Supermodel Megan Gale has revealed the real reason why she has not rushed to the altar to tie the knot with her fiancé Shaun Hampson.
The long-term couple share two children and have already been engaged for seven years, but don’t have any wedding plans on the horizon.
Megan, 49, has now revealed that she isn’t in a rush to tie the knot with her partner of 14 years Shaun, 36, because the thought of planning a wedding is ‘exhausting’.
The actress made the surprising comment during the latest episode of Stellar’s Something to Talk About podcast.
‘It has been the longest engagement ever,’ she joked before going on to discuss why she hasn’t walked down the aisle yet.
‘Look, it was always something […] that we were in no rush to do.
Supermodel Megan Gale has revealed the real reason why she has not rushed to the altar to tie the knot with her fiancé Shaun Hampson after 14 years together
‘Traditionally everyone’s like: get engaged, plan the wedding, have the kids.
‘I’ve never been a really big wedding girl. The whole lot seems like a lot of work for me. I’m just exhausted thinking about it,’ she added.
Megan said that for her, having a family was a much bigger priority than having a large wedding.
Megan and former AFL champion Shaun had welcomed their two children – a son River, 10, and daughter Rosie, seven – before he popped the question in 2017.
‘[We] thought, the kids are here. Let’s wait til they’re old enough to be involved [in a wedding] and remember it,’ she added.
However, Megan didn’t rule out having a wedding altogether as she admitted it would be ‘nice’ to exchange vows with Shaun ‘one day’.
The couple first started dating in 2010 and Megan has previously revealed the secret to their happy and healthy relationship.
‘I think communication is key for any relationship and we do that so well,’ Megan told Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur on Channel Seven’s The Morning Show back in 2019.
The long-term couple share two children – a son River, 10, and daughter Rosie, seven – and have already been engaged for seven years, but don’t have any wedding plans on the horizon
‘He’s awesome, he’s just the best dad and we parent really well together.’
But it hasn’t always been smooth-sailing for the couple as they initially struggled with the public perception of their relationship when they first started dating.
Megan previously revealed how she was labelled a ‘cougar’ because of her 12-year age gap with Shaun, something they both found difficult.
‘It was being turned into something scandalous,’ she confessed.
‘I was being called a cougar, he was being called a toyboy.’
Shaun told how the attention as ‘horrible’ adding: ‘You don’t plan this stuff. I hadn’t planned on falling for her the way I did. I just wanted to be with her all the time.’
Perth-born star Megan first rose to fame in 1999 after starring in advertisements for an Italian telecommunication company.
She then went on to become ‘the face of Australia in Italy’ for the Australian Tourist Commission in 2003.
Megan, 49, revealed that she isn’t in a rush to tie the knot with her partner of 14 years Shaun, 36, because the thought of planning a wedding is ‘exhausting’
Megan has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including Mad Max: Fury Road and The Water Diviner.
Last year, the model revealed she is open to return to modelling, 16 years after she retired from the industry.
And in a huge career move in September, Megan rekindled her partnership with David Jones, re-signing as an ambassador for the iconic department store.
Megan, who first signed with David Jones in 2001 and held the role until 2013, has rejoined the brand in a multi-year deal.
It came after Megan gushed over how much she enjoyed her one-off return to the catwalk for David Jones’ 185th anniversary back in March 2023.