Holland Taylor revealed that the secret to her eight-year relationship with Sarah Paulson is their ability to let each other be.
“I think we each follow our own path so we’re not exactly the same,” the “Two and a Half Men” alum, 80, told Page Six exclusively at the 2023 Second Stage Theater Fall Gala, which honored the “American Horror Story” star, 48, on Nov. 6.
“We do some things separately so everyone gets to be true to what they believe,” she continued. “She’s much more social, and I like a little bit of alone time, so I have that. She spends some time with friends and not with me, so it’s a good balance.”
The couple, who began dating in 2015, initially raised eyebrows over their nearly 32-year age gap.
However, Paulson pooh-poohed the chatter in a 2018 interview.
“If anyone wants to spend any time thinking I’m strange for loving the most spectacular person on the planet, then that’s their problem,” she told Modern Luxury at the time. “I’m doing just fine.”
Although the “American Crime Story” star is unfazed now, there was a time when she was skeptical of bringing her relationship into the spotlight because people warned her that it may negatively affect her career.
“It occurred to me, ‘Should I not?’ And then I thought, ‘Why would I not?’” she recalled to the Edit in 2017. “The