Salma Hayek admits she was “dragged” down the aisle.
The actress compared her 2009 courthouse wedding to François-Henri Pinault to an “intervention” in a candid new interview.
Hayek, 56, explained in her Glamour cover story, published Wednesday, that she had no idea she “was getting married” on Valentine’s Day until her family members became involved.
“They just took me to the court,” she recalled. “My parents, my brother, they were all ganging up on me. I had a phobia of the marriage thing.”
The “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” star noted, “I was nervous. … I had said yes to the marriage, but I just wouldn’t actually show up on the day or do it.”
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When Hayek was given “no choice” but to walk down the aisle, she was relieved to find that her relationship with Pinault did not feel “any different” as husband and wife.
She and the businessman, 60, tied the knot again in front of more loved ones in April 2009, and they now celebrate both dates as anniversaries.
The couple had been dating for three years when they wed and were already the parents of daughter Valentina, now 15.
Before they got married, Hayek rejected two proposals from Pinault.
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“I am ashamed to admit how many times he had to ask me,” the Oscar nominee told the Times of India in February 2021. “Three times! That was the biggest fear I’ve ever overcome.”
She encouraged other women who are “afraid” of legal unions to face their fears in order to “feel free.”
Hayek went on to praise her husband at the time, gushing, “He is an amazing man, self-confident and feminist, who likes strong women and also knows how to take care of them.”
She explained that while she uses her “power and determination” on the job, she likes “to have someone to look after [her] and take over the reins” at home.
