The actress opened up about her life between Paris and Los Angeles and spoke for the first time about how she responded to speculation about her getting married in 2023 (Portal/Maja Smiejkowska)
Eight months later speculations about one her husband's infidelitythe French dancer Benjamin Millepied, Natalie Portman He decided break the silence, but in their own way and under their own conditions. In an exclusive interview for the 2024 Hollywood issue of Vanity FairThe Oscar winner spoke for the first time about the explosive rumors that have recently surrounded her secretive private life and how she deals with them.
As part of the pre-ceremony SAG Awards And Oscars 2024Portman was, among other things, one of the main characters like Peter Pascal And Bradley Cooperfrom the cover of the magazine due to his recent starring role in the film May December (Secrets of a Scandal) along with Julianne Moore. While the conversation with author Keziah Weir focused on the film, his Wedding.
When asked directly about an impending divorce due to Millepied's alleged infidelity, the reserved actress had no choice but to respond succinctly and express her obvious displeasure. “It's terrible and I have no desire to contribute to it,” Natalie said, showing her intention to keep her private life away from public scrutiny.
Natalie Portman stars on the cover of Vanity Fair's 2024 Hollywood issue (Instagram @natalieportman)
Although the Thor actress did not want to confirm or deny the betrayal of her children's father or the divorce, the truth is this Hints that the couple would be distanced since then Scandal broke out. In June of the same month, it was revealed that her Benjamin was having an extramarital affair, photos of which emerged Portman wipes away tears together with him. Then she was spotted in Sydney in August without her wedding ring.
What he talked about was how it happened to him lives between Paris and Los AngelesHe described them as “very complementary cities.” “I love having both in my life,” Portman said. “I lead a completely different life in Los Angeles than in Hollywood,” he revealed. His story faithfully reflected the lifestyle he usually leads: private, family and low profile. Despite being one of the most famous actresses in the industry, she once again made it clear that she is not a lover of the limelight or excessive glamour.
“I have some friends who are in the entertainment industry, but I also have a lot of friends who are not in the entertainment industry, and when we go out we don’t do anything with the industry,” he said. “We don’t go to Hollywood parties, we have dinner at home in the backyard. The truth is that living there has made my experience in Los Angeles a lot less “Hollywood.”
In August 2023, two months after her husband's alleged infidelity, Portman was spotted in Sydney without her wedding ring (Getty Images)
“When I was there it was just for work, I was living somewhere in Beverly Hills, having industry meetings and going to industry parties,” he continued about Hollywood. “Living there made my experience much more complete and I enjoyed everything the city had to offer, from nature to the arts, from food to music and of course the people.”
The romance between Natalie and Benjamin began on the set of the award-winning 2010 film, The Black Swan. The crush came in 2009 when the dancer was hired to choreograph the film Train the actress in the art of ballet and they connected immediately. When filming was over, they were officially together.
A year later they got engaged and were expecting their first child. The iconic actress indeed won the Oscar while showing off her pregnant belly. After Portman and Millepied welcomed their son Aleph in 2011, they married in a ceremony on the California coast and moved to Paris in 2014. Back in the USA they had their daughter Amalia in 2017.
“May December” explores a love scandal between Gracie and Joe, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, directed by Todd Haynes (Netflix)
Following reports in June 2023 of an alleged affair between Millepied and a 25-year-old climate activist, a confidential source revealed to People that that encounter was short-lived last summer, citing subsequent efforts by Benjamin to blame this “big mistake.” do everything in his power to get Natalie to forgive him.
Even though they had been together for a while, they found that Portman apparently couldn't take the situation any longer.