Salma Hayek dragged for saying she feels ‘pressure’ to make money despite marriage to billionaire

Salma Hayek sparks outrage after saying she feels “pressure” to make her own money despite being married to a businessman worth $US20 billion.

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 “pressures” she felt to make money, with many calling for her to drop the ‘poor little rich girl’ act.

Hayek said they have “no prenuptial agreement dividing assets” should they divorce. Picture: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images

“I have a hard time believing Salma Hayek is struggling to make ends meet,” one user commented on X, while another wrote, “I don’t feel sorry for her, please.”

Her remarks were also met with sarcasm.

“I feel so bad for her! It must be tough to be married to a billionaire!”

“Omg it must be so hard for her!”

“Such a victim.”

“Lordy, being worth 200 million has her feeling pressured?”

In her WSJ interview, Hayek recalled growing up in a wealthy family but her father, who was an oil executive, lost his fortune and they suffered financial hardship.

The actress shares daughter Valentina, 17, with the businessman. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

This would continue in her mid-20s when she was a struggling actress in LA and had to support herself and her family back in Mexico.

“That’s when I became the best version of myself,” she remembered.

“To me, the excitement about having a lot of money was that I didn’t have to think about money, and it turned out all people wanted to talk to me about was money.

“Strangers coming to me that aren’t even friends, but they think we should be friends because they’re rich, too.”

This year marks 15 years of marriage for Hayek and Pinault, who share one daughter Valentina, 17. The actress is also step-mum to Augustin, the businessman’s son with model Linda Evangelista, and his children from his first marriage, François and Mathilde.

Originally published as Salma Hayek dragged for saying she feels ‘pressure’ to make money despite marriage to billionaire