Helena Bonham Carter shares true motive for not marrying Tim Burton after 13-year relationship

Helena Bonham Carter has revealed the actual motive why she by no means married former companion Tim Burton.

The Harry Potter actor was famously in a relationship with Burton, who’s broadly thought of to be the daddy of contemporary gothic cinema due to movies corresponding to Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice, for effectively over a decade.

Burton and Bonham Carter would go on to welcome two kids collectively earlier than going their separate methods in 2014, however not earlier than sharing a number of insights into their distinctive relationship dynamics.

This includes dwelling in two conjoined homes in London and by no means getting married.

Now, after all, being in a long-term relationship and sharing kids collectively does not imply you need to get married, this is not the 1600s in spite of everything! Nevertheless, many {couples} nonetheless do – whether or not or not it’s for love or tax advantages.

So, why did The Crown actor choose out of holy matrimony?

Seems, she’s merely not a fan of marriage as an idea.

“I’ve by no means really gotten married as a result of I am unable to actually make that promise as a result of I simply do not suppose it is a wholesome one,” the 59-year-old actor explained throughout an interview on Bella Freud’s Vogue Neurosis podcast earlier this week.

Which is honest sufficient, as pledging to bind your self to somebody ’till dying do us half’ is a reasonably large ask.

Bonham Carter additionally referenced her ADHD prognosis as one more reason why she’s by no means made it down the aisle, saying the prognosis has usually been a problem in relationships.

“I’ve bought ADHD, so the thought of organising a marriage… I imply, it will each be an excellent factor, however I’d be so flipping obsessive about each single alternative, It could simply be like, oh my god,” she added.

Bonham Carter and Burton bought collectively after assembly on the set of 2001’s Planet of the Apes, which he directed and she or he starred.

The 13-year relationship would see them welcome son Billy, 22, and daughter Nell, 17, earlier than separating – one thing which Bonham Carter refers to as a ‘divorce’.

Regardless of the breakup, Burton and Bonham Carter have remained on good phrases, with actor telling Vainness Honest the connection was a ‘present’.

“Typically you’re not meant to be ceaselessly collectively. Typically you need to come to phrases with the truth that that was it. However that was a present, a large present. We gave one another kids and much more else,” she mentioned.

For the reason that separation, the Corpse Bride star has discovered love with Norwegian artwork historian Rye Dag Holmboe, with whom she is alleged to have been in a relationship with since 2018.

In the meantime, Burton was most not too long ago in a relationship with Italian actor Monica Bellucci, with the previous couple breaking apart earlier this 12 months.