Saturday, July 19, 2008

Salama Hayek and François Pinault Cancels Engagement




They say absence makes the heart grows fonder. However Salma Hayek and her billionaire boyfriend's hearts has something different to say after all. The celebrity couple has called of their engagement because the could not work out a long distance relationship.

While Salma Hayek lived a long part of the year in Los Angeles, with the couple’s 10-month-old daughter, Valentina Paloma, her luxury brand billionare Boyfriend Mr Pinault, meanwhile, was away for most of the times at a distance of 5,700 miles away in Paris, France.

Francois Pinault owns several high profile luxury brands including, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, among numerous others.

The Frenchman is known to be an workaholic who also works on weekends and is known for working regular 12 hour days, putting his all into his family businesses.

The hot couple met in Venice in May 2006, and gradually began to date.Valentina Paloma, Miss Hayek’s first child, was born last year in LA. She was a third child for Mr Pinault, who has two children from his earlier marriage.

Commenting on his latest split, a close friend of Mr Pinault said: 'Both François-Henri and Salma are heartbroken, but given the huge geographical distance between them, they just couldn’t make things work."

source: dailymail