Sarah Paulson Explains Why She Won’t Marry Partner Holland Taylor in One Simple Word
Sarah Paulson Explains Why She Won’t Marry Partner Holland Taylor in One Simple Word
Hannah MalachFri, November 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM UTC
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Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor on March 15, 2026.Credit: Getty ImagesThe Gist -
Sarah Paulson appeared on the latest episode of Chelsea Handler’s “Dear Chelsea” podcast.
She discussed why she doesn’t plan on marrying her longtime partner, Holland Taylor.
They met in 2005, but they didn’t start dating until a decade later.
Marriage just isn’t in the cards for Sarah Paulson and her longtime partner, actress Holland Taylor. The All’s Fair star, 51, admitted that they’ve “never felt the need” to wed after eleven years together, explaining that being unmarried gives her a degree of “freedom.”
“I’m happy that I haven’t been married,” Paulson told Chelsea Handler on the latest episode of her “Dear Chelsea” podcast. “I feel that I’ve maintained some sense of myself in a way.”
Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson on September 17, 2026.Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
The Ratched alum met Taylor in 2005, but they didn’t start dating until 2015.
“The bond, the connectivity I have with Holland, I feel married to her, but I don’t have or have never had the need to have it be something written in stone somehow,” Paulson said, adding that the thought of it gives her “the heebie-jeebies.”
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor on March 15, 2026.Credit: Getty Images
“It’s not about being away from her or being with another person, it’s just about maintaining some sense of my own independence,” she shared.
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Paulson clarified that Taylor, 83, “feels that way too.”
“We just have never, ever felt the need,” she concluded.
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor in 2024.Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Paulson went on to explain why they also don’t plan on having kids: “I like my life. I’m happy that I haven’t had children. I know that I don’t have the constitution to raise a creature, a person, a being, and then be like, ‘Oh, he’ll have a wonderful day outside and I hope it’s great.’ I can just see myself following them.”
“My heart is too fragile,” Paulson said. “I feel too many things. It’s too much for me.”
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