01of 11Kourtney Kardashian & Travis BarkerBACKGRIDFor Valentine’s Day, theKeeping Up With the Kardashiansstar recently confirmed that she and the musician had officially exited the friend zone,posting a photoof the two of them holding hands.“Kourtney is very happy with Travis. She wanted to confirm their relationship, because it’s something positive,” a source toldPEOPLEin February.“She was single for a while and didn’t expect that their relationship would turn romantic,” the source added. “She feels very fortunate. She loves spending time with Travis.““Travis has liked her for a while,” another insider shared.In addition to living in the same Calabasas, California, community as Kardashian, Barker has previously made brief cameos onKUWTK. Since theystarted dating, the new couple have spent time with each other’s families.Kardashian and her exScott Disickco-parent their three kids, sons Mason and Reign, and daughter Penelope, while Barker shares stepdaughter Atiana, daughter Alabama, and son Landon with his ex-wife, Shanna Moakler.
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Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker
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For Valentine’s Day, theKeeping Up With the Kardashiansstar recently confirmed that she and the musician had officially exited the friend zone,posting a photoof the two of them holding hands.
“Kourtney is very happy with Travis. She wanted to confirm their relationship, because it’s something positive,” a source toldPEOPLEin February.
“She was single for a while and didn’t expect that their relationship would turn romantic,” the source added. “She feels very fortunate. She loves spending time with Travis.”
“Travis has liked her for a while,” another insider shared.
In addition to living in the same Calabasas, California, community as Kardashian, Barker has previously made brief cameos onKUWTK. Since theystarted dating, the new couple have spent time with each other’s families.
Kardashian and her exScott Disickco-parent their three kids, sons Mason and Reign, and daughter Penelope, while Barker shares stepdaughter Atiana, daughter Alabama, and son Landon with his ex-wife, Shanna Moakler.
02of 11Common & Tiffany HaddishCommon and Tiffany Haddish.Lester Cohen/GettyAfter meeting on set ofThe Kitchen, the actors' relationship was just platonic — until they crossed paths again while partnering on a charity project with the dating app Bumble.Haddish and the rapper went on a virtual date at the start of the pandemic before going to the next level. “Then he got tested for everything, I got tested for everything, and yeah, we’ve been f–king,“she joked on theSteve-O’s Wild Ridepodcast.“This is my first time ever being in a relationship with [a celebrity],” Haddish said, adding that this was “the best relationship” she’s ever been in. “I’m just way happier … knowing I got somebody that cares about me, that really has my back. It seems like he does anyways. And I love it. I love him.”
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Common & Tiffany Haddish
Common and Tiffany Haddish.Lester Cohen/Getty
After meeting on set ofThe Kitchen, the actors' relationship was just platonic — until they crossed paths again while partnering on a charity project with the dating app Bumble.
Haddish and the rapper went on a virtual date at the start of the pandemic before going to the next level. “Then he got tested for everything, I got tested for everything, and yeah, we’ve been f–king,“she joked on theSteve-O’s Wild Ridepodcast.
“This is my first time ever being in a relationship with [a celebrity],” Haddish said, adding that this was “the best relationship” she’s ever been in. “I’m just way happier … knowing I got somebody that cares about me, that really has my back. It seems like he does anyways. And I love it. I love him.”
03of 11Ben Platt & Noah GalvinBen Platt (left) and Noah Galvin.Noah Galvin/InstagramThe actors, who both played the lead role inDear Evan Hansenon Broadway, are in a relationship after years of friendship.Galvin announced he and Platt were dating during an episode of theLittle Known Facts with Ilana Levinepodcast.“I asked him this morning, I was like, are we allowed to talk about this? And he’s like, ‘Don’t go into our nitty gritty, but yeah, people can know.’ It’s still relatively new,” theBooksmartactor said.Joking that they aren’t the only pair of former Evan Hansens in a relationship (Taylor Trensch and Ben Levi Ross are also together), Galvin said, “It makes sense, like, we all went through the war together. We all feel very connected.”
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Ben Platt & Noah Galvin
Ben Platt (left) and Noah Galvin.Noah Galvin/Instagram
The actors, who both played the lead role inDear Evan Hansenon Broadway, are in a relationship after years of friendship.Galvin announced he and Platt were dating during an episode of theLittle Known Facts with Ilana Levinepodcast.
“I asked him this morning, I was like, are we allowed to talk about this? And he’s like, ‘Don’t go into our nitty gritty, but yeah, people can know.’ It’s still relatively new,” theBooksmartactor said.
Joking that they aren’t the only pair of former Evan Hansens in a relationship (Taylor Trensch and Ben Levi Ross are also together), Galvin said, “It makes sense, like, we all went through the war together. We all feel very connected.”
