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Jon Hamm covers this weekend's Parade magazine, and in the interview he talks about his parents, his childhood and how he doesn't plan to marry Jennifer Westfeldt, his longtime girlfriend and the "love of his life." Here are some excerpts, read a longer preview here.

At a party in 1997, he met Westfeldt, best known for co-writing and starring in the 2001 comedy Kissing Jessica Stein. Later he helped her rehearse lines for an audition.
"She didn't get the part, which may be my fault, but she got the guy."

Why they're not in a hurry to get married.
"I don't have the marriage chip, and neither of us have the greatest examples of marriages in our families. But Jen is the love of my life, and we've already been together four times longer than my parents were married."

Nor is he rushing to have children.
"I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop."

How he and Westfeldt deal with the attention he gets as a sex symbol.
"That kind of stuff is only present if you give it attention. If it's not reflected back, it goes away. It's not like I'm Justin Bieber or anything."

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Comments

[OneSlackMartian]

OMG!! I had no freakin' idea it was a chip. I've just shaved my head looking for the damned thing. Where is it? Where is it?

[Lateef Murdock]

Is this guy the new George Clooney?

[KODKOD]

Most definitely!

[jeplanet]

Kissing Jessica Stein is an adorable movie!!
They make a cutie-pie couple, and I agree; if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[ChrisDWard]

Hey, if it ain't broke, who are we to say it needs fixing?

[SOOKOOYAH GURL]

He's gorgeous, I'd have his undercover baby!!

[WisdomFirst]

Marriage, as an institution, I believe, is passe. If you have kids, yes, maybe an argument can be made there to be officially married. But all too often, people grow and change during a marriage, and then one day you find yourself facing the spectre of having to extricate yourself legally from all of your years of entanglement. If you love someone and they love you, you'll stay together, and if you fall out of love, you should be able to move on without excessive legal problems. A marriage certificate is not some kind of magic potion to keep a marriage together.

[LindaInAus]

I do a lot of genealogy (traced over 5K of my ancestors) and I've always noticed how, back in the 1600s and 1700s for example, people had 2, 3 or even 4 spouses.

One reason was so many women died in childbirth. Or husbands died due to sickness (that has an easy cure/treatment nowadays) or died in war, etc.

I have very few ancestors who actually had only one spouse his/her entire life. Almost all of them had 2-4 different spouses.

I think it must be only in the 20th century that the entire concept of staying married to the same person for life originated. Before modern medicine it wasn't even a possibility.

[AnotherTry]

He better hope he's never called to testify against her.

[HispanicDidi]

Yep, because that's what marriage is about: legal protection against all odds. Right?

[AnotherTry]

Listen up ladies. This is the price you pay for dating gay guys.

[KODKOD]

Jon Hamm gay???

[000005]

Nah, he is not gay. C'mon, everytime there a celebrity is hot he's got to be gay. Why is that people?? Which of the two: Jealously or wishful thinking?

[Mondayboy]

good for you....but do u have the gay chip?

[Trillian4210]

Le sigh....

[reggieb]

likable guy

[panasonic52]

As long as they are both in agreement, it's fine that they don't want a ceremony. Now if she expected to get married at some point, that would just be cruel lol. Good thing that's not the case. But honestly, they're "married"...just without all the legal implications. They've been together for a really long time, and they love each other a lot.

[lucyfurr]

"Marriage" has several definitions- many of which don't include a ceremony. Look it up. 13 years and she is the "love of his life". Between their hearts they are already married. Why this need to push traditional ceremonies on others. Live and let live.

[awa611]

Marriage is such a joke, anymore. The number of people willing to blow all kinds of money for the ceremony when they could be using it for a house, car, bills, education, savings, whatever. And then a good portion of them get divorced in a couple years. I just don't get it. Why the need to promote a relationship to everyone else just to feel legitimate?

[Jced]

Jon..... I'll say it again! You do not have to marry me....He is one Hunky, Juicy, Man. I love the look of confidence in this guy! Very Sexy confidence. Lucky Girl that Jennifer.

[MissingAmerica]

I really like and respect this guy's attitude and honest approach to their relationship! May you and your love live a long, happy and successful life, even if it is as an unmarried, childless couple!