Salma Hayek Pinault fans probably know she had a courthouse wedding when she tied the knot with French fashion mogul François-Henri Pinault in 2009, but apparently the actor had no idea she was getting married that day.
During her Glamour cover interview, Hayek Pinault, 56, revealed that her Valentine's Day 2009 nuptials to French businessman François-Henri Pinault, 60, was a complete surprise to her. “I didn’t even know I was getting married that day,” the Magic Mike's Last Dance star told Glamour. “It was like an intervention. I don’t think I ever told this story. No, they just took me to the court. My parents, my brother, they were all ganging up on me. I had a phobia of the marriage thing.”
In fact, she says the reason they opted for a courthouse wedding is that her family “dragged” her there. “I was nervous,” she revealed. “And then, after, there was a lunch at his parents’ house. My mother-in-law, who’s the most tasteful person when it comes to entertaining, had already been doing the lunch. I had no choice.”
Couldn't she say no? “No! It was because I had said yes to the marriage, but I just wouldn’t actually show up on the day or do it,” Hayek Pinault said. “And then afterward I said, ‘Oh, it’s okay. I don’t feel any different.’ And then a little bit later I said, ‘Okay, this is kind of exciting.’ And he’s like, ‘Can we have a party now?’” The couple then had a more grandiose wedding ceremony months later that was, presumably, fully planned.
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Despite what could really only be described as classic rom-com-level high jinx, heir marriage is stronger than ever after 14 years. The pair has a 15-year-old daughter, Valentina Paloma, while François-Henri Pinault also has three children from previous relationships to whom Salma is an active stepmother. “I married a man who is very supportive, who saw things in me that I never even saw in myself,” Hayek told Glamour.
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So how does the couple keep things from feeling boring over a decade later? They don't! “Boredom is underestimated,” Salma Hayek Pinault said. “I didn’t understand this for a long time. Also, it helps that we met each other later in our lives. It’s okay just to do nothing and be together; sometimes sharing a space and doing your own thing in silence, with connectivity and thoughtfulness—‘Can I bring you a cup of tea?’—is enough. It’s little simple things.”
