Since gaining a new life on Netflix, Cobra Kai has become the most popular series in the US.
But with all the rivalry and romance on-screen, it's hard not to wonder what's happening with
the cast behind-the-scenes. Here are the real-life partners of the Cobra Kai cast.
It's been more than 35 years since Ralph Macchio first embodied the Karate Kid,
but he's known his wife for even longer. On Live with Kelly and Ryan in April 2019,
the actor revealed that he was just 15 years old when he met Phyllis Fierro at his grandmother's
house during his cousin's Sweet 16. Though the pair wed in 1987, just three years after The
Karate Kid premiered — and they knew it was fate from the very beginning. Ralph told Men's Journal,
"From the earliest days as teenagers, we've just believed that this was meant to be.
Even at the toughest times, that is what we believe: that we are meant to be together.
I don't think we are just saying that to get through—I think it's the truth."
"And we met and we hit it off and still are in love and it's awesome."
Though Phyllis is often seen at her hubby's side — and was even honored
by the actor during his appearance on Dancing with the Stars — she didn't pursue a career in
the limelight. Instead, she graduated from Stony Brook University's School of Medicine
and became a nurse practitioner. According to local listings,
she works in Port Jefferson, New York, which isn't far from the couple's home in East Hampton.
She's also the mother to the pair's two children Julia and Daniel.
Xolo Maridueña, who portrays Miguel in the Netflix series, didn't just learn martial arts for his
role in Cobra Kai. The young star followed the sacred tradition of the on-set romance.
After filming Season 1, sparks flew between him and co-star Hannah Kepple, who portrays Moon.
In the summer of 2020, Kepple opened up to MEA Worldwide about the pair's relationship, saying,
"Season 1, we were actually friends,
a little flirty and then we started talking after Season 1, and it clicked."
While they didn't share many scenes together, she still revealed that she loved watching his
character and claimed it was helpful to not be part of the same storyline. Unlike Maridueña,
who got his start on NBC's Parenthood in 2012, Cobra Kai was Kepple's first real acting credit.
She's since gone on to nab cameos in TV series like Your Worst Nightmare
and Tell Me Your Secrets – and we only expect her career to grow from there.
While most Cobra Kai cast members are uniquely quiet about their personal relationships,
Mary Mouser, who portrays Samantha LaRusso, wears her heart on her sleeve — or on her social
media accounts. At the time of this writing, the actress is still dating her longtime boyfriend,
actor Brett Pierce, who's best known for his role in the Pop TV series This Just In.
According to his IMDb profile, Pierce is a Los Angeles native
who went to the University of Southern California to study film and theatre.
Though his career hasn't been as prolific as Mouser's yet, he's had recurring roles in the
Disney Channel series Stuck In the Middle and A Million Little Things, among others. He also makes
regular appearances on Mouser's YouTube channel. Overall, the actress seems totally smitten.
In a too-cute Instagram birthday tribute, Mouser revealed,
"You are my balance, my excitement, my magic, my rage, my sweet, and my eternal love. I love today,
I love celebrating your existence and your life."
Tanner Buchanan, who stars as Johnny Lawrence's estranged son Robby Keene,
shares an on-screen romance with Mary Mouser, who plays Daniel LaRusso's daughter.
It's a Shakespearean type of forbidden love between the offspring of two rival families.
From what we can tell, it looks like Buchanan himself might be single — that or he's keeping his
love life completely under wraps. So, what's the truth? Let's look at the Instagram breadcrumbs.
In the past, Buchanan has been linked to model and actress
Lizze Broadway. According to Popbuzz, they began dating no later than 2017,
or at least, that's what it looked like on Instagram. While most evidence of the relationship
has been scrubbed from the web, Buchanan left up a romantic Instagram post from that year,
which features candlelight, rose petals, and Broadway's Instagram handle.
The couple even appears to share a YouTube Channel — the true mark of a serious relationship
in the age of social media — but they only uploaded one video in 2019. That same year,
they were reportedly spotted by paparazzi getting cozy at Comic-Con, but haven't been
seen in public since. At this point, all signs lead to a split, but you never know.
Fame isn't for everyone. Like her on-screen husband Ralph Macchio,
Courtney Henggeler tied the knot with someone notably less high-profile. In fact, her husband
Ross Kohn shines most behind-the-scenes, even though he's also an actor who's had cameos in
major series like Supernatural and Veronica Mars. In order to succeed as a producer — and
launch his own company Indy Entertainment — the actor had to first take a detour on Wall Street.
According to his LinkedIn page, Kohl got a bachelor's degree in economics from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison and used his higher education to land a job at Rhino Trading Partners,
an equity research and trading firm — but living in the world of finance wasn't exactly his dream.
While grinding during the day at Institutional Sales,
the producer actually raised money for his first feature film Duke. During that project,
he met his future business partner, and went full-time with Indy Entertainment in 2013.
Kohn has produced five films in 2020, as of the making of this video.
Cobra Kai's resident bad gal Peyton List may currently be single, but she's had a star-studded
dating past. Okay, so it only involves one person that we know of, but it's not about quantity;
it's about quality. For fans of Showtime's long-running series Shameless, there's only
one Ian Gallagher, and that Ian Gallagher was smitten with the former Disney Channel star.
The actress previously dated Cameron Monaghan, who she met
on the set of Anthem of a Teenage Prophet.
In an interview with AOL's Build Series, List revealed that sparks flew when the whole cast
was isolated while filming in a small town two and a half hours outside of Vancouver.
"Sort of in the middle of it, Cameron and I started,
like, kind of realizing that we liked each other."
Just Jared Jr. reports that the pair went on to do regular Hollywood couple
things like attending the Streamy Awards, posing on red carpets,
and holding hands at Disneyland before splitting around the holidays in late 2018.
According to E! News, the breakup was amicable, and the pair were spotted together on the red
carpet promoting their indie flick, but List hasn't mentioned it. Monaghan has, though.
In a now-deleted tweet, the Shameless star thanked the actress for, quote, "sharing
nearly two amazing years" with him, and thus they continue to be adorable even after they're donezo.
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