Goldie Hawn reveals why she never married longtime partner Kurt Russell

The actors, who have been together for over 40 years, have always publicly stood by their decision not to give up.

Goldie Hawn opens up about why she never married longtime partner Kurt Russell and expresses her fears about marriage.

Goldie Hawn reveals why she never married longtime partner Kurt Russell

The actors, who have been together for over 40 years, have always publicly stood by their decision not to give up.

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell talk about their long-running relationship

Goldie Hawn opens up about why she never married longtime partner Kurt Russell and expresses her fears about marriage.

When asked in an interview with CNN why she never decided to marry her partner of more than 40 years, the 77-year-old asked another question: "Why should we get married?"

Hawn explained that both she and Russell, 72, had been married to other people in the past and realized that when a relationship doesn't work, "it's always ugly."

“Someone has to look and say, 'How many divorces are funny? How many divorces don't really cost money? How many divorces lead to you hating the person more than before? How many divorces hurt children?'” she asked.

Hawn said she enjoys being unmarried, adding that she can wake up every morning and actively decide if she wants to be in a partnership.

“Relationships are hard,” she said. "They're not always easy. There are all kinds of obstacles that we go through. There are things that we believe in and things that we don't believe that we agree on."

Hawn concluded, "So I think ultimately staying independent with an independent mindset is important to be able to hold your own and be able to really have that feeling."

During their long-term relationship, the couple stood firm in their decision not to give up.

In an interview with Variety in March, Russell clarified the moment at the 1989 Oscars that had people speculating whether the two would soon be hooking up.

While presenting the Best Director award, the couple teased the idea of ​​getting married because they didn't like what was being written for them at the time.

"We're showering together, getting ready to go," Russell said, "and we looked at each other and said, 'There's going to be a lot of people watching, so let's get it right.' And we started hammering away at it. back and forth for about 20 minutes. We didn't say anything to anybody about going off script."

Thirty years later, Russell confirmed that it was indeed made up.

“At the time, we kept asking, ‘When are you getting married? Why aren't you married?' And we were like, 'Why does anyone care?' We asked our kids if they cared. they didn't. We don't,” he said.

The two originally met on the set of "The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band," which was released in 1968 when Hawn was 22 and Russell was 17.

Before she got the part, Russell's mother predicted that Hawn would push out other women for the role.

"My mom leaned over and said, 'See that blonde with the funny haircut? She’s going to get the job.’ And sure enough, she did,” Russell told Variety. “I thought she was terribly attractive. You couldn't miss her. She just had such energy."

Recalling the first time she met her future partner, Hawn told People that Russell was "adorable, but he was too young."

However, they got back together 17 years later on the set of "Swing Shift" in 1983, a year after Hawn split from her ex-husband Bill Hudson, with whom she shares Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson.

"I remembered liking him a lot when I first met him," she told the publication. “But we've both said we'll never go out with another actor again, so it just goes to show you never know.

The two subsequently began dating and welcomed son Wyatt in 1986.

In 2020, Hawn told People the secret to their years-long relationship, saying, “You just have to want to be together. I don't think there's any other way to do it."

"It's not about marriage," she continued. "It's about the people and the relationship and the will to stay together. And that's a big one, because if you want it, you can have it. You have to give things up, but the joy and excitement of being together and touching someone's toes at night is a really beautiful feeling."