Donna Mills on why she never married despite decades-long romance: 'I was always so independent'

"Knots Landing" star Donna Mills is revealing the reason that she has never walked down the aisle despite her 25-year romance with actor Larry Gilman.During a recent appearance on the "Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko," the 85-year-old actress, who has been in a relationship with Gilman, 76, since 2001, opened up about why she has chosen to avoid marriage."I was always so independent," she told Kmetko."I’m still very independent."Donna Mills revealed why she has never tied the knot despite her decades-long romance with actor Larry Gilman.

(Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Universal)RITA WILSON IGNORED HER MOTHER'S OLD-SCHOOL MARRIAGE ADVICE, AND IT LED HER TO TOM HANKS"I just didn’t ever want to be subject to whatever you have to do when you get married," Mills continued."I also didn’t want to say I was going to love somebody forever.""I don’t know if I would do that or not," she admitted with a laugh.‘CHARLIE’S ANGELS’ STAR JACLYN SMITH LIVED APART FROM HER HUSBAND FOR 17 YEARS DURING THEIR 35-YEAR LOVE STORYMills shared the topic of marriage had also come up between herself and her daughter Chloe, who recently tied the knot herself.Mills said her daughter Chloe also asked her why she never married.  (Getty Images)"It’s funny because my daughter asked me that.

My daughter just got married," Mills said."And she just had a baby."After Kmetko told her that she didn't "look like a grandmother," Mills pointed to a necklace she was wearing that was inscribed with the word "Grandma," which she said was a gift from Chloe."She gave me this, and I wear it all the time," Mills said.Mills explained that she and Chloe have had many conversations about what name her grandson would call her."And I said, "'Oh, I know.

Glamma,'" Mills told Kmetko with a laugh."But she didn't like that."The Daytime Emmy Award winner Chloe adopted as a newborn in 1994 when she was 54.

Seven years later, Mills began dating Gilman, whom she has described as an "incredibly...