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Mexican actress Salma Hayek and her husband Francois Pinault arrive for the opening ceremony and screening of “Robin Hood” presented out of competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010 in Cannes. AFP PHOTO \/ ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek would like you to know once and for all that she married her husband Fran\u00e7ois-Henri Pinault because she loved him<\/em>, and not his money.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Dax Shepard\u2019s podcast Armchair Expert<\/em> <\/a>this week, the 54-year-old Frida<\/em> actress opened up about how she deals with such sexist assumptions. Pinault, 58, is the honorary CEO of French luxury fashion house Kering, the parent company to brands such as Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga and Gucci. According to Forbes<\/em><\/a>, the self-made billionaire is worth USD $42.5 billion (AUD $54.8 billion).<\/p>\n

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Actress Salma Hayek (R) and husband Fran\u00e7ois-Henri Pinault (L) attend the Opening Night Premiere of ‘Robin Hood’ at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd Annual International Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2010 in Cannes, France.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI didn’t know who he was,\u201d Shepard began, with Hayek listening in. \u201cI just heard or maybe read in a headline that you had married a very rich guy, maybe that’s why she married him. I don’t know. I meet him and I’m like, \u2018this guy is so foxy, the confidence, his eyes, he’s so good looking and charming\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hayek agreed saying Pinault made her \u201ca much better person\u201d and allowed her to \u201cgrow in such a good, healthy way.\u201d She says she has let their long relationship speak for itself when fielding outlandish accusations that she married Pinault for his billions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I married him, everybody said, \u2018It\u2019s an arranged marriage, she\u2019s marrying him for the money\u2019, Hayek said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, whatever b*tch, think what you want\u2019. Fifteen years together and we are strong in love and I don’t even get offended.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PARIS – MARCH 09: Actress Salma Hayek (L) and husband Francois-Henri Pinault attend the Stella McCartney Ready-to-Wear A\/W 2009 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week at the Carreau du Temple on March 9, 2009 in Paris, France. (Photo by Toni Anne Barson\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hayek and Pinault met in the spring of 2006 at a gala at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice. \u201cIt’s such a romantic, amazing story, but it is mine. I don’t want to vulgarise it by making it into a story to make myself interesting,\u201d Hayek said in 2019 interview<\/a>. The pair actually got married twice; once in a city hall ceremony in Paris, and for a second time in a star-studded affair in Venice in Italy. Actresses Charlize Theron and Ashley Judd were among the guests spotted arriving in gondolas to the venue.<\/p>\n

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VENICE, ITALY – APRIL 25: Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend arrive at the Fenice Theatre on April 25, 2009 in Venice, Italy. Salma Hayek and Francois-Henry Pinault are reportedly celebrating their second wedding in Venice. (Photo by Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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VENICE, ITALY – APRIL 25: Ashley Judd arrives at the Fenice Theatre on April 25, 2009 in Venice, Italy. Salma Hayek and Francois-Henry Pinault are reportedly celebrating their second wedding in Venice. (Photo by Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hayek, who shares a 13-year-old daughter named Valentina with Pinault, describes her husband as \u201cmagic\u201d, but did point out that such insults were not always only aimed at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a discrimination also to rich men. Immediately you think because somebody\u2019s rich, [they] might not be a good person, might be somebody materialistic, might be somebody that doesn\u2019t have values \u2026,\u201d Hayek explained. \u201cThere is all these preconceptions and I heard them, by the way. It was the last thing I wanted \u2014 it was not my type at all. And I came in with the preconceptions and he [melted] them all away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just an insult to me. I\u2019m not the one being judged only,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey cannot begin to imagine what a joy that human being is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 07: Actress Salma Hayek, wearing Gucci, (L) and husband Francois-Henri Pinault attend the LACMA Art + Film Gala honoring Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu and James Turrell and presented by Gucci at LACMA on November 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pinault founded Kering in 1963. At the time it was a wood and building materials company. In 1999, Pinault changed its direction when he bought a controlling stake in the Gucci Group. Pinault reportedly owns a 3000-piece art collection which includes works by Picasso and Mondrian.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview Hayek detailed the unknown trauma she experienced on the set of the 1995 film <\/a>Desperado<\/a>.<\/em> New to the movie business, Hayek said she cried all the way through the filming of the love scene with co-star Antonio Banderas<\/a>. She was all but 27 years old, although she maintained she was an \u201cabsolute gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2449,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"\nSalma Hayek Defends The Idea She Married Her Husband For His Billions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Frida" actress Salma Hayek has opened up about how she deals with the sexist assumption that she married her billionaire husband Fran\u00e7ois-Henri Pinault for his money.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/salma-hayek-husband\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salma Hayek Defends The Notion She Married Her Husband For His Billions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" 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