Slide into the DMs Sarah Paulson Holland Taylor’s romance has been one for the ages — and it all started with a little social media flirtation!
The American Horror StoryActress Two and a half men alum met in 2005 — an entire decade before they actually began dating. The lovebirds met for the first time at a party. But the sparks were unmistakable.
“She was probably the most exquisitely beautiful woman I had ever seen,” Paulson told the New York Times2016: Her first meeting with the Legally Blonde star.
Although it took them a while to get back together after their first meet-cute, they found that a little flirting on social media was exactly what they needed to move on to the next level.
During a January 2019 episode Live Streaming: See What HappensThe Ratched star revealed that the two “sort of breezed by one another, and then started following each other on Twitter.” When fellow guest Billy Eicher asked, “Did Holland Taylor slide into your DMs?” Paulson responded: “Yeah, she actually did! It’s pretty great!”
After confirming their romance in 2015, the couple have become an “iconic” pairing to the masses, known not only for being a staple LGBTQIA+ relationship in Hollywood but for the large age gap that exists between them, which spans 33 years.
Taylor and Paulson both said that most of the attention surrounding their love was positive. Ocean’s EightThe actress said it. Sunday Times in 2018 that she had been accused of having “mommy issues.” The reality, however, is that “I parent her as much as she parents me.”
When being asked again during an interview Harper’s Bazaar in September 2020 about those who have a problem with the age gap between her and her partner, Paulson explained that it had more to do “with our own ageist thinking and the idea that to be old is to cease to have any desire” than anything else.
Being fiercely protective of her love, she then added: “Anybody says anything about any person I love in a way that is disrespectful or cruel and I want to cut a bitch.”
Despite the naysayers the truth is that the Desperate Housewives alum just hopes their choice to go public with their “unconventional” love speaks to others.
“I didn’t choose to fall in love with the person I fell in love with. But I think why it’s interesting to people is that on paper, it’s unconventional,” Paulson told Elle2018 interview. “For a person who might find themselves in a situation that they fear will be misperceived or judged, maybe they could see me living my life in a way that is authentic to me — just trying to be as real as possible. If that inspires anybody else, that can’t be a bad thing.”
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