By April MacIntyre Mar 24, 2009, 2:05 GMT
Late-night talk show host David Letterman shared the news that he married his longtime girlfriend, Regina Lasko, last week, according to a transcript of the taping of his Monday night show.
David Letterman, courtesy of NBC
Letterman shocked even his house band and producers as he announced his nuptials - held at the courthouse in Choteau, Montana, on Thursday, according to quotes from CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" sent out by Letterman's publicist, Tom Keaney.
"Regina and I began dating in February of 1986, and I said, 'Well, things are going pretty good, let's just see what happens in about 10 years ...," he joked during the taping.
"I had avoided getting married pretty good.. for, like, 23 years, and ... honestly, whether this happened or not, I secretly felt that men who were married admired me -- like I was the last of the real gunslingers."
Lasko was once a "Late Show" staffer. Letterman and Lasko have one son.
Letterman shared an anecdote about the wedding in Montana.
"So I get out of the truck and I walk two miles back to the house into a 50 mph wind. It's not Beverly Hills, it's Montana, for God's sakes,' " he said. "And the whole way, I'm thinking, 'See, smartass? See? See? You try to get married, this is what happens.' "
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