When we hear about a Hollywood wedding taking place, we often start to count the days until they end up splitting up. That is sad, but it is a commentary on the life we live these days.
Of course, not every marriage that starts among celebrities is going to be doomed to failure. That is clearly seen in the marriage between Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. They met when she was only 12 years old and he was 19. It wasn’t until later, however, that they met up again.
At first, she didn’t think that he was her type. She said: “He definitely wasn’t my type. In fact, I vividly remember looking at his butt when he walked away after we first met and thinking, Well, I guess some girls like that.”
By the time 1988 rolled around, they were married. There were 300 people at their wedding in Connecticut and shortly after the wedding, their first child was born.
Their second child, Sosie Ruth was born a few years later in 1992. She has also entered the entertainment industry as an actress.
Now that they have been together for 34 years, people often ask them how they are able to enjoy such a long time relationship. Kevin Bacon once answered this in Entertainment Weekly, saying: “Whatever you do, don’t listen to celebrities on advice on how to stay married.”
They are together because they are not competitive with each other and they support each other in everything they do. This includes when they became empty nesters, and as Kyra said: “It’s weird, and it’s hard. I’m grateful to have adult children now, but I think initially, it’s like, ‘Wait, what are you talking about? I birthed you, and I took care of you your whole life, and now you’re leaving me!’ It felt wrong.”
Kevin had bought a farm in 1983 in these days, they have settled down on the property. In looking back on the time that he bought the farm, he said: “I came for a weekend from the city in 1983 and fell in love with Connecticut, bought the farm, and it’s been an important place for our family since then.”
Sedgwick was not quite as onboard with moving to Connecticut but after they started visiting, she fell in love as well. The farm house is straight out of a storybook and is the perfect place for the two of them to spend their life together.
Both the inside and the outside of the farmhouse are very welcoming and beautiful. It has everything that a couple would need to spend their life together with each other.
There is even a red barn on the property with plenty of animals. Sometimes they sing together with the goats that live in the barn and they even have musical instruments to accompany them.
There is a miniature orchard and a swimming pool on the farm as well. It’s a very comfortable place to live and the two of them seem to do quite well with each other on the property.
They ride horses and enjoy spending time with the alpacas that are on the property. Sometimes they just ride horses with each other to look at the property and see what they can see.
It’s always interesting when you hear about a couple that is doing well together. It seems as if Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are paving the road to a long and beautiful future with each other.
Source: Wide Open Country, Entertainment Weekly