The actress said in an interview with the American publication GlamourIn February 2023, how her relatives took her in 2009 to marry François-Henri Pinault without her knowledge.
There are classic, ordinary fairy tales, and then there is the story of Salma Hayek. He, who did not believe in marriage at all, found himself in her, unknowingly, almost twenty years ago. The actress met billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault in 2006 at the inauguration of the Palais Grassi in Venice, when she was 40 and he was 44. Three revolutions around the sun later (so in 2009), on Saturday, February 14, the couple. tied the ring in the 6th district municipality. A marriage that Salma Hayek did not plan, as she explained in an interview with an American magazine Glamour a year ago.
“It was like an intervention. I don’t think I’ve ever told this story. They just took me to the city hall. My parents, my brother, they all conspired against me. I had a phobia of everything related to marriage,” she says. “That’s why it was a town hall wedding, because they dragged me there.”
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A surprising discovery, after which Sam Reed, the journalist conducting the interview, asks him: “I was nervous. Afterwards, lunch was served at his parents’ home. My mother-in-law, who is the most tasteful when it comes to hospitality, had already prepared dinner. I had no choice,” Salma Hayek answers. “I couldn’t say no because I had already said yes to marriage before, but I didn’t show up that day, I never showed up.” In 2021, she revealed to the magazine Times of India that he was “ashamed of the number of times he had to ask for her hand in marriage,” that is, three times.
They lived happily ever after and had three marriages.
The actress’s family, therefore, organized everything, and she appeared in front of the municipality on Saturday morning. He reassures the reporter Glamour who worries about his feelings. “Soon, I said to myself, ‘oh well, I don’t feel that different.’ Then again after a little while, I said “well, it’s actually quite exciting.” And he (Francois-Henri Pinot, editor’s note) said: “Can we have a party now?”
The couple then held a grand ceremony in Venice, the city where they met, just two months after their civil union. The guests are selected. Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Anna Wintour, Stella McCartney, even Jacques Chirac make the rounds for an evening at the Fenice Opera. And although there aren’t many photos from their ceremony, the actress seems to have worn a Nicolas Ghesquière Balenciaga dress. Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault have since celebrated the dates of their two weddings, as she explained in an interview. Glamour “When it comes to birthdays, it should be fun and amazing. I know how to cook so she likes it when I do. But I make it a surprise, something different, the way I decorate. Sometimes he takes me somewhere or hides gifts.” The lovers, who will celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary in April, seem to love each other as much as on the first day.
They also renewed their vows in 2018 on the island of Bora Bora. And once again, Salma Hayek didn’t get the memo. He announced the news through a post on Instagram, under which he wrote: “Summer is coming to an end and my best moment was when my husband surprised me with a vow renewal. it’s not what i would choose to wear to my wedding but. They told me that I was going to the hospital.” Definitely…
Source: Le Figaro
