Decades ago, it was less common to see a couple from different racial backgrounds not just
dating but marrying and having kids.
But now, it is becoming far more acceptable.
Yet, stereotypes often fool our heads with aggressive or silly judgments and criticism.
Let us take a look at those couples whose relationships shatter all the stereotypes!
Who found out that the secret to happy marriage is hidden in the kitchen?
Which couple met at the grocery store?
Who has become a father again at the age of 68?
Stay tuned to find out!
Les Moonves and Julie Chen.
For 14 years, Leslie Moonves and Julie Chen have been one of the media’s most powerful
couples.
Chen had worked at CBS for several years before ever meeting Moonves in person.
She was a newsreader on The Early Show when Moonves considered her to host Big Brother.
It is still a mystery when exactly they started dating, but when people noticed, the relationship
became an immediate tabloid headliner.
Moonves thinks that contrary to what some may assume, marrying him may have hurt Chen’s
career.
"It probably hasn't helped her to be married to me in terms of that."
Being CEO demands rough decisions and financial cuts, and so Chen had experienced it all first
hand.
Sometimes it was really tough, like when her husband cut her own salary for the good of
the network.
Initially, Chen didn’t expect to be a parent—nor a wife—because she was focused on her career.
“I never wanted to have kids and I never wanted to get married,” Chen says.
But when she met Moonves it all changed and now they are raising a wonderful son, Charlie.
Everything was going smooothly for the host of two shows on CBS and its CEO until the
recent scandal.
CBS has been investigating sexual misconduct allegations against Moonves;
Although Moonves stated that the appalling accusations are untrue, he still had to leave
the CBS.
Throughout the scandal, Chen has been strongly supportive of her husband.
She wrote on her twitter that he is a "good man and loving father, devoted husband, and
inspiring corporate leader."
Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery.
Ellen Pompeo and hubby Chris Ivery didn’t meet at some industry party — they met at
a grocery store!
They clearly made an impression on each other in the aisles because the two began dating
six months later.
Incredibly, Ellen and Chris discovered that they actually grew up just minutes from each
other near Boston.
"We were six degrees our whole lives, so I feel like we were sort of meant to be," Ellen
told, adding, "We'll get married eventually, secretly."
The ceremony was so private that not one wedding guest was invited!
After they tied the knot, their family continued to grow.
The couple now has three children.
And Ellen's Instagram account makes it clear where her priorities are; the actress describes
herself as "Personal Assistant to Stella Luna, Sienna May and Eli Christopher."
Unlike her iconic character's long-running love affair with Derek Shepherd, Ellen and
Chris do not have that much drama in real life.
In fact, they never even quarrel!
After more than 10 years together, Ellen revealed what the secret is to her long-term relationship.
“Just don’t try to change people,” the actress confessed to Us.
“They are who they are, and they were fine when you married them, so don’t expect them
to change.”
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves.
Matthew recalls that when they first met, Camilia rejected him!
When the duo met at a nightclub, McConaughey tried to speak the best Spanish he could,
although his future wife spoke Portuguese.
"I don’t think I ever understood Portuguese as well as I did that night.
I was focused.
It worked."
But it did not all work out the way McConaughey wanted it to...
When the party was over, Camila refused to stay in one of his spare bedrooms for the
night and as the Oscar winner recalls, his future spouse didn’t even give him a kiss!
Later that day, McConaughey asked Alves out on a date, but she denied him because she
had to celebrate her father’s birthday.
After two more tries, she eventually gave in and agreed to come over to McConaughey’s
home, where he cooked for her — which apparently won her over.
Camila Alves may look like she has all the answers when it comes to parenthood, but she
admits she’s still trying to figure it all out.
“People ask me all the time, ‘How do you do it?’”
As she is the working mom to Levi, 9, Vida 8, and Livingston, 5.
“I’m always like, ‘If you have the answer, please share with me because I’m also trying
to figure it out.’”
However, Alves, has made peace with mommy pressure and realizes that “no matter what,
you’re going to feel guilty,” but “you can’t do it all.”
Alves found her secret to a successful marriage in an unexpected place - the kitchen!
“We cook together.
Even if I’m running late from work I say, ‘We’re having a late dinner,’” Alves
says.
“Does it happen every single day of the week?
No, but it happens a lot.”
Robert DeNiro and Grace Hightower.
DeNiro and Hightower have had a rocky relationship but are proving that love can conquer all.
