Holland Taylor has explained why she and longtime girlfriend Sarah Paulson will never get married.
The actresses began dating in 2015, and a decade later, the couple remains as strong as ever. However, despite their deep connection, the two have no plans to tie the knot.
During an appearance on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM show last year, Taylor, 82, revealed why marriage isn't on the horizon. “I don’t think [we’ll get married],” she said. “No. We’ve never talked about it with any interest.”
The former Two and a Half Men star noted that legal recognition of their relationship doesn’t hold the same significance for them as it does for others.
“It doesn’t seem to mean to [us] what it means to a lot of people,” Taylor explained. She did, however, clarify that if they felt inclined, they would marry. “We would [tie the knot] if [we] wanted to,” she said.
Cohen, 57, gushed over the couple's love story, to which Taylor agreed, saying their bond is built on shared interests and meaningful differences.
“We do have a wonderful resonance. We are very interested in the same kinds of things, and yet we share big differences,” she said.
One of those differences is their 32-year age gap, which Taylor admitted sometimes worries her for the American Horror Story actress' sake.
“A lot of the things that she is going through that are very emotionally important to her right now, I went through 30 years ago or 40 years ago,” Taylor said.
Despite this, she sees the benefit of their generational divide, offering Paulson, 50, insight from her own experiences.
The Ratched star has frequently expressed her admiration for her partner and shared what she believes has contributed to their successful relationship during an appearance on the Smartless podcast.
“We’ve been together for a long time now, and I think part of it has to do with, we’re together when we wanna be and we’re not when we don’t,” she explained, revealing that living in separate homes has helped maintain their happiness.
While they enjoy having their own space, Paulson emphasized their physical affection. “We never considered just having separate bedrooms because we like to fall asleep holding hands,” she said, adding, “I don’t want to be around her the rest of the time. Just kidding.”
Paulson also reflected on their different past dating experiences. Taylor had never been in a long-term relationship before their romance, while Paulson had been in two relationships lasting more than five years.
“I think it was a lot to sort of all of a sudden have me and all my neediness in her space,” Paulson joked.
Interestingly, the two stars had met years before they began dating. On The View in 2023, Paulson shared that they had attended a dinner together with actor Allison Janney and the late screenwriter Buck Henry.
During the evening, Henry took a photo of the trio in a Lamborghini, which he later sent to everyone. “It was on my refrigerator in my little apartment in West Hollywood for 10 years,” Paulson remembered, cited by The Independent. “There she was in my kitchen.”
When asked if she had a crush on Taylor at the time, Paulson admitted she didn’t, though she jokingly added: “Maybe something was percolating and it was unbeknownst to me.”