Estée and Joseph Lauder remained married until his death in 1982, and she later regretted her divorce, saying that she married young and assumed that she had missed out on life but soon found out that she had the "sweetest husband in the world."
Estée e Joseph Lauder permaneceron casados ata a morte del en 1982, e ela arrepentiuse do seu divorcio, dicindo que casara moi nova e asumiu que perdera a súa vida mais axiña se deu de conta que tiña "o marido máis doce do mundo".