Yahoo Lifestyle Robin Wright on life after Sean Penn: 'I've never been happier'
Robin Wright has opened up about her relationship with fiancé Ben Foster. Photo: Getty Images
Robin Wright credits her relationship with ex-husband Sean Penn for helping her learn how to be happy.
The 48-year-old House of Cards star spoke candidly about her 14-year-marriage to Sean in Vanity Fair's April issue.
"I was pregnant and ostensibly married at 24. You hear people say how they have ‘arrived,’ but it was just always there, waiting to come out. For me, it just took a long time. I’m 48. I’m finally a person. I think I’m finally ready," she said.
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Robin and Sean, 54, were married from 1996-2010 and share children, Dylan, 23, and Hopper, 21.
Despite the demise of their marriage, the Grammy-winning actress admits she has nothing but "respect" for her ex-husband.
She explained: "I’m not in the business of talking about what 'isn’t. My eyes are set forward and I’ve never been happier. I have too much respect for Sean and our two extraordinary children to sell our past joys and woes for public consumption and fodder.
"I believe we were together not only to have our beautiful children but to learn how to love," she mused. "For the next time around, the right way. And then, what I’m looking for in people now is kindness."
Robin and Sean were married for 14 years, from 1996-2010. Photo: Getty Images
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That said, Robin did dish on her relationship with 34-year-old Ben, whom she met on the set of Rampart in 2011.
"I’ve never been happier in my life than I am today. Perhaps it’s not ladylike [to say], but I’ve never laughed more, read more, or come more than with Ben," she revealed.
"He inspires me to be the best of myself. There’s so much to learn. It’s endless. How great! It took me a long time to grow up. Love is possible as life is possible."
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