01of 21Kerry Washington’s Husband: Nnamdi AsomughaAraya Doheny/GettyKerry Washingtonstunned Gladiators across the nation when news broke that she had married former NFL playerNnamdi Asomughain an intimate ceremony in Idaho during the summer of 2013.And though the couple is10 years in now,we’ve rarely heard theLittle Fires Everywherestar speak on her marriage.“Social media has actually been great for [other celebrities'] relationships with the weeklies or the gossip sites because people say things and they say, ‘That’s not true!’ So I’m thinking in some ways, it’s been great because people are able to maintain their voice,” Washington saidduring a SXSW panel in 2016.“It’s a little different for me because I don’t talk about my personal life.“She continued: “That means not only did I not tell you when I was getting married, it also means if somebody has rumors about what’s going on in my marriage, I don’t refute them, because I don’t talk about my personal life.“The two share three children — daughter Isabelle Amarachi, 9, son Caleb Kelechi, 6, and Asomugha’s older daughter from a previous relationship.
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Kerry Washington’s Husband: Nnamdi Asomugha
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Kerry Washingtonstunned Gladiators across the nation when news broke that she had married former NFL playerNnamdi Asomughain an intimate ceremony in Idaho during the summer of 2013.
And though the couple is10 years in now,we’ve rarely heard theLittle Fires Everywherestar speak on her marriage.
“Social media has actually been great for [other celebrities'] relationships with the weeklies or the gossip sites because people say things and they say, ‘That’s not true!’ So I’m thinking in some ways, it’s been great because people are able to maintain their voice,” Washington saidduring a SXSW panel in 2016.“It’s a little different for me because I don’t talk about my personal life.”
She continued: “That means not only did I not tell you when I was getting married, it also means if somebody has rumors about what’s going on in my marriage, I don’t refute them, because I don’t talk about my personal life.”
The two share three children — daughter Isabelle Amarachi, 9, son Caleb Kelechi, 6, and Asomugha’s older daughter from a previous relationship.
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Elizabeth Banks' Husband: Max Handelman
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Elizabeth Banksand her husbandMax Handelmanmet on their first day of college at the University of Pennsylvania and have since been inseparable.
While promotingCharlie’s Angelsin 2019, Banks opened up about her decades-long marriage,telling PORTER, “Twenty-seven years. It’s the thing I’m most proud of. I do think people grow together or they grow apart. We definitely grew together. We were constantly making decisions that kept us close.”
03of 21Jennifer Lawrence’s Husband: Cooke MaroneyRobert O’Neil / SplashNews.comTheAmerican Hustleactress did not have marriage on her radar when a mutual friend introduced her to Cooke Maroney in 2018.However, after dating for less than a year, the art gallery director popped the question and Lawrence knew she couldn’t say no.“He’s my best friend, so I want to legally bind him to me forever,“Lawrence joked while onNaked with Catt Sadler. “And fortunately the paperwork exists for such a thing. It’s the greatest. You find your favorite person on the planet and you’re like, ‘You can’t leave!’ So I wanted to take that offer.“The twowelcomed their sonCy in February 2022.
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Jennifer Lawrence’s Husband: Cooke Maroney
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TheAmerican Hustleactress did not have marriage on her radar when a mutual friend introduced her to Cooke Maroney in 2018.
However, after dating for less than a year, the art gallery director popped the question and Lawrence knew she couldn’t say no.
“He’s my best friend, so I want to legally bind him to me forever,“Lawrence joked while onNaked with Catt Sadler. “And fortunately the paperwork exists for such a thing. It’s the greatest. You find your favorite person on the planet and you’re like, ‘You can’t leave!’ So I wanted to take that offer.”
The twowelcomed their sonCy in February 2022.
04of 21Margot Robbie’s Husband: Tom AckerleyKevin Mazur/GettyMargot RobbieandTom Ackerleywere such good friends that even though she was in love with him, she thought expressing those feelings would ruin their friendship.“We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, ‘Oh, he would never love me back. Don’t make itweird, Margot. Don’t be stupid and tell him that you like him,’ " she toldVoguein 2016.It turned out the feelings were mutual, however. “Then it happened, and I was like, ‘Of course we’re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.’ “Theyquietly tied the knotin a private ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast in 2016.
