" But also , what does wedding really [ think ] … that you own me now and I own you . ? "
If there’s one thing we know it’s that everything is not for everybody, andmarriageis without a doubt one of those things! There’s different ways people view partnership these days but signing on the dotted line and saying “I do,” at the alter isn’t apart of it for some. Here are a few celebrities who are opposed:
1.Sandra Bullock
In 2021,The ProposalstarSandra Bullockchatted withRed Table Talkto delve into her experience with motherhood and partnership. She toldWillow Smith,Jada Pinkett Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris that everyone’s path is different and she chose the right one after getting married in 2010 for almost 5 years which ended in divorce. “I don’t wanna say do it like I do it, but I don’t need a paper to be a devoted partner and devoted mother.”
2.Jamie Foxx
TheDjango Unchainedactor , Jamie Foxx , revealed in an exclusive interview with E ! News’Daily Popin 2021 that the pressure level of union never suited him . He said : " The 2.5 children , the woods paneling on the post police wagon , and the cottage , I did n’t guess that was for me . " what is more , his kid plainly gain from his firm decision . He continue : " Growing up , my daughter Corrine was like , ' Well , people are married , and that ’s what they have , my friend . ' But then a lot of those marriages ended up not doing well as the kids got old . Unfortunately , we saw the kids get fracture from their family . Us , we actually come together more . So I do n’t know what that is , I just know that it is different but it ’s a whole plenty of erotic love . "
3.Oprah Winfrey
Billionairemogul , Oprah Winfreyis not new to the biz . Speculations over her human relationship position have been circulate throughout Hollywood for year . The buzz mature stronger afterStedman Grahamcame into the picture and people still call into question why it ’s never happened . In an exclusive audience withPeopleshe observe the thought crossed her head at one distributor point . " At one point in Chicago I had bought an extra apartment because I was think , ‘ Well , if we get wed , I ’m going to need room for tike . " However , whether it was timing , the cons of other matrimony , or her lifestyle , the mentation of marriage slowly died . " I used to think about this all the clock time , that I was work these 17 - hour days , and so were my producers , and then I go home and I have my two dog and I have Stedman , who ’s permit me be who I require to be in the creation . He ’s never demanding anything from me like , ‘ Where ’s my breakfast ? Where ’s my dinner ? ’ Never any of that , which I believe would have changed had we married . "
4.Nia Long
Fatal Affairactor , Nia LongtoldEssence’s“Yes , Girl ! ” podcast in 2020 that “ Love is complicated , let ’s just start there , ” when call for about her kinship position . She continued : “ And then you start a marriage , which I ’ve never been married . And there ’s a reasonableness for that because I do n’t know that I want to say ‘ I do ’ to prove to you that I love you . But also , what does marriage really [ intend ] … that you own me now and I own you ? I do n’t get that part . ” Though mass get married for various reasons , she was cobwebby in hold to disagree on the matter . " I understand the spiritual look of married couple . That is beautiful and it ’s fantastical and it ’s dreamy and it ’s every girl ’s fantasy to have that moment . But I do n’t know that I need that to feel like I ’m in a partnership that ’s working . ”
5.Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymoreshared her take withPeoplein 2020 on why she ’s indefinitely saying no to marriage moving forward . " Never . Never , never , never . I will never get married again ! " Though it ’s against her own advice she stand firm on her statement . " … I also think people should not say the word ' never , ' and I will never , with a capital N - vitamin E - five - E - R , never get married . " She explain her reasoning on the internal and external turmoil of being so close to a person and what discerp tie can induce . " It ’s like I have two options : Cut it — this has not worked — or be Elizabeth Taylor . I never want to be intertwine with someone like that again ever . You break up , and you move on . You get divorced , and it ’s just so unlike . "
6.Kelly Clarkson
vocalizer and song - writerKelly Clarksonshared withLife & Stylefollowing her divorce from Brandon Blackstock that marriage ceremony is not something she ’ll revisit . " I do screw I wo n’t get married again . " However , she is n’t shutting down the idea of passion whole . " … You never know about love . It ’s one of those things where we ’re engineered — particularly from where I ’m from — to have to have that . And I do n’t have that need . "
7.Whoopi Goldberg
The New York Timespicked the mentality ofThe Color Purpleactor , Whoopi Goldbergon life , dear , and marriage ceremony . She ’s since then gone viral with her talk about why she ’s never been married . " I do n’t want somebody in my house . I ’m not that concerned . I ’m much happier on my own . I can drop as much meter with somebody as I want to spend , but I ’m not looking to be with somebody forever or inhabit with someone . " She go on to make it clear that her personal space has been , is , and always will be important , and man and wife does n’t tally , so why force it ? " I ’m the round pin , and marriage ceremony is the square hole . You ca n’t have a square hole , can you ? "
8.Kristin Davis
" I ’m an actress — I ’ve never exactly been the status quo,“Sex and the Cityactor Kristin Davis toldHaute Livingin 2013 . In the interview when inquire if she planned on stick around exclusive , she replied : " I do n’t know that I inevitably altogether intended to , though I do remember being youthful and thinking , ' Why are all these people getting married ? " Though she said it was n’t her intent to get married , she did n’t shun love and affection completely . " I certainly intellectually finger like I ’d care to have another romantic relationship , but I do n’t recognize how to make the day - to - day of it happen . I do n’t have time ! "
