RHOMStar Marysol Patton Reveals Why She Finally Legally Married Her Husband Steve McNamara

Mar. 15, 2025

Marysol Patton and Steve McNamara.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty

Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty

ForMarysol Patton, mortality and marriage go hand-in-hand.

During a live taping ofTeddi MellencampandTamra Judge’sTwo Ts in a Podpodcast on Friday, Nov. 1, theReal Housewives of Miamistar, 57, revealed why she finally legally married her husband Steve McNamara in Florida after multiple international weddings. It was not just for love, but practical reasons as well.

“Listen, we all are going to get older. We’re all going to have to face mortality,” Patton said at the event, held at iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, Calif. “I’ve lost a lot of friends in the last year. I’ve lost my parents. I’m living with an amazing man, and we’ve been married everywhere in the world except for Florida where it’s legal.”

Marysol Patton and Steve McNamara.Alexander Tamargo/Getty

Alexander Tamargo/Getty

She continued, “So I said to him, and we both agreed, to be able to take care of each other when we get older: ‘I need you to make decisions, to be my health surrogate. I need you to access my funds and vice versa so we can take care of each other in the long run.’ "

“I don’t have children so who’s going to do that for me?” Patton added.

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Patton and McNamara — who initially wed in Tulum, Mexico, in April 2021 —renewed their vowsin a rustic ceremony held at historic Ardgowan Castle in Glasgow, Scotland, in July 2023.

Steve McNamara and Marysol Patton.Alexander Tamargo/Getty

“My mom predicted I would get married again and again and again. So I am — to Steve!” Patton said at the time. “We are already planning the next one, and it’s going to be fabulous.”

An official release date for season 7 ofThe Real Housewives of Miamihas yet to be announced.

source: people.com