Goldie Hawn: ‘I would have been long divorced if I got married’ to Kurt Russell
Goldie Hawn, 70, is in England promoting her Mind Up Organization. I’ve written about Mind Up before. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s an interesting classroom technique that helps certain students to engage. I love writing about Goldie and Kurt Russell – separate or together. Provided I never have to write the words “Goldie and Kurt Split” I will always be happy writing about them. Fortunately, Goldie and Kurt seem dedicated to keeping me happy. And the secret to their longevity as a couple? Unwedded bliss. She told ITV’s Loose Women that marrying Kurt, 65, would have only led to divorce.
She’s been in a loving relationship with Kurt Russell for 33 years, and celebrates the anniversary of their romantic first date every Valentine’s Day.
And Goldie Hawn, 70, believes that one of the secrets to their romantic longevity is the fact that they’ve never taken a walk down the aisle.
During an interview on ITV’s Loose Women on Monday, the Oscar-winning actress admitted: ‘I would have been long divorced if I got married.’
She continued: ‘If you need to be bound to someone, then it’s important to be married. If you are independent, then it’s important to not be married.
‘We like the choice and we chose to stay. We’re always asked why we are not married. Why? What is marriage going to do for us?
‘Our children said years ago they don’t want us to get married. But all our children wanted to marry.’
As for her romance enduring in a Hollywood climate, where relationships often end soon after they start, she said: ‘Not every relationship works, that is the truth, whether you are a movie star or not.
She explained a little later on that her children didn’t want them to marry only in that whatever they had was working so why change it? Ultimately, Goldie is saying do what works for you. I mean, we all “choose to stay,” whether we hold marriage certificates or not but I could see a free spirit like Goldie having a mental shift should the union become bound and legal. I really don’t think she is making a larger statement such as you can only be independent if you aren’t married. I’m sure that’s why she pointed out that all of her children (except, I believe, her stepson Boston Russell) chose marriage. Besides, does anyone other than the tabloids really want them to marry? As I said, if they ever split, I’d wear a black armband but I don’t know that their wedding would get any more than a “huh” from me. As Goldie said, “I don’t know that it matters anymore, after 32 years it doesn’t matter.”
Goldie has just finished her first film in fourteen years. Unfortunately it’s with Amy Schumer so I won’t make the effort to see it in a theater but I will watch it because I truly think Goldie is a great comedic actress. She is also going to Melbourne for the first time in November. Her five-decade career is to be featured in an event hosted by Peter Helliar called A Night of Laughs. Kurt, meanwhile, is promoting Deepwater Horizon (with Kate Hudson) and has both Fast 8 and the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel coming out. Oh, and if you have nothing else to do, you can check Kurt out in GQ. But seriously, clear your afternoon because there are photos and he just gets better with age.
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