Hi, guys! It’s me, Samantha! From Thor’s romance to a princess fairytale turned reality,
here are famous couples that met on blind dates!
10. Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman
These two actors met in 2008 during the Palms Springs Film Festival after they were introduced
through a mutual friend. At the time, Hathaway apparently even told her one of her pals,
“I’m going to marry that man.” She later said during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar,
“I think he thought I was a little nuts, which I am a bit, but I’m also nice… I’ve
never really talked about this, but I was just very honest with him. I knew from the
second I met him that he was the love of my life.” Even though this duo had serious
chemistry right off the bat, they didn’t start dating until about two months later
because they both thought the other person was in a relationship. When Anne found out
that Shulman was indeed single, she jumped at the chance to ask him out. Their first
date was a bit more exciting than your average “get a drink at the bar” outing; Anne
and Shulman went on a little trip to New Orleans. She had an extra ticket, and her friends were
unable to go. So, she asked Adam, and things went very well. They ended up tying the knot
in 2012 and had their first child, Jonathan, in 2016. Hathaway later stated about her husband,
“He changed my ability to be in the world comfortably. I think the accepted narrative
now is that we, as women, don’t need anybody. But, I need my husband. His unique and specific
love has changed me.” A strange fact about these lovebirds is that many think Adam Shulman
has an uncanny resemblance to William Shakespeare, the famous playwright whose wife’s name
was coincidentally Anne Hathaway.
9. Chris Hemsworth & Elsa Pataky
These two celebs met back in 2010 via mutual friends, and there were fireworks right away.
They tied the knot during the same year and quickly started having children. In 2012,
Pataky gave birth to their daughter, India. Two years later, they had their twin boys,
Tristan and Sasha. Something really interesting about Chris and Elsa’s union was that when
she was just fifteen years old, she sort of foreshadowed her future boo. She got a small
tattoo of Thor’s symbol on her upper right arm. Of course, this was before the newer
Thor films came out and before she had met Hemsworth. Elsa told Vogue Australia, “Yes,
it’s about Thor and I ended up marrying who plays Thor! It is shocking how things
in life [turn out]. I just liked that [symbol] and the legend he had was so beautiful and
I wanted to keep it.” Elsa dove further into her and her husband’s relationship,
stating, “In the beginning it was beautiful - when I met him he wasn’t known at all
and I grew with him and experienced all his success and changes, and then he became just
so huge and I’ve been sharing that too. Going through every moment and being there
with him with every success was actually a good thing - we grew together. It’s difficult
when you go from being an unknown person to a very known person and all the changes that
come with that.” She further noted that she isn’t sure how the two of them made
things work considering how fast their romance evolved. But, their hard work and love for
one another has kept them together, and she looks to Chris’ parents for inspiration.
8. Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden
These two met when Benji showed up to her dinner party, which she was hosting with Nicole
Richie and Joel Madden, Benji’s brother. She later stated about seeing him for the
first time, “The first thing I said when I first met my [would be] husband was, ‘He’s
hot.’” They started dating in May 2014, and by that October, Cameron’s ring made
fans believe they were already engaged. They got married in January 2015. Benji wrote a
heartfelt message to Cameron on her forty-sixth birthday that said, “Thank you for being
the best friend and partner to me and taking this journey of marriage The way you live
your life every day, and your compassion for the world shines thru [sic] in your eyes and
you inspire me to want to be the best man I can be in this lifetime.”
7. Joe Manganiello & Sofia Vergara
This couple met by accident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in May 2014. After
he found out that Sofia was indeed single, he reached out to her co-star, Jesse Tyler
Ferguson, for her phone number. After that, he traveled to New Orleans to take her out
for their first date. Soon after they started seeing each other, Vergara told Good Morning
America the funny story about their first meeting, noting, “He smelled me and couldn’t
help himself. That’s all you need, if you want Joe.” It might seem like a joke, but
Joe had previously said to People, “I’m big into smell. It’s funny I got cast as
a werewolf. There’s something about the smell on that part of a woman’s neck where
it meets the jaw… It’s heaven.” After they officially got together, he proposed
on Christmas Eve. They tied the knot in November 2015, and have been happily married ever since.
6. Emily Blunt & John Krasinski
This celebrity duo met in November 2008 through a mutual friend in a Los Angeles restaurant.
John later told Ellen that he knew she was the one right after they met, stating, “It
was one of those things where I wasn’t really looking for a relationship and I was thinking
I’m going to take my time in L.A. Then I met her and I was so nervous. I was like,
‘Oh god, I think I’m going to fall in love with her.’ As I shook her hand I went,
‘I like you!’” In 2009, the two got engaged, and they both reportedly cried from
happiness. They tied the knot a year later in Lake Como, Italy at George Clooney’s
estate. They had their first baby, Hazel Grace, in February 2014. In August 2015, Krasinski
told People about their evolving relationship, noting, “It’s really that we just got
lucky. It’s one of those things, I’m having more fun now than the day I met her, and it’s
pretty wild.” The next year, Emily gave birth to their second daughter, Violet. In
2018, the first movie they filmed together, A Quiet Place, came out.
5. Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Hilarie Burton
These two were introduced by Supernatural bad-boy Jensen Ackles. Jeffrey recalled their
blind date later on, stating, “I happened to be single and Jensen said, ‘I’ve got
a girl you should meet.’ So I went to a bar and I met Hilarie at a bar with Jensen
and Danneel, and the rest is history… We ended up back at my house drinking shots of
tequila.” Since they knew they were deeply connected from the moment they met, Jeffrey
later said, “I was on my way to do a movie called The Resident in New Mexico, and she
was on her way to Paris, and I talked her into, instead of going to Paris, to come and
see me in New Mexico. And I ruined her life and now she’s stuck with me.” In 2010,
they had their first child, Gus, and they married in secret four years later. They had
their second baby, a daughter named George Virginia, in February 2018. Jeffrey even delivered
both of their children. He told People, “We didn’t use doctors, we used a midwife, so
I delivered both of my kids. The first time I didn’t know, I was shocked that I was
part of it… [The second] time I was a little bit more prepared and got in and got her out
immediately. Hilarie was over it, so it was awesome. I got to deliver both my kids, for
real, it was cool.”
4. Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively
This one wasn’t necessarily a surprise meeting or done through a mutual friend, but these
two were trying to date other people when they officially started seeing each other.
They were friends since filming Green Lantern together, but they were with other people
at the time. After those relationships ended, they went on a double date. Ryan was with
another girl, and Lively was with another guy. However, the date didn’t go as planned.
Instead of developing an interest in the people they brought, Ryan and Blake fell for each
other. By late 2011, things were official. They were photographed holding hands after
staying with Reynolds’ family for the holidays. In 2012, they shocked the world with a sudden
secret wedding. Three years later, Blake gave birth to their daughter, James. A year after
that, they had their second daughter, Inez. These two are still as happy as ever!
3. Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel
Justin and Jessica met during the 2007 Golden Globe Awards. After talking to each other
and flirting all night, Timberlake decided to ask a mutual friend to ask Jessica if it
was okay to give her a call. But, unlike some of the other couples on our list, these two
didn’t exactly hit it off right away when he asked her on a date. Justin later remarked
during a press conference, “I had to be pretty persistent in order to get her to say
yes. But, I have a fair amount of tenacity and if I want something I stick to it. And
in the end, she agreed.” Biel also said later on that she and Justin didn’t kiss
for quite some time after they started seeing each other. In 2011, after a seemingly wonderful
relationship, they broke up. But, the split didn’t last long, and by December of that
year, they were back together, and Timberlake proposed. They tied the knot in 2012 and had
their first child, Silas Randall, in 2015. In 2017, their relationship continued going
strong and Jessica told Entertainment Tonight, “I think having a partner who is doing something
that you’re excited about - like for me, his music and everything that he does - it’s
just amazing to see somebody doing what they love, and I think it can be as simple as that.”
These two are still going strong today.
2. Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
Perhaps one of the most famous couples of all time, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met
on a blind date in July 2016. Prince Harry told BBC that they were introduced by a mutual
friend. Despite his worldwide notoriety, Markle noted that she hadn’t known much about him,
telling BBC, “Because I’m from the States, you don’t grow up with the same understanding
of the royal family. I didn’t know much about him, so the only thing that I had asked
[our mutual friend] when she said that she wanted to set us up, was, ‘Well, is he nice?’
‘Cause if he wasn’t kind, it just didn’t seem like it would make sense.” But, this
duo had chemistry immediately, and Harry even said later on that he knew she was the one
“the very first time [they] met.” He even convinced Meghan to join him in Botswana,
where they camped “under the stars.” Prince Harry noted that this was critical for their
relationship because they got to be by themselves, giving them a chance to get to know each other
on a deeper level. About four months later, he introduced her to his family, and the news
leaked that they were together. In November 2017, Meghan and Harry announced that they
were engaged. They tied the knot during a monumental ceremony in May 2018 at Windsor
Castle.
1. Tom Brady & Gisele Bundchen
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen met via mutual friends
in 2006. After a three-hour-long conversation that day, Gisele knew that Tom was the one
for her. She later told Vogue, “... The moment I saw him, he smiled and I was like,
‘That is the most beautiful, charismatic smile I’ve ever seen!’ We sat and talked
for three hours. I had to go home for Christmas, but I didn’t want to leave. You know that
feeling of, like, you can’t get enough? From the first day we met, we’ve never spent
one day without speaking to each other.” They got engaged at the beginning of 2009
and they married in February of the same year. Gisele gave birth to their first son together,
Benjamin, that December. Three years later, they had their daughter, Vivian. Brady’s
oldest son is named John from his previous relationship with Bridget Moynahan. In May
2016, Tom told Access Hollywood about his wife, “I’m blessed to find this life partner
that we all kind of seek at different times in our life. We found each other at the right
time. We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs, and in so many ways, that’s kind
of built our relationship so strong.” Nowadays, the couple looks as happy as could be, especially
after the Patriots’ 2019 Big Game win.
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