04of 11Darren Criss & Mia Swier CrissChad Hurst/GettyTheHollywoodstar’s walk down the aisle with his love was a long time coming, he told PEOPLE. The pair met through mutual friends in 2006 and they began dating four years later, right around the time he joined the cast ofGlee. They got married in New Orleans in 2018.While he now remembers his wedding day as one of the best days of his life, Criss wasn’t always sold on the traditional idea of marriage. “I will say this: I dragged my feet,” he said. “But, we were together for a long time before. By that point in our lives, it was a validation and sharing of our life and existence. In many ways, it’s not been a change at all.”
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Darren Criss & Mia Swier Criss
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TheHollywoodstar’s walk down the aisle with his love was a long time coming, he told PEOPLE. The pair met through mutual friends in 2006 and they began dating four years later, right around the time he joined the cast ofGlee. They got married in New Orleans in 2018.
While he now remembers his wedding day as one of the best days of his life, Criss wasn’t always sold on the traditional idea of marriage. “I will say this: I dragged my feet,” he said. “But, we were together for a long time before. By that point in our lives, it was a validation and sharing of our life and existence. In many ways, it’s not been a change at all.”
05of 11Gabrielle Union & Dwyane WadeGabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade.Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for GQOnThe Late Late Show with James Corden, the actress andWe’re Going to Need More Wineauthor said it wasn’t exactly love at first sight when she met the NBA star. “I had a boyfriend when I met him. And Dwyane is a bit younger than me, so it felt like he was 12. He was super shy and quiet,“she said.It took Patti LaBelle to set Union straight: “She was like, ‘Girl, you better drop that zero and get you a hero.’ So it was Miss Patti that nudged me in the direction.”
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Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade.Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for GQ
OnThe Late Late Show with James Corden, the actress andWe’re Going to Need More Wineauthor said it wasn’t exactly love at first sight when she met the NBA star. “I had a boyfriend when I met him. And Dwyane is a bit younger than me, so it felt like he was 12. He was super shy and quiet,“she said.
It took Patti LaBelle to set Union straight: “She was like, ‘Girl, you better drop that zero and get you a hero.’ So it was Miss Patti that nudged me in the direction.”
06of 11Mila Kunis & Ashton KutcherMila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.Alberto E. Rodriguez/GettyTheThat ’70s Showcostars kept in touch after the show wrapped,she said onThe Howard Stern Show,but there was never a spark there until many years later when she ran into him at an awards show.“I see this guy and I see his back, and he’s really tall,” Kunis said of the recently-divorced Kutcher. “Then he just turns around, and it was literally like if we were in a movie, the music would start playing and the violins would go. I think for the first time ever, he took my breath away – I was like, f—, he’s good-looking.“Kutcher invited Kunis to his housewarming party, intending to set her up with one of his friends, but they couldn’t deny their chemistry. “Long story short, I didn’t leave until the next morning,” she shared. “[It was the] first time I ever slept over while I was single.“Though they tried to keep things casual, they couldn’t: The couple welcomed daughter Wyatt in October 2014 and son Dimitri in November 2016. They got married in July 2015 — much to their surprise. “We started dating with the idea we were both never going to get married,” she said. “A year later we were like, ‘Tomorrow, let’s [get married].'”
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Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
TheThat ’70s Showcostars kept in touch after the show wrapped,she said onThe Howard Stern Show,but there was never a spark there until many years later when she ran into him at an awards show.
“I see this guy and I see his back, and he’s really tall,” Kunis said of the recently-divorced Kutcher. “Then he just turns around, and it was literally like if we were in a movie, the music would start playing and the violins would go. I think for the first time ever, he took my breath away – I was like, f—, he’s good-looking.”
Kutcher invited Kunis to his housewarming party, intending to set her up with one of his friends, but they couldn’t deny their chemistry. “Long story short, I didn’t leave until the next morning,” she shared. “[It was the] first time I ever slept over while I was single.”
Though they tried to keep things casual, they couldn’t: The couple welcomed daughter Wyatt in October 2014 and son Dimitri in November 2016. They got married in July 2015 — much to their surprise. “We started dating with the idea we were both never going to get married,” she said. “A year later we were like, ‘Tomorrow, let’s [get married].'”
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Reese Witherspoon & Jim Tooth
Reese Witherspoon and her family.Reese Witherspoon/Instagram
“Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend, he’s just broken up with someone,'” Witherspoon recalled toEllein 2012 of her first encounter with Toth. “I remember thinking … Jim was a really good friend, pulling [his drunk pal] out of that situation. That’s just kind of who he is, a really good person.”
Her early impression of him held true, well into their now decade-long marriage. “Jim’s like, ‘I’m gonna show you every day what a good partner is, what a good person is,'” she said. “‘I’m going to take care of you. I’m going to do it so much that you’re gonna get used to it.’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about? I’ve never had anybody like that in my life.'”