9.Shakira
vocalist , Shakirarevealed her true feelings toCBS News when asked about being with her long - meter boyfriend Gerard Piqué , and still no ring . She said : " To tell you the true statement , married couple scares the shit out of me . I do n’t want him to see me as the wife . I ’d rather him see me as his girlfriend . " Her outlook halt from the desire to keep a sense of uninterrupted enticement and unpredictability present between them . She continued : " His lover , his lady friend . It ’s like a piddling forbidden yield , you know ? I wanna keep him on his toes . I want him to think that anything ’s possible depending on behavior . "
10.Charlize Theron
OnThe Howard Stern Showin 2020 , actorCharlize Theronconfirmed her disdain for man and wife and its insignificance to her life ’s priorities and heart ’s desire . TheMad Maxstar said : " I never wanted to get married . That ’s never been something that ’s authoritative to me . " She elaborated on how her lifestyle is n’t set up for being in a relationship let alone in a marriage . " My life right now just does n’t allow a lot of elbow room for something like that to befall . But in saying that , there ’s not this affair that drives me . "
11.Diane Kruger
After getting adivorce , Diane Kruger developed a certain mindset about union . " Without sounding pessimistic , I learned that I do n’t believe in marriage , " Kruger toldGlamourin an audience . She then elaborated on what she believes marriage to be . " I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart . There ’s no paper that will make you outride . A guy wire protagonist of mine sound out , and it made a heap of sense , that people should get splice at the end of the road , not the origin . "
12.Ricky Gervais & Jane Fallon
Jane Fallon talked toDaily Mailabout marrige regarding her prospicient condition partnership with comedianRicky Gervaisin 2018 . She expressed it was never a necessary and it still is n’t as significant as some may want it to be for them . " I remember if one of us really care then we would credibly do it but it ’s not really been anything that either of us have ever really require . "
13.Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton , 78 year old role player explain that her reasoning for go along up on marriage ceremony , was influenced by her raising . ShetoldGoalcast that unlike her female parent who chose a folk over her dreams , she chose to exceed hers non negotiably . " It perish back to my mother , because , for me , most everything does . I love my dad , of course — that goes without saying — but she was always there , and he was always working . He was put to work heavily , and he was really interesting . " Keaton has never been married and has expressed that she is well-chosen being single , enjoying her independency .
14.Al Pacino
The legendary actorAl Pacinohas never been hook up with . Though several surmisal are circulating on the real cause for this determination heconfirmsthat he never get word the need for it , despite have got several significant relationship . " I hate to say this , but wedlock is a state of creative thinker , not a declaration . " He continues : " I ’ve lived with women since I was 16 and they have all been actress . Every time I get started with an actress I say , ' Hey perchance we should n’t enter into this . "
15.Sarah Silverman
Actor and comedianSarah Silvermanhasspokenabout her views on marriage , stating that it ’s not that she does n’t believe in it at all but she does n’t believe in the initiation for herself . " I have it off going to wedding , and I bed it when my friends get married . I ’m not against union , but it ’s just not for me . I ’m a vegetarian , but I do n’t have a job if you require a ground beef . Marriage , to me , is like eating meat . "
16.Mindy Kailing
In an interview withGlamour , actor and comedianMindy Kalingmentioned her views on marriage in connection to her fiber Dr. Lahiri onThe Mindy Project . She said : " I hope America also does n’t harmonize with her because as someone who is single , I still have that old - fashioned feeling . I root for it as an institution , even though I see it work so infrequently . "
17.Helena Bonham Carter
ActorHelena Bonham Carterexclusivelyrevealedthat she prefers unlawful relationships and has not pursued marriage perhaps because of laziness . When ask about her married couple status with former young man Tim Burton , she stated : " We ’re not , actually . Not through any kind of . . . Through sloth , really . "
18.Kylie Minogue
Australian singer and actor , Kylie Minoguehasexpressedthat marriage is not a priority for her , despite being in a attached family relationship . She open up in an audience tell : " I never thought I would get married . Just going through ‘ being engaged ’ seems like an experiment , because I ’d never as a little girl or in all my life had a imagination of getting splice . " She further contribute : " It ’s not something I needed or wanted . My parents never convey me up with the idea of ‘ the vainglorious marriage ’ . I never had it as a goal . I thought , ‘ Maybe I ’ve get it all wrong and I should go for it . Maybe I should do what most of the world do . It works for them . ' Now I ’m going to stick to my previous eyeshot . I do n’t think wedding is for me . "
19.Winona Ryder
" I am a serial monogamist . I was single for a while and dating and … I just did n’t make love how to do it ! I ’ve always been like that … “Stranger Thingsactor , Winona Ryder has been in significantrelationshipsbut hasstatedshe ’s not sure if she will ever marry . " But matrimony ? I do n’t know . I ’d rather never have been married than been divorced a few times . Not that there ’s anything ill-timed with divorcement , but I do n’t think I could do it if that was a possibility . When your parent are madly in beloved for 45 years , your standards are really high . "