7 Solid Celebrity Couples Who Will Never Get Married

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6. Oprah and Stedman Graham

Oprah and Stedman Graham have been together since 1986. Even though they got engaged back in 1992, they never actually went through with it and they probably never will. According to Oprah, she just isn’t that traditional. According to her, if they had gotten married, it probably wouldn’t have lasted.

“It’s not because I never had time – if I wanted to get married, I could’ve made the time,” she told host Lorraine Kelly. I’m not a traditional woman and I haven’t had a traditional life, and I think that had Stedman and I gotten married, we certainly wouldn’t have stayed married,” she said. “If you were to ask him, he would say the same thing…He’s a pretty traditional man. I’ve taught him to be non-traditional. But the very idea of what it means to be a wife and the responsibility and sacrifice that carries – I wouldn’t have held that very well.”

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5. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been together for over 30 years. Before they got together, she had been married twice and both marriages ended in divorce. Since then, she hasn’t really felt the need to walk down the aisle again. “I don’t know, we just didn’t get married,” she told Jonathon Ross. “The relationship itself is a big deal. Marriage is a ceremony, which is nice, and it’s a promise, which is nice, but you make that promise every day…Marriage does not necessarily mean that you’re going to stay together and it really has to do with your will to be together, your devotion and your ability to listen to each other.”

Even though they aren’t married, they seem more committed to each other and more stable than many other couples who have chosen to take the marriage route. This is one of the few relationships in Hollywood that has stood the test of time.

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3. Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt

Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt aren’t especially conventional. They have been dating for almost 20 years; however, they have never felt the need to get married. In an interview with Elle magazine, the “Mad Men” star explained why he and his longtime girlfriend never made it official. “The flip answer is, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. The better version of that is, that any relationship is a day-in-day-out process,” he said. “Having a piece of paper serves to remind you of your commitment, but we do a pretty good job of reminding each other.”

Hamm has said similar things about marriage to other publications in the past. “Jen is the love of my life, and we’ve already been together four times longer than my parents were married,” Hamm told Parade in 2010. “I don’t have the marriage chip, and neither of us have the greatest examples of marriages in our families.”

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1. Shakira and Gerard Piqué

Shakira and Gerard Pique have been together since 2010 and it looks like they have no plans to marry. They currently live together with their two children and, as far as she is concerned, this is as real as it gets. “We already have what’s essential, you know? We have a union, a love for each other, and a baby. I think that those aspects of our relationship are already established, and marriage is not going to change them. But if I’m ever going to get married, he’s the one,” she said.

Shakira doesn’t seem especially conventional. Before she was with Piqué, she was in a long-term relationship with Antonio de la Rúa. They were together for 11 years and never bothered to get married. They were reportedly engaged. When they broke up, he tried to sue her for a staggering $100 million. We’re sure Piqué is a much better man than that.

Cate

Cate has a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature and has been the Managing Editor of Fame10 for more than 6 years. Despite having a love for the works of Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy and Lord Byron, she also has an intense fascination with pop culture. When she isn’t writing for Fame10, she’s planning her next big adventure in Southeast Asia.