Kyra Sedgwick says she was ‘terrified’ when she fell in love with husband Kevin Bacon
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When Kyra Sedgwick first fell head over heels for Kevin Bacon, the actress admits it was a little scary.
In an interview with Vulture published on Friday, the 54-year-old star looked back at the very beginning of the pair's 31-year relationship, which started when they met on the set of the 1988 film "Lemon Sky." The couple ended up marrying that same year and have raised two children together: daughter Sosie, 27, and son Travis, 30.
"I would say, if someone had told me when I was 21 that by the time I was 23 I would be married and have my first child, I would've told them that they were f--king insane," Sedgwick admitted. "Would've been like, 'Ex-squeeze me, what the f--k are you talking about? I am working.' I mean, I'd been working professionally since I was 16. And I was living on my own, making my own money. I was like, 'I'm fiercely independent.'"
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She continued: "So when I did fall in love with Kevin, it really just felt like there was some urgency to get married, and I don’t know what it was. Suddenly this thing came over me and I was terrified.”
Sedgwick went on to explain that she initially felt this way because she "couldn't count on people."
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“That wasn’t where I felt like I would be successful," she said. "A lot of people had let me down and so I was not interested in being vulnerable or connected in a really serious way.”
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However, despite her initial reservations, Sedgwick admitted that Bacon "just was the one, you know? He was just the soul mate, he was just the one."
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When asked what the secret to their long-lasting marriage was earlier this year, the "City on a Hill" star told Fox News that he won't reveal it.
"There is no secret," Bacon began, before clarifying: "In fact, I've often had a couple of different one-liners for that answer, and then I decided that really the answer is I'm not going to answer it because the last thing I want to do is come up with some quote that is going to summarize a 30-year relationship you know?"
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"It's disrespectful to the relationship," Bacon added. "So I don't really know."
Sedgwick and Bacon celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary earlier this month, marking the milestone with gushing tributes to each other on social media.