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Gillian Anderson says it would “be the end” of her relationship with playwright partner if they lived together

Gillian Anderson says it would “be the end” of her relationship with playwright partner if they lived together - PA
Gillian Anderson says it would “be the end” of her relationship with playwright partner if they lived together - PA

Gillian Anderson has said that it would “be the end” of her relationship with her playwright partner if they lived together, as their separate homes means she is free from doing his household chores.

The X-Files star revealed that her and her partner the playwright, screenwriter and creator of Netflix’s The Crown Peter Morgan, do not live together despite having been in a relationship for three years.

“My partner and I don't live together. If we did, that would be the end of us,” she said in an interview with The Sunday Times Style magazine.

Anderson, who has been married twice before said their living arrangement meant it “feels so special when we do come together”.

She added that by remaining in separate households (Anderson has three children and Morgan has five) she didn’t have the fear of losing her house - or having to pick up his dirty laundry.

“There is nothing locking us in, nothing that brings up that fear of "oh gosh, I can't leave because what will happen to the house, how will we separate?"

“I start to miss the person I want to be with, which is a lovely feeling.

“And it is so huge for me to be able to see a pair of trousers left lying on the floor at my partner's house and to step over them and not feel it is my job to do something about it,” she said.

The actor also revealed that following her last break-up a friend had encouraged her to write a list of “needs and wants” in a future partner, which she said “made it clear” who would be a good pairing.

“If you go on a date with someone and realise they won’t meet, say, three of those needs, then they are not the person for you,” she said.

Anderson has one daughter, Piper, 25 with her ex-husband Clyde Klotz and two sons, Oscar, 13, and Felix, 11, with her ex-boyfriend Mark Griffiths - who she split from in 2012.

The Bafta nominee and Golden Globe winner is set to appear in the fourth season of The Crown, as she takes on the role of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

She is currently promoting the second season of the Netflix original series Sex Education, where she plays a sex therapist and mother to lead character Otis.

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