Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Alan Cumming Ties The Knot With Grant Shaffer

Actor Alan Cumming has married his long-time love Grant Shaffer for the second time.
The couple celebrated the fifth anniversary of their civil partnership in London by exchanging vows in New York this weekend.
The 46-year-old Scot revealed the news on Twitter, writing: 'I just got married!' He posted a picture of the overjoyed couple embracing after the nuptials, held at the Soho Grand Hotel.
In the picture, Cumming and Shaffer are seen smiling and hugging while their are applauded by their friends and family.
'I just got married!' Alan Cumming revealed that he exchanged vows with Grant Shaffer over the weekend in New York
The Good Wife star wrote later: 'On the 5th anniversary of our wedding in London Grant and I tied the knot again in NYC!!! #eatmericksantorum'
His message 'Eat me Rick Santorum' refers to the candidate Republican nomination for president, who is vocal in his opposition to gay marriage.
The couple, who reside in New York, were first married at the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich on January 7, 2007 after two years of dating.
At 21, Cumming married his RSADA classmate Hilary Lyon.
Overjoyed: The celebration took place on the five year anniversary of the couple's civil partnership in London
They split eight years later, and Cumming was later engaged to his Circle of Friends co-star Saffron Burrows.
The X Men star, who was awarded an OBE in 2009, has labelled himself as bisexual in previous interviews.
Speaking to Oasis magazine in 2007, he said it had always been known among his inner circle, but he felt the need to 'come out' publicly.
'It was all sort of there, but when you become more famous then you realize you've got to say something... just to clarify it and talk about it, and make sure it was talked about in terms that I approved of because people try and claim you, I think. The gay community tries to claim you, the straight community tries to claim you.'
Long time love: The actor has been with Shaffer since 2005
'But I felt that was more for press stuff, because I just felt I was being misrepresented a lot of the time, mostly with people saying I was straight.
'It is confusing for people because I'd been married before. Now I'm married again, to a man, but I'd been married to a woman, and gone out with women. And then, I hadn't really had regular relationships with men, long-term ones, I mean.

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