At the time, Bette Midler was 39 years old. She asked Martin von Haselberg to marry her after they had only been dating for six weeks.
She was born in Argentina, and the star, who is now 77 years old, rushed to an altar in Las Vegas to say yes to her proposal. They paid $45 to have an Elvis lookalike marry them, and he was the only person there.
The beautiful couple says that the last almost forty years have not been easy for them, but that they “stayed together until it got better, and it did.” This is meant to show how important long-lasting love and commitment are.
Read on to learn more about this famous pair whose marriage has lasted longer than many others in the Hollywood business.
By the time she met Martin von Haselberg, who was 35 years old at the time, Bette Midler had already won a Grammy, a Golden Globe, and a Tony. She was also famous for her unique voice and great playing skills.
When they were together, the 39-year-old star of “The Rose” chose to take their relationship to the next level after only six weeks of dating. He proposed while they were together.
Elvis officiated the wedding, which took place in Las Vegas’s Starlight Chapel. The pair had sneaked away to get married there.
When asked about her wedding, the Hocus Pocus actress said, “My wedding was two people: my husband and I, and of course, the Elvis impersonator who married us.” The wedding took place at 2:00 in the morning, cost only $45 (or 45 dollars), and included an outfit change for her future husband.
I told him, “I’m not getting married to you in that suit!” when he put on the suit. Because of this, he had to change his clothes. After that, we went to one of the smaller churches to get the license. “We had a tape of Nino Rota music…and we walked down the aisle,” the Beaches star said about the musician Nino Rota, who wrote the music for the three Godfather movies.
The wedding that was planned on the spot worked out great. The couple had their only child, Sophie, in just two years. Sophie is now 36 years old and works as a singer. Sophia is in the 2015 movie Irrational Man, which was directed by Woody Allen.
But until a few years ago, the singer of “The Rose” and her artist husband, who is best known for his roles in the 1980s movie The Kipper Kids, did not have any pictures from their magical Las Vegas wedding to look back on.
This happened after they had been married for at least thirty years. They got a gift in the mail.
When asked to explain, Midler said on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2021, “Apparently, there was a photographer there.” The pictures they got were sent to us when the Starlight Chapel closed its doors almost five years ago. Things we had never seen before were shown to us.
There have been many years since then, and some of them have not been easy.
The “Wind Beneath My Wings” singer said that her relationship with von Haselberg used to rest a lot on compromise and their desire to be the best parents for Sophie. People will find out about this secret when they celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary the following year.
Midler was described in Closer as saying, “We used to fight bitterly.” She then said that having Sophie made them rethink what was most important to them. We thought about having a child for a long time before deciding to do so. There is no way that we are going to hurt that child. We decided to stay together until things got better, which they did.
Von Haselberg thought that putting family first was the most important thing. For the former performance actor who quit his job as a commodities trader to help his wife’s career and raise their daughter, “There was a conscious effort to create exactly the life we have.”
The “First Wives Club” star is talking about her husband, whom she calls the “greatest father,” all the time.It is without a doubt that my partner is the best dad who has ever lived. It was him who taught Sophie a new language. The singer also said, “He has been there for me for a very long time. He taught her how to cook.” Many things have been given up for him.
The woman with a strong will then says that Midler has taught her how to settle, which is something she had never done before.
“It is really hard to listen.” And give in. “The hardest thing of all is to make a compromise,” the Stepford Wives star said. She also said she learned how important it is to be responsible. I think the most upsetting thing is the blame…Since you don’t want to be the one to take care of everything by yourself. To give duty to someone else is the goal. But to be honest, you should figure out how not to do that.
The parents were “over the moon” when they walked their daughter down the aisle at her 2020 wedding because Covid 19 was there. But there were only eleven people at the wedding.That really was a wonderful event. Midler said that her daughter and son-in-law, Harry J. N. Guinness, were having a great time while she was talking to them. They drank all night long while they were awake. “It was fun for them.”
Some of you may be wondering if Elvis showed up or not. He didn’t.
It makes us happy to hear about couples who love each other so much that they find a way to make their relationship work. These days, that doesn’t happen very often in Hollywood.
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