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Margot Robbie’s Husband: Tom Ackerley
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Margot RobbieandTom Ackerleywere such good friends that even though she was in love with him, she thought expressing those feelings would ruin their friendship.
“We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, ‘Oh, he would never love me back. Don’t make itweird, Margot. Don’t be stupid and tell him that you like him,’ " she toldVoguein 2016.
It turned out the feelings were mutual, however. “Then it happened, and I was like, ‘Of course we’re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.’ "
Theyquietly tied the knotin a private ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast in 2016.
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Emma Stone’s Husband: Dave McCary
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Thetwo got engaged in 2019andquietly wed in 2020. Theywelcomed their first child together, a girl named Louise Jean McCray, in 2021.
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Meryl Streep’s Husband: Don Gummer
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ThoughMeryl Streeprarely says a peep about her husband of 45 years,Don Gummeris sometimes pictured next to his leading lady at various events.
Streep and Gummer met in 1978. At the time, Streep was still recovering from the death of her boyfriend of two years,actor John Cazale, who had succumbed to cancer.
Gummer and Streep married six months after meeting.
“Our marriage and our children and their wellbeing inform all the decisions we make,“Streep once saidabout her life with the visual artist.
07of 21Tina Fey’s Husband: Jeff RichmondJim Spellman/GettyLong before we knewTina Feyas a comedy genius, her husbandJeff Richmondsaw her talent as it was budding.The couple met while working at Second City in Chicago sometime in the mid-’90s. At the time, Fey was still crafting her comedy chops, but her future husband could already tell she was something special.“I don’t want to say she was funny ‘for a woman,’ but there were so many talented men there at the time, and then suddenly there was Tina, who was so funny — and she was at home with all those boys on the stage,” he toldThe New Yorker.The two got married in 2001 after seven years of dating. They welcomed two girls — Alice Zenobia in 2005 and Penelope Athena in 2011.
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Tina Fey’s Husband: Jeff Richmond
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Long before we knewTina Feyas a comedy genius, her husbandJeff Richmondsaw her talent as it was budding.
The couple met while working at Second City in Chicago sometime in the mid-’90s. At the time, Fey was still crafting her comedy chops, but her future husband could already tell she was something special.
“I don’t want to say she was funny ‘for a woman,’ but there were so many talented men there at the time, and then suddenly there was Tina, who was so funny — and she was at home with all those boys on the stage,” he toldThe New Yorker.
The two got married in 2001 after seven years of dating. They welcomed two girls — Alice Zenobia in 2005 and Penelope Athena in 2011.
08of 21Dolly Parton’s Husband: Carl Thomas DeanDolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean.Dolly Parton/instagramWhen it comes keeping their private relationships under the radar,Dolly Partonhas everyone beat. The country legend has been married to her husbandCarl Dean Thomasfor nearly 60 years, yet there are barely any pictures of them together. The only images we get are those the “Jolene” singer posts herself.So what’s her secret sauce? Keeping things light.“We both have a warped sense of humor,” the country legend, who married Dean on May 30, 1966,toldET Canada. “And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you’re married like that.“She continued, “Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can’t take back [you] usually have some crazy way of getting out of it.”
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Dolly Parton’s Husband: Carl Thomas Dean
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When it comes keeping their private relationships under the radar,Dolly Partonhas everyone beat. The country legend has been married to her husbandCarl Dean Thomasfor nearly 60 years, yet there are barely any pictures of them together. The only images we get are those the “Jolene” singer posts herself.
So what’s her secret sauce? Keeping things light.
“We both have a warped sense of humor,” the country legend, who married Dean on May 30, 1966,toldET Canada. “And I think humor, honestly, is one of the best things when you’re married like that.”
She continued, “Even if you have a problem, if you have a great sense of humor, if you say something you can’t take back [you] usually have some crazy way of getting out of it.”
09of 21Cate Blanchett’s Husband: Andrew UptonDavid M. Benett/Dave Benett/GettyThe union of an actress and a playwright sounds ideal, but it wasn’t love at first sight forCate Blanchettand her husband of 26 years,Andrew Upton.The two met while she was working on a Chekov play and their first reviews of each other were less than stellar. “He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant,” she toldVanity Fairin 1999.However, the tide quickly turned and their dislike morphed into a whirlwind romance. “It just shows how wrong you can be,” Blanchett recalled. “Once he kissed me, that was that.“The pair were engaged three weeks into their relationship and tied the knot in 1997. Blanchett and Uptonhave four kids— sons Dashiell, 21, Roman, 18, and Ignatius, 15, and daughter Edith, 8.
