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Celebrity Life Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. Salma Hayek’s interview about her passion for making her own money despite being married to a billionaire has severely backfired.

The actress, 58, tried to slam the misconception that she married super-wealthy François-Henri Pinault, 62, for money by revealing that they “keep their finances separate” and she is on a quest to make her own fortune. “I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself,” she admitted in the recent edition of The Wall Street Journal . “I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money, and I like it.



And now, I decided, I want to make more.” Salma Hayek is married to billionaire Francois Henri Pinault, who is worth $US20 billion. Picture: Clemens Bilan/Getty Images for Kering Not only is Hayek financially independent from the French businessman – who is the chairman and CEO of luxury group company Kering that owns brands like Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta – but she said there is also “no prenuptial agreement dividing assets”.

According to Forbes , Pinault is worth a staggering $US20.6 billion and is the 99th richest person in the world. In her interview, Hayek said that her husband, who she married in 2009, has long admired her work ethic and hustle.

“I think he finds it kind of sexy,” said Hayek, who is worth a cool $US200 million herself. The internet had some thoughts about the “pres.

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