Over the years, the couple’s ups and downs have been made very public.
In fact, De Niro actually filed for divorce in 1999 and sued Hightower for custody of
their son in 2001.
The situation was tough and hopeless, but nevertheless, the two managed to get back
together.
Moreover, DeNiro and Hightower romantically renewed their vows and since then the couple
welcomed a baby girl via a surrogate, meaning that De Niro became a dad again at age 68!
He told the Daily Mail that: One of the most important lessons he has learned as a father
is to keep the lines of communication open with his kids.
I care deeply about all of them, and I have made a conscious effort to talk to and to
listen to them.'
Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault.
With 11 years of love on the clock, Salma Hayek and François Henri-Pinault are still
in love.
"At first, I thought it was not my type of man.
And then we started talking about football, we are both big fans.
Then we talked about science.
We love space and physics.
He was so smart and funny, nobody had ever told me about these things, at least for a
first meeting."
And so, unexpectedly for both, it became love at first sight.
Their love story happened naturally and without any drama.
After a couple of years, they decided to get married on the most romantic day of the year
- Valentine's Day.
Despite her age, Salma gave birth to their son at 41 and then they welcomed one more
child when she was already 47!
The woman is unstoppable!
Since then, the couple exchanges kisses and mutual smiles at each of their appearances.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
It seems like the rapper and the reality star have known each other forever, but Kim Kardashian
and Kanye West have only been an official couple for about five years.
The pair started off as good friends, but Kanye later revealed it was when he saw a
picture of Kardashian with her friend Paris Hilton that he knew he loved her.
"I just knew I wanted her to be my girl for a long time"
Then, Kanye performed a verse on Keri Hilson's single "Knock You Down" and it was clear he
was talking about Kim.
"You should leave your boyfriend now." - he says in the song.
Although she did not listen and even decided to get married to Kris Humphries.
Fortunately for "Kimye", Kardashian divorced her husband after a few months.
As rumors swirled that Kim and Kanye were an item, they finally stepped out in public
together.
Though it took the couple years to get together, they moved pretty quickly once they started
dating: Kanye announced during a New Year's Eve performance
in Atlantic City that the couple was expecting their first baby.
After the birth of North West, Kim and Kanye got engaged in a totally over-the-top proposal
orchestrated by West.
He rented out San Francisco's AT&T baseball stadium and surprised Kim with all of her
family and friends in attendance.
They looked on as Kanye proposed under a sign that said "PLEEEASE MARRY MEEEE!!!"
while an orchestra played Lana Del Rey.
When Kim said yes, fireworks went off and her loved ones stormed the field to congratulate
them.
Kim gave birth to Saint West and earlier this year the couple welcomed to their family a
girl named Chicago, who was born through the use of a surrogate."
Despite the endless rumors about their divorce, Kim still answers the question the same way:
"We're happy.
There's just nothing to really report on."
And we hope it will stay this way for the Kardashians!
Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher.
Paige and Eddie began dating in 2012.
They have kept much of their relationship under wraps.
As an actress, Paige has appeared in several of her beau, Eddie Murphy’s, films as well
as others.
You may recognize her from Something’s Gotta Give or Big Momma’s House 2.
Eddie Murphy is known for his big family.
He has children with five different women, including his last girlfriend Paige Butcher.
She is now pregnant with his 10th child!
The couple welcomed their first daughter Izzy Oona Murphy two years ago.
And so, currently, Murphy`s youngest daughter is 2 and his oldest son Eric is 29!"
Thandie Newton and Ol Parker.
Thandie, with her mixed ethnicity of Caucasian father and Zimbabwean mother.
is happily married to writer Ol Parker, continuously sharing an extraordinary love with him.
The very first time her eyes met with Ol, she knew that he was the one with whom she
would plan to have a family.
She expressed that even though she had been in many romantic relationships before she
never experienced what she experienced with Ol, with any other person.
After two years of dating him, Thandie tied the knot with Ol and the duo exchanged their
marriage vows.
Thandie has three children with her husband - Ripley who is 16, Nico, who is 12 and the
youngest two-year-old son Booker.
Newton is happy with not only her family but with a career as well.
Just this month she won the 2018 Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama
series.
Newton had a special shout-out to share.
“I don’t even believe in God, but I’m going to thank her tonight,” the Westworld
star said.
She continued: “I am so f—king blessed to work with the people I have gotten to work
with.”
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