Diane Keaton usually mentioned her resolution to by no means marry regardless of relationship a few of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors within the Nineteen Seventies.
“Right now I used to be eager about this. I'm 73 and I feel I'm the one one in my technology, and possibly earlier than, who has been a single girl all her life,” she instructed People in 2019.
The actress — who died at age 79 on October 11 — had a number of excessive profile relationships together with her Hollywood costars early in her profession. Keaton was a muse for actor-director Woody Allen throughout their few years collectively as a pair, along with relationship her Godfather and Reds costars Al Pacino and Warren Beatty, respectively.
Keaton grew to become a mom comparatively late in life when she adopted two youngsters, daughter Dexter and son Duke, in her 50s however by no means felt the necessity to tie the knot.
Diane Keaton famously by no means married throughout her acclaimed Hollywood profession, although she has been linked to a lot of well-known faces. Keaton, who died in October 2025 on the age of 79, had lengthy been candid about her resolution to not stroll down the aisle. “It goes again to my mom, as a result of, for me, most […]
Hold scrolling for a glance again at Keaton's feedback on why she by no means married.
The Proper Factor
Keaton supplied a blunt response in a 1996 ABC News interview when requested why she “by no means obtained married.”
“I feel I by no means obtained married as a result of I didn't need to get married,” Keaton replied. “I didn't select to get married and the those who I used to be with, it was greatest that we weren't married. I did the appropriate factor.”
An Oddball
Chatting with People in 2019, Keaton prompt marriage could by no means have labored for her as a result of she thought of herself to be an outsider.
“I feel that I'm unusual,” she quipped. “I don't know something, and I haven't discovered. Getting older hasn't made me wiser.”
Keaton argued that there was “one thing lacking in me” and {that a} husband would wish somebody who “nurtured” them, which she was not able to.
Diane Keaton in November 2019. Charley Gallay/Getty Photos for Netflix
“I'm an odd ball,” she confessed. “I keep in mind someday in highschool, this man got here as much as me and mentioned, ‘Sooner or later you're going to make a great spouse.' And I assumed, ‘I don't need to be a spouse. No.'”
‘Seduced By Expertise'
The First Wives Membership actress pushed again in opposition to the disparaging concept that she could have been “unhappy” about by no means marrying.
“[I'm not sad] as a result of I feel that I wanted extra of a maternal facet,” she instructed Individuals. “I don't assume it will have been a good suggestion for me to have married, and I'm actually glad I didn't, and I'm certain they're blissful about it, too.”
She added, “Once I was younger, I used to be trying to be cherished by these extraordinary individuals. I feel I shouldn't have been so seduced by expertise. Once you're each doing the identical job, it's not so nice. I ought to have discovered only a good human being, sort of a household man.”
Conflicted Emotions
Chatting with YouTuber Kjersti Flaa in 2019, Keaton examined whether or not she was “actually being trustworthy” when she mentioned she by no means needed to “be somebody's spouse.”
“I did say that and typically I feel that's not likely proper,” she admitted. “I feel, in summary, it may need been a very good thought to be married as a result of I feel it actually is a vital, fantastic establishment for individuals to get collectively and keep collectively and reside collectively. I don't assume I had it in me, although.”
Celebrities are mourning the lack of Diane Keaton, who died at age 79. Individuals broke the information of her dying on Saturday, October 11, confirming that The Godfather star died in California. Additional particulars have but to be launched as her household asks for privateness throughout this tough time. Bette Midler was one of many […]
Keaton prompt it will have been “taxing” to have “had the function [her] mom had” as a housewife.
“I didn't need that. I didn't need to have my mom's function,” she insisted. “I noticed that she had a whole lot of ambition that she couldn't understand due to 4 youngsters and a husband within the ‘50s.”
‘A Totally different Kind of Love'
Keaton harassed in that 2019 interview that, “since marriage by no means actually occurred,” she developed “a distinct type of love” for different individuals in her life.
“I actually love the household that I've … these persons are actually, actually necessary to me and my associates,” she added.
Supreme Husband
Whereas Keaton usually gave considerate responses when discussing marriage, she as soon as light-heartedly contemplated whether or not one Hollywood hunk may change her thoughts.
“Who's gonna [marry me]?” she joked on The Ellen Degeneres Present in 2015, earlier than replying: “Wait, oh. Channing Tatum?”
After host Ellen Degeneres broke the dangerous information that Tatum was married on the time to Jenna Dewan, Keaton had a tongue-in-cheek grievance: “Channing Tatum is definitely married to another person… not me?”
