Sarah Paulson Defended Her Love for 32-Years-Older Holland Taylor — Inside Her Home in Malibu Where Couple Enjoys Spending Time

• Sarah Paulson found the love of her life in 32-year-older Holland Taylor, yet it took ten years for them to start dating.
• Paulson clapped back at haters slamming her relationship with Taylor.
• The "American Horror Story" actress showed her cozy 3-room house in Malibu, where she enjoys spending time with her partner.

Award-winning actresses Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor are a Hollywood couple. The two women first met over a decade ago at a dinner party in 2005. However, they were both involved with other people at the time.

Nevertheless, their connection was undeniable, and Paulson seemed smitten by Taylor, raving about her exceptional beauty later.

The pair reunited again when fellow actress Martha Plimpton asked them to record videos for her reproductive rights organization, A Is For.

After that project, the actresses, who had only started dating after a decade, followed each other on Twitter and exchanged direct messages.

In January 2019, during an episode of "Watch What Happens Live!," Paulson, who once described Taylor as "probably the most exquisitely beautiful woman I'd ever seen," revealed she and Taylor "sort of breezed by one another." When asked if Holland slid into her DMs, Paulson said:

"Yeah, she actually did! It's pretty great!"

The two ladies later went out to dinner, and their romance developed from there. Paulson and Taylor officially confirmed their relationship in 2015.

The showbiz stars have become an "iconic" pairing to the public for being a staple LGBTQIA+ relationship in Hollywood, moreover, for their 32-year age difference.

The duo previously stated that the reception over their romance has been welcoming despite their age gap. Still, in a 2018 interview, Paulson said people accused her of having "mommy issues."

How Paulson Defended Her Relationship with Taylor

When asked again about people who have an issue about the age gap in their relationship during a September 2020 interview, Paulson explained that it had more to do "with our own ageist thinking and the idea that to be old is to cease to have any desire."

The "American Horror Story" star expressed how protective she is when it comes to her loved ones; adding anyone who says "disrespectful" things about them makes her want to act violently.

Paulson is 48, and Taylor is 80. Regarding the mothering accusations, Paulson divulged, "I parent her as much as she parents me."

Over the years, fans have expressed their disapproval of the couple's relationship online. In April 2016, one person wrote on Twitter, "I just remembered Holland Taylor was dating Sarah Paulson and ???? That's. Weird."

Another user shared the same sentiments in November 2018, writing that although she was not against people loving who they want to love, she found it "a LITTLE strange" for Paulson and Taylor being a couple, mainly due to their age difference, adding that it is "weird."

A third social media user penned this in January 2019: "I support Sarah and Holland's relationship, but I still find it weird, and I don't know why if I'm the first one having mama issues, I deserve to get punched in the face."

In July 2020, a fourth asked other Twitter users whether they were aware that Paulson and Taylor are an item, adding, "That's so weird." That same year in September 2020, someone else tweeted, "Sarah Paulson is dating 77-year-old Holland Taylor that's so weird."

Two years later, in November 2022, one Twitter user penned, "No one talks about Sarah and Holland being inappropriate with their age gap and the scissor chaffing."

In February 2023, one person wrote, "Some age gaps do strike me as weird. Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor or Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble are some more age gaps that I personally wouldn't be comfortable with myself."

Unfazed by the online critics, on January 14, 2022, Paulson paid a heartfelt tribute to the Emmy Award-winning veteran star on her Instagram. Alongside Taylor's selfie, she captioned her post:

"Love of my life. The one. The only one. January 14th is my favorite day of the year- a day to unabashedly celebrate you, @hollandvtaylor. I am the luckiest of the lucky. I love you only. Happy Birthday magical poet darling."

What Does Paulson's Malibu Home Look Like?

Aside from defending her relationship, Paulson nurtures the relationship, living in her cozy, 500-square-foot beach home. She transformed the surf shack into a tailor-made retreat with the help of interior designer Amy Kehoe.

The house has three rooms: a bathroom, a bedroom, and a living room/kitchen. It is a home with functional furniture. Her custom furniture is by Waka Waka and Green River Project. There is a scalloped edge wooden table and a custom-made gray couch.

The most open space in the house is the white-themed kitchen with transom windows at the top that brings in natural light. The white cabinets feature green marble countertops.

When she invited Architectural Digest into her humble abode, the Emmy Award winner talked about her most prized possession in the kitchen space that hangs up on the wall. She divulged:

"My partner Holland Taylor got me this incredible piece of art by this incredible artist named Patricia Iglesias. […] For my birthday, she got me this painting on linen."

She has a fabric curtain that separates the living room/kitchen from her bedroom, which features a bold wallpaper in aubergine. Paulson shared she usually cuddles with her dogs in her bedroom on her cashmere blanket. Her bathroom has floor-to-ceiling zellige tile.

The exterior of her home is dark purple, and she has a tiny backyard with a seating area and a round table. The space also features an outdoor shower.

Because her getaway home is on the beach, the Golden Globe Award winner added some elements of the ocean to it, such as her coffee table and countertops.

Paulson revealed she loves taking a stroll on the beach. In June 2022, she and her longtime partner Taylor were pictured enjoying a walk on the beach with their two dogs in Malibu, California.

She wore a baggy gray sweatshirt, a baseball cap, and light-wash blue jeans for the outing. While the "Two and a Half Men" alum donned a white long-sleeved top paired with black pants, white sneakers, a pale pink scarf, and a black baseball cap. This is Taylor's first public relationship.