Whoa! This one came out of left field. In one fell swoop actress Salma Hayek announced she was getting married and having a baby (though the order of the events is still in question). According to news sources, the award-winning Hollywood A-lister is engaged to businessman boyfriend François-Henri Pinault – and she’s pregnant with his child.
Francois-Henri who? I’ve followed Hayek’s love life close enough to know that she was no longer seeing actor Edward Norton (they dated for four years until 2003) and I know she split with Josh Lucas in 2004, but pledging to spend the rest of her life with Pinault? Where did that come from? Sure, he looks like he could be Norton’s uncle, but seriously who is this guy?
According to TV’s “Entertainment Tonight,” Pinault owns Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as a French department store and national music chain. In addition, Pinault’s father is an avid art collector owning more than 2,500 valuable pieces, including Picassos and Miros. The family fortune is reportedly estimated in excess of $7 billion. A detail not lost on former flame Nicole Kidman… or Pinault’s former wife with whom he has two children.
Now he has a third child on the way. Apparently, the couple has been dating for about a year, though they have kept an extremely low profile. Save for a handful of public appearances, 40-year-old Hayek and 44-year-old Pinault have not ventured out in public together very often. Perhaps, they are simply too busy to socialize in public. After all, Hayek has her hands full on ABC’s hit show “Ugly Betty.” She currently serves as both a guest star and as the executive producer of the hit ABC show. And, Pinault, well, I’m sure as owner of Gucci he must have something to do on a daily basis.
Regardless of their itineraries, in a few months they will have their hands full with their new bundle of joy (or at least the child’s nannies will). A tabloid recently quoted a “friend” of Hayek’s as saying that the actress has always wanted a child and after “spending time with the wrong men” she had finally found someone who treated her like a “princess” and felt Pinault would be a “good father.” With the way they’re engagement unfolded I’m sure the world will certainly find out if he isn’t.
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