LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: On Sunday, May 28, Salma Hayek took to Instagram to share a heartfelt tribute for her husband Francois-Henri Pinault’s 61st birthday. The actress posted a sweet photo of herself placing a kiss on her husband’s cheek. “Happy birthday mi amor, you are my sunshine, my warmth, my light, my strength, my joy, my love,” the Oscar nominee wrote on her caption.
In the picture, Hayek could be seen wearing a long sleeve black sequined gown while flaunting her long brunette traces past her shoulders. Meanwhile, Pinault had a black tuxedo and bow tie with his arms wrapped around his wife’s waist. Hayek reportedly received more than 178,900 likes and thousands of comments within five hours of sharing the post, the Daily Mail reported.
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‘God bless you both’
Fans were quick to comment on Hayek’s post to share their wishes for the couple. “Happy birthday, Mr Handsome . Enjoy your day, Francois. You are my star mate, haha,” one user wrote. “Happy Bday for your love,” another added. “Too sweet,” a third wrote.
One wished, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM” while another commented, “Happy birthday! It’s beautiful to see two people so happily married.” A well-wisher mentioned, “God bless you both.”
When did Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault get married?
Hayek and Pinault reportedly met in spring 2006 during a gala hosted at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, a marble palace owned by Pinault’s family. However, the former kept the story of their meeting under wraps for a long time. “It’s such a romantic, amazing story, but it is mine. I don’t want to vulgarize it by making it into a story to make myself interesting,” Hayek told Town & Country in 2019.
Nearly a year after dating, the couple went on to welcome their daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, in 2007. The pair reportedly tied the knot on Valentine’s Day in 2009 and Hayek said she had to be “dragged” to the courthouse for the wedding. “I didn't even know I was getting married that day," The ‘Magic Mike's Last Dance’ star once told Glamour. “It was like an intervention. I don't think I ever told this story. No, they just took me to the court. My parents, my brother, they were all ganging up on me. I had a phobia of the marriage thing,” she added.
Pinault also shares two children, Mathilde, 21, and Francois, 24, with his ex-wife Dorothee Lepere, and a son Augustin, 16, from his past relationship with model Linda Evangelista. However, Hayek shares a very close bond with her stepchildren, as per the Daily Mail.
