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Winona Ryder has spoken glowingly about her decade-long relationship with partner Scott Mackinlay Hahn.
The 52-year-old actor spoke candidly about the long-term romance during an interview with Harper's Bazaarpublished on July 11. Speaking to the publication, she said how grateful she is to her partner, whom she has been dating since 2011.
“It's so cool. It really is. I'm so lucky,” he explained. According to Harper's BazaarThe couple often travels between their New York City apartment, which they rent, and the Los Angeles home they own. Although they eventually want to move, they haven't decided where yet. The publication also noted that they met in 2010 at the premiere of Ryder's film, Black Swan.
He Beetle juice The star had previously spoken about why she became interested in Hahn in the first place. Speaking toHarper's Bazaar In 2022, she shared how she and her partner have “a lot in common,” despite their different career paths.
“We connected on so many levels, but it was amazing that he wasn’t in this business… I really tried to keep it a secret,” she explained.
She added that Hahn knows so little about the entertainment industry that she didn't even recognize her when they met. “She thought I was Milla Jovovich,” Ryder said. “She told me I was great at The fifth element.”
In another part of his recent interview with Harper's BazaarFor the publication's August 2024 issue, she spoke candidly about her youth and previous relationships.
“When I was 30, I had two disastrous relationships that weren’t bad, but that was before I thought of Googling someone,” she said.
He Strange things The star then shared what she realized when looking back on these past relationships. “I was like, ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ I was dating the kind of person who only lets you know after a few weeks that they’re in a relationship with someone else. And you’re like, ‘What the hell?’”
Although she did not acknowledge which relationships she was referring to, Ryder was previously engaged to Johnny Depp, whom she dated from 1990 to 1993. She also previously dated Matt Damon, Rilo Kiley guitarist Blake Sennett and Helmet singer Page Hamilton.
During the Harper's Bazaar In the interview, she also reflected on some of the diaries she kept throughout her thirties and explained how those writings showed she was going through a difficult time.
“You obviously write when you’re depressed or upset. I tend not to write when I’m really happy. I was going through that and I was like, ‘How?’ I was clearly trying to deal with…,” she said. “It was very sad. I was clearly trying to believe the best and be self-indulgent. But I was looking out for everything but myself.”