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Cate Blanchett’s Husband: Andrew Upton
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The union of an actress and a playwright sounds ideal, but it wasn’t love at first sight forCate Blanchettand her husband of 26 years,Andrew Upton.
The two met while she was working on a Chekov play and their first reviews of each other were less than stellar. “He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant,” she toldVanity Fairin 1999.
However, the tide quickly turned and their dislike morphed into a whirlwind romance. “It just shows how wrong you can be,” Blanchett recalled. “Once he kissed me, that was that.”
The pair were engaged three weeks into their relationship and tied the knot in 1997. Blanchett and Uptonhave four kids— sons Dashiell, 21, Roman, 18, and Ignatius, 15, and daughter Edith, 8.
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Issa Rae’s Husband: Louis Diame
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And even though she gave us a small peek into her wedding day, the actress still hasn’t divulged much about her nuptials aside from the fact that it was a day to remember.
11of 21Ed Sheeran’s Wife: Cherry SeabornJMEnternational/GettyEd Sheeranandhis wifeCherry Seaborn knew each from when they were just teens in high school.Though they lost touch in their early 20s — Sheeran went on tour, Seaborn went to pursue her master’s at Duke University — fate reconnected the two friends in 2015 and the rest was history.In January 2018, Sheeran and Seaborn secretlygot marriedin an intimate ceremony.During anappearanceon theTable Manners with Jessie Warepodcast, Sheeran called their big day a “tiny, tiny event,” saying, “We did it at night on a random day in the middle of January in the middle of nowhere. No one knew, no one came to it. We lit candles, we got married, we went back [and] had a curry.“The pair have two daughters, Lyra Antarctica, born in 2020, and Jupiter, born in 2022.
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Ed Sheeran’s Wife: Cherry Seaborn
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Ed Sheeranandhis wifeCherry Seaborn knew each from when they were just teens in high school.
Though they lost touch in their early 20s — Sheeran went on tour, Seaborn went to pursue her master’s at Duke University — fate reconnected the two friends in 2015 and the rest was history.
In January 2018, Sheeran and Seaborn secretlygot marriedin an intimate ceremony.
During anappearanceon theTable Manners with Jessie Warepodcast, Sheeran called their big day a “tiny, tiny event,” saying, “We did it at night on a random day in the middle of January in the middle of nowhere. No one knew, no one came to it. We lit candles, we got married, we went back [and] had a curry.”
The pair have two daughters, Lyra Antarctica, born in 2020, and Jupiter, born in 2022.
12of 21Will Ferrell’s Wife: Viveca PaulinDia Dipasupil/GA/The Hollywood ReporterWill Ferrellmet his wifeViveca Paulinin an acting class and got married in 2000 after separating for a short while.But it seems the connection was undeniable, as Ferrell toldELLEshe understood his quirkiness.“What I love most about Viv is very simple. She totally got my sense of humor,” he said. “I sent her flowers every day for a week with a card, like, ‘You’re the fifth-prettiest woman in the office.’ She loved it. We had a shorthand with each other.“The two share three sons together — Magnus, Mattias and Axel, whom they welcomed in 2004, 2007 and 2010, respectively.
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Will Ferrell’s Wife: Viveca Paulin
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Will Ferrellmet his wifeViveca Paulinin an acting class and got married in 2000 after separating for a short while.
But it seems the connection was undeniable, as Ferrell toldELLEshe understood his quirkiness.
“What I love most about Viv is very simple. She totally got my sense of humor,” he said. “I sent her flowers every day for a week with a card, like, ‘You’re the fifth-prettiest woman in the office.’ She loved it. We had a shorthand with each other.”
The two share three sons together — Magnus, Mattias and Axel, whom they welcomed in 2004, 2007 and 2010, respectively.
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Paul Rudd’s Wife: Julie Yaeger
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Paul Ruddand his wifeJulie Yaeger’s meet-cute is straight out of a rom-com.
“She was the first person I met in New York,” he toldMarie Claire UKin 2018. “We started talking and there was a maturity with her – she had experienced some tragedy in her life, I had too, and the impression I got was, wow, this is a woman. This isn’t a girl.”
