'I had no choice': Salma Hayek recalls courthouse wedding to husband Francois Henri Pinault, says it 'was like an intervention'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After 13 years of marriage, Salma Hayek breaks her silence on her marriage as she revealed that she had no say in her nuptials. The actress recalled having "no choice" other than to get married to her husband Francois-Henri Pinault in 2009. She said that the surprise courthouse wedding happened as a decision from her family, friends, and her partner but not of her own.
The 57-year-old actress and the billionaire businessman married on Valentine's Day and she described the wedding as an "intervention." Hayek, who has not talked much about her more than decade-long marriage recently opened up about it saying she had a phobia of the idea of marriage which resulted in her dear ones taking up the decision for her, as per the Glamour magazine's report.
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Who is Francois-Henri Pinault?
Since 2003, Hayek's husband Francois-Henri Pinault is the president of Group Artémis and since 2005, he is the CEO and chairman of the luxury fashion group Kering. From an affluent family, the billionaire is of French descent and was born to one of the wealthiest men in the world, Francois Pinault, who was Pinault SA's founder. The company was later named Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, then PPR, and finally became Kering.
Salma Hayek and Francois Henri's marriage in 2009
Hayek married Pinault on February 14, 2009, in a civil ceremony attended only by their family. Two months after the duo tied the knot, they hosted a lavish celebratory party for the A-list celebrities.
The 'Magic Mike's Last Dance actress' went on explaining about the day to Glamour magazine and said, "I didn’t even know I was getting married that day. It was like an intervention. I don’t think I ever told this story," and added, "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. The reason it was a courthouse wedding was because they dragged me there. I was nervous."
"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," she concluded.
The pair met in 2006 at Palazzo Grassi in Venice while they attended a gala. While she explained how she had no choice during the time of her wedding, her marriage with Pinault is still on its strong track. The couple has a 15-year-old daughter named Valentina Paloma Pinault. From Pinault's previous relationships, he is also the father to three children, the Daily Mail reported.