The National Enquirer reported that the wedding of Hawn’s son Wyatt led her to reconsider her own relationship. She was ready to get married, and an insider said that “if Kurt’s not on board, she’ll find somebody else who is.” She wanted to be able to tell future grandchildren “that their grandma and grandpa were married, too.”
This was the second version of this story the tabloid published that month. The first article had the nearly identical line about Hawn wanting her grandkids to “know their grandma and grandpa are married too.”
The only difference in the story was that in the first, Russell was down and in the second, he was not. Perhaps the tabloid was pressed for stories and just tweaked the old one they had lying around.
We busted the rumor at the time by noting that Hawn is already a grandmother, as Kate Hudson has three children. Why would Wyatt’s second marriage cause her to all of a sudden throw away her decades-long beliefs about marriage? Hawn told Woman’s Day in 2007, “There is really no reason to marry.” This won’t change no matter what the Enquirer has to say.
One year after this marriage demand, Hawn and Russell remain together and unwed. A quick look at Hawn’s Instagram will also reveal many photos of the two still happily together. They are even going to star as the holiday season’s favorite husband and wife, Santa and Mrs. Claus, in Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles 2.