Salma Hayek admits she was ‘dragged’ to her and François-Henri Pinault’s wedding ceremony

Salma Hayek admits she was “dragged” down the aisle.

The actress in contrast her 2009 courthouse wedding ceremony to François-Henri Pinault to an “intervention” in a candid new interview.

Hayek, 56, defined in her Glamour cover story, printed Wednesday, that she had no concept she “was getting married” on Valentine’s Day till her relations turned concerned.

“They only took me to the court docket,” she recalled. “My mother and father, my brother, they have been all ganging up on me. I had a phobia of the wedding factor.”

The “Magic Mike’s Final Dance” star famous, “I used to be nervous. … I had mentioned sure to the wedding, however I simply wouldn’t truly present up on the day or do it.”

When Hayek was given “no selection” however to stroll down the aisle, she was relieved to seek out that her relationship with Pinault didn’t really feel “any completely different” as husband and spouse.

She and the businessman, 60, tied the knot once more in entrance of extra family members in April 2009, they usually now rejoice each dates as anniversaries.

The couple had been relationship for 3 years once they wed and have been already the mother and father of daughter Valentina, now 15.

Earlier than they received married, Hayek rejected two proposals from Pinault.

“I’m ashamed to confess what number of instances he needed to ask me,” the Oscar nominee told the Times of India in February 2021. “Thrice! That was the most important concern I’ve ever overcome.”

She inspired different ladies who’re “afraid” of authorized unions to face their fears with the intention to “be at liberty.”

Hayek went on to reward her husband on the time, gushing, “He’s a tremendous man, self-confident and feminist, who likes sturdy ladies and likewise is aware of learn how to care for them.”

She defined that whereas she makes use of her “energy and willpower” on the job, she likes “to have somebody to take care of [her] and take over the reins” at house.