Zoolander star Ben Stiller and his wife, Christine Taylor had been in combination for 23 years. But do you know that they began out as each and every different's "rebound?" They almost got divorced at one point as neatly.
Here's a timeline in their relationship.
Who Is Ben Stiller's Wife Christine Taylor?
Taylor is an actress recognized for playing Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel. She started out within the trade in 1989 at the Nickelodeon children's show, Hey Dude where she played the lifeguard, Melody Hanson. You could have additionally seen her in 1996's The Craft,1998's The Wedding Singer, and 2001's Zoolander alongside her husband.
Even even though she's well-known for her collaborations with Stiller, Taylor nonetheless has her own projects in this day and age. In 2016, she were given a ordinary role as Gail at the sitcom, Search Party. She also joined the cast of Apple TV's High Desert in 2021. When asked how she juggles appearing, her marriage, and parenthood, she said, "It's been pretty easy."
"Now that my kids are a little older, it's nice to be able to go off to work and have them be OK," she explained to Good Housekeeping in 2016. "I struggled more when I started to go back to work, because I would feel so guilty. It's been pretty easy for me to juggle both because my priorities are always there with them." Taylor has two children with Stiller: Ella Olivia Stiller, 20, and Quinlin Dempsey Stiller, 17.
Before assembly the Severance actor, Taylor reportedly dated Neil Patrick Harris from 1997 to 1998. Speaking to Howard Stern in 2008, Harris spilled how their dating made him explore his sexuality. "She's the coolest, nicest chick ever," he stated of the actress. "She's an absolute catch, and I thought, 'If I'm not going to feel the super sparks with her... it probably means I'm gay.'"
How Did Ben Stiller Meet His Wife Christine Taylor?
Stiller and Taylor first met while filming the 1999 TV pilot, Heat Vision and Jack. The former was directing it while the latter was a visitor celebrity. In a contemporary episode of the actress' podcast, Hey Dude … The 90s Called!, she shared how she and the actor have been initially each different's "rebound."
We were both each and every different's, I'd say, like, type of rebound dating a little bit," she admitted. Stiller echoed her sentiments, saying that they "weren't taking it significantly" and that they "had a amusing time making the show."
He persisted: "Then Christine and I connected after which I went off to do a film [Keeping the Faith] in New York and I invited her to come hang around." According to Taylor, she "ended up going and staying the entire summer season." Despite their casual start, they ended up getting married in 2000.
"We were given engaged round after I was shooting Meet the Parents," Stiller said of the time they tied the knot. "Christine's dad had a security company — and nonetheless does — and so it was kind of this bizarre parallel. He was very similar to the Robert De Niro personality to me." Taylor then joked, "Dad, I know you might be listening. You were not intimidating."
Why Did Ben Stiller & His Wife Christine Taylor Almost Get Divorced?
In May 2017, Stiller and Taylor released a joint statement announcing their separation. "With tremendous love and respect for each and every different, and the 18 years we spent in combination as a couple, we've got made the decision to split," learn the official announcement exclusively given to Entertainment Tonight.
"Our priority will continue to be raising our children as faithful parents and the nearest of friends. We kindly ask that the media appreciate our privateness presently."
But by 2019, the two had already been seen together in public numerous times. That year, Taylor showed up at the Emmy Awards where Stiller was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special for Escape at Dannemora. They even arrived together and posed with each other on the red carpet.
In February 2022, the There's Something About Mary star said that he'd moved back in with Taylor and their children when the pandemic hit.
"Over the process time, it advanced," he told Esquire. "We were separated and got back in combination and we are satisfied about that. It's been in point of fact superb for all folks. Unexpected, and one of the most issues that came out of the pandemic." He added that rekindling their romance after the separation made them a stronger couple. "I feel we have a appreciate for the ways that we're identical and the tactics we are other," he explained.
Two months later, he gushed about his renewed marriage, saying: "I'm so glad where I'm at in my lifestyles and the truth that we are even ready to be here in combination doing this right now, all the ones things at the moment are now not taken as a right. The entire previous couple of years have been a time for everybody to more or less get in contact with a lot of that."
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