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5 Long-Time Couples Who Are Happily Unwed

These couples don't need wedding rings to prove they're in it for the long haul.
By Charli Penn · Updated October 27, 2020
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Diddy and Cassie

Hip hop mogul Diddy first stepped out with R&B singer Cassie back in 2007. Since then, the couple have been inseperable and very public about their bliss. No talk of weddings to date, but that doesn’t seem to change a thing with these two.

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Miguel and Nazanin Mandi

The chart-topper and his girlfriend of 10 years, Nazanin Mandi, are in no rush to get to the altar. He recently opened up about resisting pressure to say “I do” in a recent radio interview: “I don’t feel pressure because I know that when I commit, I really commit. Now it’s just thrown around because it’s so easy to break up. And I’m just not that kind of person. I’m just not gonna do that. I wouldn’t do that to her. That’s just not how I was raised. I just don’t feel like that would be honorable.”

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Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga

Even after a six-year engagement, singer Jennifer Hudson and her WWE star fiancé Davi Otunga are in no rush to say “I do.” Reporters have tried badger the proud parents of son, David Jr., 6, but if there is a wedding date in the works, mum is always the word.

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Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham

Oprah Winfrey and her longtime love Stedman Graham have been going strong since 1986 with no plans to head to the altar. “If you ever interviewed him, he would tell you that had we married, we would not be together today,” Oprah said of Stedman in a 2013 interview with Access Hollywood, after she attended good friend Tina Turner’s wedding. “Because he’s a traditional man and this is a very untraditional relationship.”

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Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter

Did you know House Of Lies star Don Cheadle has been off the market since 1992? He and longtime partner actress Bridgid Coulter have been together since then and are proud parents to two children. Wedding bells may never ring, but they’re rock solid. (Cheadle never walks a red carpet without his leading lady by his side.)

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