Donna Mills, 85, Reveals Why She Never Married: "I'm So Freaking Independent"

Donna Mills has never been one to follow a script, and at 85 she’s still writing her own. On the“Still Here Hollywood Podcast,”the former“Knots Landing”star explained why she never got married, even though she’s been with actor Larry Gilman since 2001.“I just didn’t ever want to be subject to whatever you have to do when you get married,”she said. Then she summed it up perfectly:“I am so freaking independent. I just am.”

That independence shows up in how she and Gilman run their relationship. They’ve built a shared life across 25 years, but they keep their finances separate. Mills also adopted her daughter Chloe in 1994 at age 54, and she’s now a grandmother, though she’s got one request: she wants her grandson to call her“Glamma,”and her daughter is not on board.

If that weren’t enough, Mills made headlines over the summer by launching an OnlyFans account in July at 85. The takeaway? She’s proving that independence, love, and reinvention don’t have an age limit. So what do you think: is marriage a must-have or totally optional? Drop your take in the comments.