Love is in the air. Or at least it is in New York, where the former mayor of the Big Apple has finally married his partner... after 26 years together. We are talking about the mogul Michael Bloomberg (84) - who governed the city from 2002 to 2013 - and the financier and former banker Diana Taylor (71).
"26 years after fate brought them together, Mike Bloomberg and Diana Taylor have married. The couple, who have been together for over two decades, exchanged their wedding vows today in a small private ceremony held at their home in the Upper East Side," a statement published on social media this Monday indicates.
The same statement mentions that the couple met when they coincided at a Citizens Budget Commission meeting in 2000, when he was running for mayor of New York for the first time... and since then, they have not separated. In fact, as Taylor recounted six years ago, the politician asked her to "go out for a drink" the same day they met.
Normally, Bloomberg and Taylor do not usually talk about their relationship in public. However, in 2011, he gave an interview to Harper's Bazaar in which he stated he was smitten with the executive. "In addition to having a big heart and a sharp sense of humor, she is an incredible person. She has always sought to take on big challenges and loves to get things done," he noted.
Furthermore, Michael emphasized that Taylor was "very smart, very determined, very insightful and capable of doing anything" and assured that if she ever decided to run for public office, he would vote for her. But that was not the only occasion when the millionaire expressed admiration for his wife that same year.
On December 31, 2011, the then mayor kissed Lady Gaga - yes, the very Lady Gaga - during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square. And when the media asked him about the kiss, Bloomberg laughed and said that, in reality, his best kiss had been with his girl, not with the singer.
And if they were so in love, why didn't they marry earlier? In 2019, host Gayle King asked Bloomberg that question, and he, with his classic humor, replied "because we've only been living together for 19 years." "I think I can also speak for her: neither of us plans to change this situation," he added.
However, they changed their minds and this week, the couple celebrated their love with a meal for 15 people, attended by some friends and family. Among them were Bloomberg's two daughters. They are Emma and Georgina, who were born from his marriage to his ex-wife Susan Brown.
For her part, Taylor has no children. "I've never had kids because there has never been anyone I wanted to have them with," she jokingly stated in 2020 to The Washington Post. However, she has assured on numerous occasions that she is happy with her role as a "stepmother," as she has become a friend to her now-husband's daughters.