of school and homeschool them,” the actor said. “But then we got stuck and so we were in Manhattan.
That just wasn’t doing it for us.”Macht and his family decided the time had come to exit the Big Apple.“We decided to explore the world, so we left,” he continued. “I grew up in LA and I lived in New York for many, many years.
Half of my life on the East Coast, half of my life on the West Coast.”After starring on “Suits” for all nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, Macht has taken on a new career path: the role of creative partner and executive shareholder in Bear Fight Whiskey.“I’ve done some commercial work as a brand ambassador, but I wanted to be a partner in a company that made sense,” he told the outlet.“Harvey — he’s really a Macallan guy, but I’m not a Macallan guy.
I’m a Bear Fight guy,” Macht said of his former character, lawyer Harvey Specter.“I’m the guy that’s just looking for something that tastes great, that’s affordable, is approachable,” he noted. “And I said, if we’re going to do this, I really don’t want to make this about Harvey.
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