Don’t call Eva Longoria a “fiancee.” The Telenovela star hasn’t settled on any wedding details yet—there’s no venue, and no wedding dress—but she and longtime love Jose “Pepe” Baston have “been calling each other husband and wife for a while,” she told Us Weekly. “The word ‘fiancée’ feels like I got demoted!”
The two haven’t, of course, exchanged vows just yet—despite the fact that she wears what looks like a wedding ring alongside her engagement ring. In fact, they’ve only been engaged for two months. (He proposed in Dubai last December.) But they have, she said, called each other “husband and wife” since before the proposal. “We feel married,” she told Us.
The twice-married/twice-divorced former Desperate Housewives star says she learned from her previous relationships, and what she learned will make her next marriage stronger: “What makes my relationship with Pepe so much sweeter is that I don’t put pressure on myself or the idea of marriage as much as I did when I was younger,” she told Us. “I wanted to walk down the aisle, I wanted a dress, I wanted the church. Once you realize a wedding isn’t a marriage, then you can learn to appreciate it more, and it lessens the expectations when you’ve gone through it.”
“I used to care so deeply about all of those things that peck away at a relationship. If I let go of the reins, I know Pepe knows how to drive, and I trust that. I’ve found patience to relax and let go.”
Read the full Us Weekly interview here.