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Salma Hayek celebrates anniversary with Francois-Henri Pinault with rare wedding photos

Salma Hayek is still on cloud nine with her husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, after 15 years of marriage.

The “Frida” star took to Instagram Wednesday to share sweet throwback photos of herself with the businessman in honor of their anniversary.

“There are no words to explain the blessing of finding your soulmate,” she captioned the snaps from their April 2009 wedding day.

The “Frida” star shared the pics on Instagram Wednesday, calling the businessman her “soulmate.” Instagram/@salmahayek
“There are no words to explain the blessing of finding your soulmate,” she captioned the snaps. Instagram/@salmahayek

“For all of you who found it, never take it for granted [sic] For all of you who haven’t, never give up #tbt to one of the best days of my life.”

The first snap showed Hayek, 57, dolled up in what appeared to be a white corset as she looked off to the side. She styled her hair in a sleeked-back bun for the big day and glammed up with a full face of makeup.

Another black-and-white picture showed the actress’ two wedding gowns hanging from a clothing rack.

“For all of you who found it, never take it for granted (sic) For all of you who haven’t, never give up #tbt to one of the best days of my life,” the actress continued. Getty Images for Kering
The snaps were from the couple’s second wedding ceremony in April 2009. Getty Images for LACMA

Hayek finished off her photo dump with a sweet shot of her and Pinault, 61, at the altar as he slid a diamond ring on her finger.


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“the way he looks at you 😍and you him ❤️❤️❤️,” actress Jessica Alba gushed in the comments.

“Perfect!!!❤,” the “Help” star Viola Davis chimed in.

They got married in front of their loved ones after tying the knot at a courthouse in Paris on Valentine’s Day 2009. Salma Hayek / Instagram
Hayek has previously opened up about her nuptials, admitting she said no to two of Pinault’s proposals. Getty Images for LACMA

Hayek and Pinault, who met in 2006, hosted their grand wedding alongside their family and friends months after they first tied the knot at a courthouse in Paris on Valentine’s Day 2009.

The “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” star previously revealed that she rejected two marriage proposals from the billionaire out of “fear.”

“I am ashamed to admit how many times he had to ask me,” she said during an interview with the Times of India in February 2021.

“I am ashamed to admit how many times he had to ask me,” she told the Times of India in February 2021. Salma Hayek / Instagram
Even when it came to their courthouse wedding, she revealed she had to be “dragged” down the aisle. AFP via Getty Images

The fear of getting married stayed with the actress up until her courthouse wedding as she admitted her family members “dragged” her down the aisle.

Comparing her nuptials to an “intervention,” she told Glamour in February 2023 that she had no idea she was getting married.

“They just took me to the court,” she shared. “My parents, my brother, they were all ganging up on me. I had a phobia of the marriage thing.”

However, she was pleased to later realize there was no change in dating Pinault and being married to him. Salma Hayek / Instagram
The actress always gushes about her husband, claiming she”married the right guy.” Getty Images for Gucci

She added: “I was nervous. … I had said yes to the marriage, but I just wouldn’t actually show up on the day or do it.”

However, Hayek was relieved to later realize she didn’t feel “any different” being a wife to Pinault.

The actress has even since continued to praise her husband, claiming she “married the right guy,” during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2017, per People.

The couple share daughter Valentina, now 16. Getty Images
The CEO also has kids Mathilde, 23, Augustin, 17, and François from previous relationships. Instagram/@salmahayek

She has also slammed allegations that she wed Pinault for his money instead of love.

“When I married him, everybody said, ‘Oh, it’s an arranged marriage, she married him for the money.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, whatever, bitch. Think what you want,'” she said during an appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast in February 2021.

Hayek and Pinault are parents to daughter Valentina, now 16. The CEO of Kering is also father to kids Mathilde, 23, Augustin, 17, and François from previous relationships.