EXCLUSIVE: Sex Education’s Jemima Kirke says marriage is ‘less permanent’ than a TATTOO – as she admits she is willing to ‘wait’ for love and avoid apps after splitting from her second husband Alex Cameron

Sex education actress Jemima Kirke has compared tying the knot to getting a tattoo, claiming it is not ‘permanent’.

The twice-married actress, who rose to fame with her iconic role as Jessa Johansson in Lena Dunham’s hit TV series Girls, also admitted she would opt for a shotgun wedding if she said ‘I do’ for the third time.

Jemima, 38, split from her second husband, Alex Cameron, 33, earlier this year. She was previously married to attorney Michael Mosberg from 2009 to 2017.

She told DailyMail.com exclusively at the 2023 Glamor Women of the Year event: ‘I think shotgun weddings are always a good idea anyway because they are reversible.

‘It’s not a child, you’re not having a baby, you’re having a wedding! The tradition has already been bastardized, so it’s okay, it’s just a big celebration and it’s fun, it’s like getting a tattoo, but even less permanent!’

Jemima, 35, and musician Alex Cameron, 33, pictured here in April 2019, split earlier this year

Jemima married her first husband, lawyer Michael Mosberg, in 2009, but the couple divorced in 2017

When asked if she would find love again in the future, Jemima revealed that she is “willing to wait” to meet someone in real life, rather than using dating apps like Tinder or Hinge.

“With dating, I know it’s really hard not to meet on apps and the world has changed, but if it can happen organically that would be great, wouldn’t it?” she said, before adding, “I’m willing to wait for it!”

Born in London but raised in New York City, Jemima says being a Brit in the Big Apple has its advantages thanks to the way she speaks.

“Well, you have one because you have the accent,” she said. “It’s sexy and intriguing, men love it, people love it.”

But she added, “In New York, everyone is busy, busy, busy and completely overwhelmed, with too much to do and having a nervous breakdown.

“It’s like they run past you and if they get a chance to talk, it’s a lot and I don’t know. Are they even listening?’

Jemima currently lives in Brooklyn with her two children, daughter Rafella, 13, and son Memphis, 10, whom she shares with her first husband.

In May, Jemima confirmed in an interview that she was single again GQ in which she discussed how it can become “harder” to be with someone the longer two people are together.

Jemima, pictured here with Alex in September 2022, previously said falling in love is ‘a huge risk’

Jemima joked that getting married is ‘kind of like getting a tattoo, but even less permanent’

Jemima pictured with editor-in-chief of Glamor magazine Samantha Barry on November 7

“What I’ve learned lately is that everything comes to an end,” she told the publication. “And that doesn’t necessarily mean all relationships end, although most do. But at least one era of a relationship will come to an end.

‘But you know, falling in love is a huge risk. And as fun as it is, as you get older, it’s something you really need to take into account if you’re able to handle it. It’s getting harder, I think. Well it depends, I mean I’m single now.’

Jemima also opened up about becoming a mother at the age of 26 while filming the first season of Girls.

“I just felt like a cow and a chick,” she explained. ‘I thought more about what I didn’t have than about what I did have. Because all I saw was a baby. And of course I loved the baby.

‘But I wanted the baby and I wanted to go out with my friends and I wanted to go to the studio and have a career. When you’re that age, we’re often not very good at thinking that this moment isn’t forever.’