Letterman and Lasko wed in Montana

NEW YORK, March 23 (UPI) -- David Letterman told the audience at the taping of his talk show in New York Monday that he has married his girlfriend Regina Lasko.

The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace with the longtime couple's 5-year-old son Harry in attendance, People.com reported.

"On Thursday, at 3 p.m., March 19, 2009, at the Teton County Courthouse in Choteau, Mont, I was married to Regina Lasko," Letterman said during the taping of "Late Show with David Letterman" just after congratulating actor Bruce Willis for getting married last week.

"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,'" Usmagazine.com quoted him as saying. "I had avoided getting married pretty good for, like, 23 years, and I -- 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, you know what I'm saying?"

It is the second marriage for Letterman, 61, whose 8-year marriage to Michelle Cook ended in divorce in 1977.