We’ve watched a ton of relationships come crashing down in Hollywood to this point this yr, everybody from Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson to Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet and extra. Heck, the previous couple of years have been a reasonably brutal time for breakups, largely as a result of stress of the pandemic.
However amid all of the heartbreak there’s no less than one couple renewing our religion in love right now. Who? None apart from Leighton Meester and Adam Brody!
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In line with a supply for Us Weekly on Wednesday, the couple couldn’t be extra in love after eight years of marriage. The insider stated:
“They’re in a very nice house. They’re simply as in love with one another as after they met years in the past. It’s laborious to imagine it’s virtually been a decade.”
Awww! Time really flies!
It’s laborious to assume that this romance virtually by no means occurred, nevertheless it’s true! Why? As a result of for the longest time, Adam believed Leighton could be identical to her iconic Gossip Lady character Blair Waldorf IRL! In case you didn’t know, The O.C. alum shared on the Anna Faris Is Unqualified podcast final yr that he met his spouse by way of their mutual teen drama government producer Josh Schwartz when GG began in 2007. They ultimately reconnected on the set of their movie The Oranges later in 2011. However apparently, Adam was a bit of hesitant about Leighton throughout this time:
“She’s a heavenly creature. However I had no thought whether or not she was a very good particular person or not. And, in actual fact, form of assumed she in all probability wasn’t for like the primary handful of years that I didn’t know her, simply because, I don’t know, Gossip Lady. Not that I tagged all actresses with that or something — I didn’t. And I prefer to date actors. I by no means imagine that stigma.”
Even after figuring out Leighton for some time, he nonetheless was not too positive about her. He admitted:
“I assumed she was attractive. And even after we did the film, there was chemistry there, however I used to be seeing somebody. And I used to be like, ‘Oh, she’s cool.’ However I nonetheless didn’t know, and that continued even to after we first began courting, I used to be like, ‘I’m undecided.’ And are available to search out out she’s actually like Joan of Arc. She is, like, the strongest, finest particular person I do know. She is my ethical compass and North Star, and I simply can’t say sufficient good issues about her character.”
Fortunately, his shaky first impression of her didn’t final! They started courting significantly in 2014 — and tied the knot lower than a yr later! The 2 now have a 4-year-old daughter Arlo and a 2-year-old son (whose identify hasn’t been revealed but).
Now, Adam and Leighton teaming up once more, this time for the film The River Wild — a remake of the 1994 motion movie starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon. The Us Weekly supply shared that the 2 are “actually enthusiastic about attending to work collectively” on a undertaking once more. However much more so, Leighton is simply completely satisfied to get again into the swing of issues together with her profession. Whereas The Roommate star has scored some lead and visitor roles on tv for the reason that finish of Gossip Lady, the insider stated she is “hoping for a comeback” within the enterprise after taking a break to concentrate on motherhood.
Adam has had a beautiful resurgence these days with roles in Shazam!, Prepared Or Not, and The Child Detective. However Leighton has been spending a variety of trip of the highlight. The insider defined:
“They’re a personal couple and love to boost their youngsters away from the general public eye. It’s undoubtedly laborious to be away from the kiddos after they must movie.”
Nevertheless, the supply famous that they know taking time away from their youngsters is “one thing that comes together with the job” and is “actually content material” with their “nice” life right now. With that in thoughts, don’t count on them to develop their household anytime quickly as they’re proud of “bringing normalcy” as a lot as attainable to their busy lives.
We love to listen to that Adam and Leighton are nonetheless going so robust! Reactions to this completely satisfied relationship information, Perezcious readers? Tell us within the feedback (under)!
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