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Salma Hayek: "It's Nice" Being Married to a Billionaire
US Magazine â€" Thu, Oct 6, 2011 10:09 AM PDT


Salma Hayek pays her own bills, amigos!

The 44-year-old actress is married to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, with whom she shares daughter Valentina, 4.

And though Pinault's family is worth $11.5 billion, the Puss in Boots star doesn't rely on her rich man to get by.

"I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence," Hayek tells the new issue of Redbook. "I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely."

But being the wife of Pinault, the 49-year-old CEO of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, certainly has its perks, she admits: "When I have troubles sometimes, its nice to have someone there to help."

And her fashion-industry titan of a hubby only has so much sway when it comes to her style, too. "Like I said, I’m still a Mexican," Hayek quips. "I like to play fashion with him, but I'm nobody's Barbie."