dEating can be difficult. Thumb cramps from endless swiping, hours wasted on conversational one-sided drinks, attempts to avoid cheating catfishing, and trauma from sudden ghosting have led many singles to wonder: Maybe it's actually so much better being alone?
Celibacy is increasing among the younger generations. For the first time on record, the number of people married has fallen below 50 per cent in England and Wales.
Even celebrities are increasingly abandoning dating. So, from movie star Jane Fonda to model Linda Evangelista, here are 10 big stars who have turned their backs on romance…
moby
Moby, who was previously in a relationship with Lana del Rey, said The independent He hasn't been on a date for a decade and admitted that meeting women often gave him panic attacks. The “Why does my heart feel so bad?” The musician, 58, said it was as if the universe had told him that “the world of relationships, marriage, family, children” was not for him.
“It just makes sense,” he said. “As a result, in 10 years I haven't had a date or looked for one.”
stevie nicks
Stevie Nicks admitted she gave up dating after narrowing her list of potential boyfriends down to “nobody.” The Fleetwood Mac singer, 76, who was previously involved with Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Don Henley and Joe Walsh, explained that she doesn't want to fall in love with someone who might be about to die, adding that men her age “they want to do it.” She dates someone who is 25 inches tall anyway.
“That's been going on since the Bible, and I haven't even read the Bible, but I know,” he told Rolling Stone. “So what am I going to do, compete with that? I'm not a competitor. So I don't even want to be in that situation.”
Diana Keaton
Diane Keaton adopted two children alone and became a mother for the first time at age 50. Annie Hall The actress, 78, previously dated Al Pacino and Warren Beatty, but said she hasn't been romantically involved with anyone for about 40 years because they never ask her out.
“I have a lot of male friends,” she said. Fashion. “I have many friends but I don't have dates. No mwah-mwah.“
Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone hasn't been in a relationship since her divorce from journalist Phil Brostein in 2004. “I'm done dating, I'm sick of dating,” she said. Basic instinct The actor, 66, said in The Drew Barrymore Show.
“I just find that people are insincere and not worth my time. I enjoy my alone time more and time with my children and friends. I just find that people are insincere and not worth my time. “I enjoy alone time more and time with my children and my friends,” she added.
“I have very good male friends, but I feel like when it comes to emotional maturity in relationships, men and women are apparently at different points.”
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda, who has been married three times to film director Roger Vadim, political activist Tom Hayden, television producer Ted Turner and was in a relationship with music producer Richard Perry for eight years, said she is not interested in dating again.
“I don't want to have a relationship again, a sexual relationship. I don’t have that desire,” she said. harper's bazaar. “I can do a lot more when I'm alone,” she added to vanity fair.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg has no interest in being in a relationship for one very simple reason: “I don't want anyone in my house,” she told the newspaper. New York Times.
“I'm not looking to be with someone forever or live with someone.” The 68 year old Sisters Law The actor's third and last marriage was to actor Lyle Trachtenberg in 1994, whom she divorced the following year.
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista, who had a tumultuous marriage to former French model Gérard Marie, an engagement to twin peaks Star Kyle MacLachlan and a relationship with billionaire businessman François-Henri Pinault have sworn off all romantic entanglements.
“I don't want to sleep with anyone anymore,” said the 59-year-old Canadian model. Sunday weather. “I don't want to hear anyone breathe.”
Julia Bowen
Modern Family star Julie Bowen, who finalized her divorce from software developer Scott Phillips in 2018, said dating is extremely low on her priority list and revealed she won't be actively looking for love. “I like where I am. “I’m single,” she admitted. The Drew Barrymore Show. “You know, like working…who has time?” she asked.
julia fox
Model Julia Fox, who previously dated Kanye West, revealed in May that she has been celibate for more than two years. “I just believe that nothing good comes from having sex,” she said in Watch What Happens live with Andy Cohenjoking that this included “having kids.”
“It was six months, and then a year, and then I was like, 'Oh my God, it's been almost two and a half years and this is still going on,'” she told Cohen, adding that she didn't miss sex. which.
“I think it's like overcoming anything, smoking, drugs, whatever,” he said. “Over time, you forget about it and all that energy you dedicated to sex, you can dedicate to other things.”
Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling said Flare In 2014 she wasn't particularly interested in dating because she really enjoyed being totally selfish with her time.
“When I was 20, I was not only crazy about boys, but also about marriage and relationships,” admitted the comedian, a single mother of her two children. “Now it's almost the opposite. My job is so rewarding and I'm so self-centered that I'm excited to not have to go home and ask someone about their day.”
