David Letterman finally marries longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko
Filo/AP David Letterman is now a married man.
After two decades and one son, David Letterman finally married his longtime girlfriend, Regina Lasko - and of course, he cracked wise about it.
"They say, 'Well, why did it take you so long to get married?' and, of course, the answer honestly is we wanted to make sure we had the prenup just right," he joked.
The TV host tied the knot at a courthouse in Montana on Thursday and announced the big news at Monday's taping of CBS' "Late Show" in Manhattan.
"I had avoided getting married pretty good for, like, 23 years," he said. "I secretly felt that men who were married admired me - like I was the last of the real gunslingers."
Letterman, 61, didn't explain why he decided to bite the bullet, but he noted that when he headed to the courthouse in a pickup truck with Lasko, 49, and their 5-year-old son, Harry, they got stuck in the mud.
"So now we think, 'Well, somebody'll come. No, nobody comes along. Nobody comes along - it's Thursday afternoon, who's coming along, Zorro?
"So I get out of the truck and I walk 2 miles back to the house into a 50-mile-an-hour wind. It's not Beverly Hills, it's Montana, for God's sake. And the whole way, I'm thinking, 'See, smart ass, see, see, you try to get married, this is what happens. See, well, you've got nobody to blame but yourself....
"So then we get in the car and Harry says, 'Are we still going into town?' and I said, 'Yes, we are,' and he gets very upset because mom had told him if I wasn't back in an hour, the deal was off."
Letterman and Lasko had dated since 1986. He was previously married to his college sweetheart but seemed to be in no rush the second time around.
Two days before the courthouse wedding, he was flirting like mad with Julia Roberts, who teased him about his unmarried status.
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David Letterman has married his girlfriend of more than 20 years.David Letterman, host of the late night American television show ''Late Show with David Letterman'', has married his girlfriend of 23 years, he told studio audience during a taping of his show on Monday.

Letterman, 61, announced he and Regina Lasko, with whom he has a five-year old son, were wed in a courthouse ceremony in Choteau in Teton County, Montana last week, near the ranch they own together.

"They say, 'Well, why did it take you so long to get married?' and, of course, the answer honestly is we wanted to make sure we had the prenup just right," Letterman joked.

Letterman and Lasko began their relationship in 1986. Their son, Harry, was present for the ceremony. The late night talk show host previously swore off marriage after his 1977 divorce with Michelle Cook.

"I secretly felt that men who were married admired me ... like I was the last of the real gunslingers," Letterman said during his Monday show, where he made the announcement shortly after congratulating Bruce Willis for getting married last week.

Letterman told the audience he nearly missed the ceremony because his truck became stuck in mud two miles from their house. The ceremony was delayed one hour while Letterman walked back in 50 mile per hour winds to get his car.

"And the whole way, I'm thinking, 'See ... you try to get married and this is what happens,'" he said.