“How many divorces are fun?”
After 40 years together, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell still have no intention of tying the knot.
As one of Hollywood’s most enduring couples, the actors have been charming audiences with their love both on- and off-screen since 1984. In all that time, they’ve never gotten married, and based on Hawn’s comments during a recent conversation with CNN’s Chris Wallace, they’re in no rush to change that.
Hawn answered Wallace’s question about the pair’s relationship bluntly, offering a question of her own: “Why should we get married? Isn’t that a better question?”
When Wallace pressed her on the issue, Hawn explained that their shared history with divorce and their desire to protect their children were key reasons they chose not to marry.
“Because we had been married,” Hawn said. “And because when it doesn’t work out, it ends up being a big business. Somebody has to own something. It’s always ugly. Somebody has to actually take a look and say how many divorces are fun? How many divorces don’t cost money? How many divorces make you hate the person more than you did before? How many divorces hurt children?”
Before her relationship with Russell, Hawn was married to actor-director Gus Trikonis for seven years and then to Bill Hudson, the father of her children Oliver and Kate Hudson, for six years. Russell divorced actress-singer Season Hubley in 1983 after four years of marriage.
Hawn and Russell, who first met while filming Disney’s 1968 musical “The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band,” reconnected in 1983 on the set of “Swing Shift.” Three years later, they welcomed their son, Wyatt Russell. Both had children from previous marriages (Kurt Russell had a son, Boston), and they blended their families.
“I like the idea that I can wake up in the morning and make decisions every day if I want to be here,” Hawn continued.
“Relationships are hard,” she said. “They’re not always easy. There are all kinds of hurdles we go through. There are things we believe in, things we don’t believe in, things we agree on. So I think ultimately, staying independent with independent thinking is important, so you can hold on to yourself.”
