Charlize Theron once declared she wouldn't marry until gay marriage was legalized in the U.S., but now she says she's swearing off marriage altogether. In a new interview on CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight,' the Oscar-winning actress discussed her stance on gay marriage and revealed that she doesn't see marriage in her future.
"I'll be the first to say, here on your show, marriage -- before I felt this way about [marriage equality] -- was never something that was important to me. I don't know the exact reason for that," Theron said.
"Some would say because I came from a very troubled marriage," she said. "My parents did not have a good marriage, but I don't think it's that."
"When government starts to tell us who can love and what is good love, whether government or a government built on a certain religion, I do have a problem with that," she said. "If you want to bring it back to the politics...I do have a problem with the fact that our government hasn't stepped up enough to make this federal, to make [gay marriage] legal."
Theron, who split from longtime boyfriend Stuart Townsend in January, says she'll be happy just having a meaningful relationship with someone.
"I really want for myself a long-term relationship, and I have been in long-term relationships...That's the kind of union that I want," she said. "The actual ceremony is not something that is important to me -- but I see the importance for other people."
"I don't want to get married because right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights," Theron said at the time, adding, "I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself."
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