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John Legend & Chrissy Teigen
The couple might admit that it was lust at first sight on the set of Legend’s 2007 music video “Stereo,” but long-term love wasn’t quite on the radar at first.
In a 2014 interview, Legend toldLos Angeles Confidentialmagazine, “I wasn’t like, ‘This is the woman I’m going to marry’ from day one. For me, I’m the kind of person who needs to grow into that feeling. It was probably a couple of years in when I could already see us being together forever.”
Now they’re the most adorable couple on the internet.
09of 11Ted Danson & Mary SteenburgenAmy Sussman/GettyTheMr. Mayorstar admitted “I was a hot mess” when he first met Steenburgen during an audition in 1983. It wasn’t until they both had divorced andwent on a trip with mutual friendsthat they realized there could be something more than friendship between them.“I wasn’t ready for anything like a relationship,“she told PEOPLE of their initial friendship in the early ’90s. “We just kept working together and becoming better and better friends.“A canoe trip and picnic Danson planned in Mendocino, California, sealed the deal. “It was very magical,” he adds. “We came back in love, to be honest, or I’ll say smitten.” They’ve now been married for 25 years.
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Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen
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TheMr. Mayorstar admitted “I was a hot mess” when he first met Steenburgen during an audition in 1983. It wasn’t until they both had divorced andwent on a trip with mutual friendsthat they realized there could be something more than friendship between them.
“I wasn’t ready for anything like a relationship,“she told PEOPLE of their initial friendship in the early ’90s. “We just kept working together and becoming better and better friends.”
A canoe trip and picnic Danson planned in Mendocino, California, sealed the deal. “It was very magical,” he adds. “We came back in love, to be honest, or I’ll say smitten.” They’ve now been married for 25 years.
10of 11Aaron Paul & Lauren ParsekianKelly Lee Barrett/Getty Images.This couple came together through music — a music festival, specifically. “We’d met at Coachella [and] became friends,” Paul toldGQin 2012. “And then a year later, we fell in love at Coachella. We ran off together at Coachella. You know, first kiss on the Ferris wheel sort of thing.“It was unlike anything he had felt before. “You know when people say, ‘When you know, you know’? It was crazy,” he said. “Even leading up to the kiss on the Ferris wheel, I couldn’t imagine myself being without her … I was like, ‘Wait, can this actually exist?'“And his feelings haven’t changed since. “She’s the greatest woman that has ever existed. No offense to other women on this planet, but she is hands down the best,” he said.
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Aaron Paul & Lauren Parsekian
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This couple came together through music — a music festival, specifically. “We’d met at Coachella [and] became friends,” Paul toldGQin 2012. “And then a year later, we fell in love at Coachella. We ran off together at Coachella. You know, first kiss on the Ferris wheel sort of thing.”
It was unlike anything he had felt before. “You know when people say, ‘When you know, you know’? It was crazy,” he said. “Even leading up to the kiss on the Ferris wheel, I couldn’t imagine myself being without her … I was like, ‘Wait, can this actually exist?'”
And his feelings haven’t changed since. “She’s the greatest woman that has ever existed. No offense to other women on this planet, but she is hands down the best,” he said.
11of 11Gwen Stefani & Blake SheltonGwen Stefani and Blake Shelton at the debut of her Las Vegas residency on June 27, 2018.The stars had met in 2014 as coaches onThe Voice, but didn’t get close until 2016, when they bonded over their difficult divorces. It accelerated from there,Shelton toldBillboard:“That’s kind of how our friendship and bond started, that day. It went from that, to checking in on each other once a week through email – ‘This shit happened to me, what happened to you?’ – to maybe three times a week, then every day, to ‘Hey, here’s my phone number if you ever want to text.’ Next thing I know, I wake up and she’s all I care about, and I’m wondering if she feels the same about me.“Five years later,the two are newly engagedand happier than ever. “She didn’t think the engagement would change her and Blake’s relationship because it felt like they were already married,“a source told PEOPLE, “but it has sparked even more happiness.”
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Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton at the debut of her Las Vegas residency on June 27, 2018.
The stars had met in 2014 as coaches onThe Voice, but didn’t get close until 2016, when they bonded over their difficult divorces. It accelerated from there,Shelton toldBillboard:“That’s kind of how our friendship and bond started, that day. It went from that, to checking in on each other once a week through email – ‘This shit happened to me, what happened to you?’ – to maybe three times a week, then every day, to ‘Hey, here’s my phone number if you ever want to text.’ Next thing I know, I wake up and she’s all I care about, and I’m wondering if she feels the same about me.”
Five years later,the two are newly engagedand happier than ever. “She didn’t think the engagement would change her and Blake’s relationship because it felt like they were already married,“a source told PEOPLE, “but it has sparked even more happiness.”
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