14of 21Jamie Lee Curtis' Husband: Christopher GuestKevin Mazur/GettyJamie Lee Curtishas been married to acclaimed screenwriter/directorChristopher Guestfor nearly 40 years.And though you rarely see them at Hollywood events together — she joked abouthaving to force him to be her dateto the Academy Awards this year — the two have maintained a solid foundation over the course of their long marriage.In fact, she revealed he is still very much her happy place all these years later.“I feel safe when I drive up and see that [he is] home,” CurtistoldAARP The Magazinein 2021. “That’s the long marriage. It’s the safety of knowing his car is in the garage, that I’m not alone.”
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Jamie Lee Curtis' Husband: Christopher Guest
Jamie Lee Curtishas been married to acclaimed screenwriter/directorChristopher Guestfor nearly 40 years.
And though you rarely see them at Hollywood events together — she joked abouthaving to force him to be her dateto the Academy Awards this year — the two have maintained a solid foundation over the course of their long marriage.
In fact, she revealed he is still very much her happy place all these years later.
“I feel safe when I drive up and see that [he is] home,” CurtistoldAARP The Magazinein 2021. “That’s the long marriage. It’s the safety of knowing his car is in the garage, that I’m not alone.”
15of 21Snoop Dogg’s Wife: Shante BroadusJohnny Nunez/WireImageSnoop Doggmay be the top dog when it comes to the rap game, but his wife Shante Broadus is the real power behind the machine.The two met while in high school, and even though she’s been officially managing the California legend since 2021, Broadus has been around for the whole journey.“I was there with him when he started all this,” she toldW Magazine. “Even before he came out [as a musician], our friends and I were his fans. We would always listen to his songs and give our opinions. When he became popular, I was still helping them with deals and offers.“Snoop and Shante have three children — Corde, 28, Cordell, 26, and Cori, 23. (Snoop also has another son, Julian, 25, from a different relationship.)
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Snoop Dogg’s Wife: Shante Broadus
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Snoop Doggmay be the top dog when it comes to the rap game, but his wife Shante Broadus is the real power behind the machine.
The two met while in high school, and even though she’s been officially managing the California legend since 2021, Broadus has been around for the whole journey.
“I was there with him when he started all this,” she toldW Magazine. “Even before he came out [as a musician], our friends and I were his fans. We would always listen to his songs and give our opinions. When he became popular, I was still helping them with deals and offers.”
Snoop and Shante have three children — Corde, 28, Cordell, 26, and Cori, 23. (Snoop also has another son, Julian, 25, from a different relationship.)
16of 21Julia Roberts' Husband: Danny ModerLester Cohen/WireImageJulia RobertsandDanny Modermet on the set ofThe Mexicanin 2000. The actress was starring oppositeBrad Pitt, while Moder was serving as the cameraman.Though they both were in relationships at the time, they would later reconnect and were married on July 4, 2002.Two decades and three kids later, Roberts still believes that marrying Moder is the greatest choice she’s ever made.“Getting married to Danny. That was the first, like, my life will never be the same in the most incredible, indescribable way,” she said while onGwyneth Paltrow’sGooppodcastin 2018.“The best decision I ever made in my entire life was to hitch my wagon to Danny Moder.”
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Julia Roberts' Husband: Danny Moder
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Julia RobertsandDanny Modermet on the set ofThe Mexicanin 2000. The actress was starring oppositeBrad Pitt, while Moder was serving as the cameraman.
Though they both were in relationships at the time, they would later reconnect and were married on July 4, 2002.
Two decades and three kids later, Roberts still believes that marrying Moder is the greatest choice she’s ever made.
“Getting married to Danny. That was the first, like, my life will never be the same in the most incredible, indescribable way,” she said while onGwyneth Paltrow’sGooppodcastin 2018.
“The best decision I ever made in my entire life was to hitch my wagon to Danny Moder.”
17of 21Christina Aguilera’s Fiancé: Matthew RutlerKevin Mazur/WireImageChristina Aguileraalso met the love of her life on a movie set — 2010’sBurlesque.The twogot engaged in 2014and have remained affianced since.“Our love is secure enough that we don’t need a wedding to prove our love or commitment,“Aguilera told PEOPLE. “We are enjoying our daughter, our family and our work for now.“The two share a daughter, Summer Rain, 8. Aguilera also has a son, Max, 15, from a previous relationship.
