Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor shocked the world after announcing their split in 2017,
after 18 years together.
However, the comedic couple is giving their marriage a second chance, and fans are rejoicing.
Here's the real reason why Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor got back together.
There was enough love in this power couple's marriage to keep them together for nearly
two decades, and it looks like that bond pulled them back from the brink of divorce.
In fact, the Dodgeball couple apparently had an instant connection after meeting on the
set of a never-aired pilot in 1999.
Stiller, who was also the director, told Parade,
"My wife came in to audition for the role of the sexy sheriff.
She had been in the Brady Bunch movies, and they were pushing her on me.
She came in, and she was great...I turned around one day and said, 'Wow, I'm happy with
her.
We connect.
I'm enjoying being with her all the time!'
It just felt right."
Even the couple's joint statement regarding their split showed their love for one another.
It said,
“With tremendous love and respect for each other, and the 18 years we spent together
as a couple, we have made the decision to separate.
Our priority will continue to be raising our children as devoted parents and the closest
of friends.
We kindly ask that the media respect our privacy at this time.”
Taylor and Stiller have two children.
Their daughter Ella, was born in 2002, and son Quinlin arrived in 2005.
The family looked super cute serving their best "Blue Steel" impressions on the red carpet
for the Zoolander 2 premiere in 2016.
Despite announcing their separation in 2017, Stiller and Taylor sparked rumors of a reunion
in 2018 when they took both children to watch Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway.
The former couple was reportedly seen holding hands at intermission, which was the first
public display of affection between them since they announced their split.
A source told Closer Weekly in April 2019,
"Ben’s a great dad and spent as much time as possible with the kids during the separation,
who are both thrilled that their parents are back together."
"You don't want to be the parent who's begging your kids to watch your movies."
Back in 2012, Stiller proved just how much he loves being a father when he told The New
Yorker,
"I took a good chunk of time off, and Christine and I made a conscious effort to make our
relationship work.
It felt good.
I surprised myself that I could actually enjoy time off.
On a vacation.
With my family."
And now that the children are growing up, Taylor has hinted that she feels more comfortable
getting back to work.
She revealed to Good Housekeeping in 2016,
"Now that my kids are a little older, it's nice to be able to go off to work and have
them be OK.
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."
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor's relationship is about much more than physical attraction.
As Stiller told Entertainment Tonight in 2016,
"I think you got to laugh...We all have to deal with what life throws at us, so you got
to have a sense of humor about it.
If you can share that, at the end, it makes a huge difference."
For nearly two decades, the Zoolander duo juggled raising a family with their busy film
careers.
The couple famously worked together on several projects, and Taylor even helps edit all of
her husband's jokes.
As Stiller told Us Weekly in 2015,
"We trust each other.
We get each other...You can't do comedy in a vacuum.
You need people to react."
Meanwhile, Stiller told Blackfilm.com,
"[We] just connect on that level, where we like, we laugh at the same things, so it was
actually really fun and therapeutic."
In 2019, a source allegedly told Closer Weekly,
"He never got over her after the split, nor was he interested in starting a relationship
with anyone else whilst they were separated...Even though Ben has his pick of women, he’d often
bring Quinlin or Ella as his plus one to events in a bid to show Christine that family is
his No. 1 priority and he only has eyes for her."
"Yep.
Those two.
Those are my babies.
Those two."
Another inside source told Star,
"It's telling that neither of them is moving forward with the divorce right now.
There's still a lot of love between them, and it's clear the spark never went away.
They're just taking each day as it comes."
In a 1998 Rolling Stone interview, the year before he met Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
said,
"I'm working on that whole happiness-balance issue in life...It's important to find happiness
outside of your work."
The actor quickly found that happiness with Taylor, but it's all too easy to take a loved
one's presence for granted after nearly 20 years together, especially for someone so
career focused.
Stiller's hectic work schedule regularly kept him away from home, but he always knew there
was a loving family waiting for him upon his return.
Sometimes, a short break is all that's needed to make you realize what you've lost.
An inside source told Star,
"[Ben has been] lonely and miserable...They had their problems, but Ben knows he's never
going to meet someone like her again.
He's started to wonder if he didn't put enough work into the relationship, and he's been
kicking himself that he let her go."
Finances are often a major factor in decisions about marriage and divorce.
However, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have both had lucrative careers, meaning that
there are no money worries in their marriage.
Plus, a reconciliation means that the couple's $200 million fortune remains intact.
At a Project A.L.S. gala in 2014, Taylor spoke of her relationship with Stiller and said,
"It's all change for the better.
Right?
We're older, we're wiser.
I found a picture of us from 15 years ago, and I saw youth.
You don't see [the change] on a daily basis.
We looked like kids.
Now we look like parents."
Additionally, Stiller explained to Parade in 2016 why their relationship works, and
said,
"Because we both want to make it work.
We both love each other, and we also laugh a lot."
Only time will tell whether Stiller and Taylor are back together for good, but we're definitely
rooting for them.
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