Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have never gotten married but they've been together since 1983. Given that they've been together for more than 40 years, Goldie, 78, and Kurt, 73, know a thing or two about making a relationship work, though one of Goldie's tips is not exactly safe for work.
"You have to have good sex," the Death Becomes Her star told E! News on September 27, 2024. The reason for this, she explained, is not just because of the sex itself though. "Because sex is something that connects you and creates more belonging. People who have healthy sexual relationships usually last a lot longer," she explained.
"But it's not just because of the act, it's because of the warmth and the intimacy that it creates," Goldie added.
It's not the first time Goldie has opened up about the importance of sex within a healthy, long-lasting relationship. In 2017, she spoke to People about the key to her long-lasting relationship with Kurt.
"Love, gratitude, compassion, because sometimes every man or every woman will drive their partner crazy. Family. Fun. Laughs. Sex," she shared with People at the time. "If you don't nurture that, and remember, you're done."
In 2020, she shared some more words of wisdom with the publication: in order to make it work, you have to want to be with your partner, she said at the time. "You've just got to want to be together," she told People. "I don't think there's any way other than do it."
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During her recent conversation with E! News, Goldie joked that "you have to be nice to each other upon occasion." However, even if you're having "good sex" and being nice, the reality is that, couples will face challenges and disagreements. Goldie believes that it's important to remember that you and your partner are "not the same person."
"You don't think the same way oftentimes," she told the outlet. "And you have to accept that, but you have to measure are we having fun, or is this something we want to do? Do we have laughs together? Do we share certain things? You don't have to share everything."
Kurt Russell shared that the beauty of their relationship is that, even after all these years, they "still like being together."
Because Goldie and Kurt have been together for decades, some people have wondered why they've never married.
In the past, Goldie shared that part of the reason she and Kurt are still together might be because they never got married. "I would've been long divorced if I'd been married," Goldie said on British daytime talk show Loose Women in 2016, per USA Today.
In 2023, the actress addressed their decision to not get married on CNN's Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
When asked why they haven't gotten married, Goldie responded with, "Why should we get married? Isn't that a better question?"
Both Goldie and Kurt were married before they started dating each other. After navigating divorce, they decided that it's not something they'd like to repeat.
"Somebody has to actually take a look and say, 'How many divorces are fun? How many divorces actually don't cost money?'" she said at the time. "'How many divorces make you even hate the person more than you did before? How many divorces have hurt children?'"
Goldie and Kurt have never felt the need to get married anyway. In 2020, Goldie told People, "It’s not about the marriage. It’s about the people and the relationship, and the will to stay together."