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Christina Aguilera’s Fiancé: Matthew Rutler
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Christina Aguileraalso met the love of her life on a movie set — 2010’sBurlesque.
The twogot engaged in 2014and have remained affianced since.
“Our love is secure enough that we don’t need a wedding to prove our love or commitment,“Aguilera told PEOPLE. “We are enjoying our daughter, our family and our work for now.”
The two share a daughter, Summer Rain, 8. Aguilera also has a son, Max, 15, from a previous relationship.
18of 21Lisa Kudrow’s Husband: Michael SternAmanda Edwards/WireImageThoughLisa Kudrow’s stint as Phoebe Buffay onFriendswas — and still is — high profile, her marriage to advertising executive Michael Stern is the exact opposite.The two met is France in the ’80s and married in 1995, just as Kudrow’s star was rising.They welcomed son Julian in 1998, with Kudrow’s pregnancy written into the famed show.
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Lisa Kudrow’s Husband: Michael Stern
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ThoughLisa Kudrow’s stint as Phoebe Buffay onFriendswas — and still is — high profile, her marriage to advertising executive Michael Stern is the exact opposite.
The two met is France in the ’80s and married in 1995, just as Kudrow’s star was rising.
They welcomed son Julian in 1998, with Kudrow’s pregnancy written into the famed show.
19of 21Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Wife: Tasha McCauleyJeff Vespa/Getty"I have a girlfriend but I tend not to really like to talk about it in public. The girl that I’m with, she really doesn’t want to be a part of that,“Joseph Gordon-Levittonce told Howard Sternof his relationship.And it seems he’s stuck to his guns. The actorhas been marriedto Tasha McCauley — an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Fellow Robots, a robotics company based at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley — since 2014, but they have only made a handful of public appearances together over the years.The pairshare two sonsand keep their children’s identities low-key as well.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Wife: Tasha McCauley
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“I have a girlfriend but I tend not to really like to talk about it in public. The girl that I’m with, she really doesn’t want to be a part of that,“Joseph Gordon-Levittonce told Howard Sternof his relationship.
And it seems he’s stuck to his guns. The actorhas been marriedto Tasha McCauley — an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Fellow Robots, a robotics company based at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley — since 2014, but they have only made a handful of public appearances together over the years.
The pairshare two sonsand keep their children’s identities low-key as well.
20of 21Maya Rudolph’s Partner: Paul Thomas AndersonMike Coppola/GettyDespite never having married,Maya Rudolphand directorPaul Thomas Andersonhave more than two decades of commitment to each other under their belts.The couple have reportedly been together since 2001 and refuse to divulge details of their courtship to the press. “No, It’s a sweet thing … Too personal. I don’t want to share it,” Rudolph toldThe Guardianin a 2015 interview after being asked how they met.They have four kids — daughters Pearl, 17, Lucille, 13 and Minnie, 9, as well as a son, Jack, 11.
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Maya Rudolph’s Partner: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Despite never having married,Maya Rudolphand directorPaul Thomas Andersonhave more than two decades of commitment to each other under their belts.
The couple have reportedly been together since 2001 and refuse to divulge details of their courtship to the press. “No, It’s a sweet thing … Too personal. I don’t want to share it,” Rudolph toldThe Guardianin a 2015 interview after being asked how they met.
They have four kids — daughters Pearl, 17, Lucille, 13 and Minnie, 9, as well as a son, Jack, 11.
21of 21Rashida Jones' Partner: Ezra KoenigLester Cohen/GettyNews thatRashida Jonesand Vampire Weekend’s lead vocalist, Ezra Koenig, were an item first broke when the two were spottedgetting cozy at Sundance in 2017. That’s pretty much all we know about the super-private pair’s courtship.They went on to welcome a son namedIsaiah Jones Koenigon Aug. 22, 2018.
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Rashida Jones' Partner: Ezra Koenig
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News thatRashida Jonesand Vampire Weekend’s lead vocalist, Ezra Koenig, were an item first broke when the two were spottedgetting cozy at Sundance in 2017. That’s pretty much all we know about the super-private pair’s courtship.
They went on to welcome a son namedIsaiah Jones Koenigon Aug. 22, 2018.
source: people.com
