Natalie Portman in London on Dec. 6, 2023.Photo:Mike Marsland/WireImage
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Natalie Portmanisn’t interested in entertaining speculation about her private life.
TheMay Decemberactress, who married French choreographerBenjamin Millepiedin 2012, gave a rare comment about her personal life in an interview forVanity Fair’s 30th annual Hollywood issue.
When asked about the period leading up to the film’s release, during which FrenchoutletVoicipublished an article claiming Millepied had an extramarital affair, Portman, 42, said, “It’s terrible, and I have no desire to contribute to it.”
After the interviewer admitted, I “don’t love asking about it, either,” Portman replied, “I can imagine.”
TheOscarwinner then went on to discuss how she finds Los Angeles and Paris “complementary cities” that both feel like home.
“I love having both in my life,” she said. “I lead a very non-Hollywood life in L.A. I live on the east side. I have some friends who are in the entertainment industry, but many friends who are not, and we don’t do industry things when we hang out. We’re not going to Hollywood parties, we’re having dinners at home in the backyard.”
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Portman went on to explain that living in L.A. actually made her “experience” of the city “much less ‘Hollywood.’ "
“When I would visit, it would only be for work, and I’d be staying somewhere in Beverly Hills, and I’d be having industry meetings and going to industry parties,” she recalled. “Living there made my experience much more rounded and appreciative ofall the city has to offer, from nature to the arts, food to music, and of course, the people.”
“And Paris, of course, is just a dream. I’m so lucky to get to live here and have an enormously stimulating city life with incredible friends,” the actress said.
Portman and Millepied, 46, first connected when her was recruited to choreographBlack Swanand train star Portman in the art of ballet.
Benjamin Millepied and Natalie Portman in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2022.Unique Nicole/Getty
Just a year later, they wereengaged and expectingtheir first child. After welcoming sonAlephin 2011, Portman and Millepiedtied the knotin a coastal California ceremony. They later welcomed daughterAmaliain 2017.
A source previously told PEOPLE that Millepied’s affair “was short-lived and it is over.““Heknows he made an enormous mistakeand he is doing all he can to get Natalie to forgive him and keep their family together,” the source told PEOPLE in June 2023.
source: people.com
