Sarah Paulson is proudly in love and she doesn’t care if people think her relationship is “unconventional.”
The 42-year-old “People v. O.J. Simpson” actress spoke to Net-A-Porter’s digital magazine The EDIT about her relationship with 74-year-old playwright Holland Taylor.
The 30-year age difference between the two women has raised some eyebrows, but Paulson doesn’t understand the concern.
“My life choices are, um, unconventional,” Paulson said. “I’m with a much older person and people find that totally fascinating and odd, and, to me, it’s the least interesting thing about me. But I do feel a bit unconventional.”
She continued: “I am a woman of a certain age who chose not to have children, and who has made my career my priority. I am the captain of my own ship, and I’ve never looked to anyone else to validate that, or tell me it’s okay.”
Paulson said she did get warnings about how her relationship might affect her career. “Early on, when people found out I was with Holland,” she explained, “some said, ‘I think you have to be careful, I’m afraid it’s going to affect your career negatively.’ I was like, what? It never occurred to me at all.”
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Despite her confidence in her relationship, Paulson did admit some trepidation about discussing it publicly. “It occurred to me, should I not [say ‘I love you’ to Taylor onstage]? And then I thought, why would I not? The fact I’m having this thought is wrong,” she said.
“But I had a moment of societal concern; wondering if, maybe, people who didn’t know that about me would be like, wait, what? But then, you know, I did it anyway,” Paulson added.
