Almost a decade in, Anne Hathaway and her husband are still madly in love!
Wanna take a look into the details of their marriage, including the crazy conspiracy theory
about them?
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When a friend introduced Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman in the fall of 2008, the timing
was pretty terrible — but it all worked out in the end.
The actor had just split from her ex Raffaello Follieri in June 2008.
The fallout from that very messy relationship had her, as she told Marie Claire UK,
"Actually looking forward to a little alone time."
Hathaway dated Follieri for four years before the Daily Mail reported they called it quits.
The Italian businessman, as it turned out, wasn't as much a savvy entrepreneur as he
was a, quote, "sophisticated scam artist."
At least, that’s how assistant U.S. Attorney Reed Brodsky put it during Follieri's eventual
trial in October 2008.
According to Vanity Fair, Follieri lied about being in close contact with Pope John Paul
II to secure millions of dollars from investors.
Even more, he also pleaded guilty to 14 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and money-laundering.
Follieri was sentenced to four and a half years in jail, which he served until 2012.
This was, understandably, a difficult time for Hathaway.
She told W Magazine,
"As soon as I found out about the arrest, I had to get on a plane to Mexico to do a
press tour for 'Get Smart.
And then I spent a week in shock at a friend's house."
Maybe not quite the most auspicious circumstances to meet your future husband under — and
yet…
Anne Hathaway essentially fell for Adam Shulman the moment they met.
According to Harper's Bazaar, when speaking to a friend after their first encounter, she
said confidently,
"I'm going to marry that man."
How did that work out, you ask?
Well, the two of them have been together ever since, and married for nine years as of September
2021.
So either Hathaway is just a true romantic, or she has some serious psychic tendencies.
Maybe a bit of both.
"Thank you.
Thank you."
At first, though, it didn't seem like things were going to be so smooth-sailing.
As she explained to David Letterman in 2012, Hathaway was told that Shulman was already
taken, even though he wasn't.
Although the actor clearly already knew that the producer and jewelry designer was the
one for her, it would be weeks before she found out the truth about Shulman's relationship
status.
She had to be a little patient before acting on what started as a crush — and turned
into long-lasting love.
Six weeks after she and Adam Shulman first met, Anne Hathaway put her own, famous-person
spin on the classic dinner-and-a-movie first date.
On the "Late Show With David Letterman," she explained that she decided to invite her new
flame to follow her across state lines to a New Orleans screening of her movie "Rachel
Getting Married."
She had a spare ticket for the feature film, in which she portrays the main character Kym
Buchman.
Hathaway recalled,
"My two best girlfriends from LA couldn't go, and I just thought, you know, of all the
people I know in LA, I think I'd have the best time with that guy Adam."
Shulman was clearly unfazed by this unusual proposition, since the pair ended up attending
the screening together in New Orleans that November.
Speaking to Life & Style, Shulman said,
"We met through mutual friends.
I came to support Anne.
We've never been to New Orleans before – it's our first time."
The first date obviously went pretty well, and as Hathaway shared on a 2020 episode of
"The Drew Barrymore Show," their second date happened at the daytime chat show host's Halloween
party.
When asked by Harper's Bazaar UK whether she had trust issues entering into a relationship
with Adam Shulman, Anne Hathaway admitted that she felt pretty scared.
After what happened with Raffaello Follieri, it's not exactly shocking that Hathaway found
it hard to fall for someone else — even if she had such a strong inkling she would
eventually marry Shulman.
When she broke things off with Follieri, not only did she have to mourn a four-year relationship,
but she also had to hand over her personal diaries to the FBI.
She then had to temporarily stay at a friend's while looking for a place of her own.
Hathaway told W Magazine in October 2008,
"It's a situation where the rug was pulled out from under me all of a sudden."
In her interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, Hathaway recalled what she said to Shulman
in the early days of their courtship:
"I believe, because I need to believe, that what just happened to me was the exception
and not the rule, and that people are good and you are a good person, because I feel
it.
And so I am not in a good place right now, but I'm going with this."
“Every good thing has been a trick, until you.”
Hathaway's gamble paid off, as Shulman got down on one knee just three years after they
met, in November 2011.
Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman rarely share details about their life together, and their
September 2012 wedding was equally understated.
Speaking to People, an unnamed guest said,
"It was just friends and family.
No movie stars.
There were only a few people in the business there, like her stunt double."
The couple said "I do" at sunset in Big Sur, California, and celebrated their love over
a whole weekend in the coastal town.
Though we still have few details about the private ceremony, Hathaway's wedding dress
was much discussed — even before she actually got married.
It came courtesy of legendary designer Valentino Garavani, better known as simply Valentino.
The couturier told E! News in the days leading up to the big event,
"She's a very good friend of mine.
She's like my daughter!"
As for the dress itself, a rep for Valentino told the Telegraph,
"Mr. Valentino Garavani designed it especially for Anne and our seamstresses at the couture
atelier in Rome made it."
It was a gown more than worthy of the Princess of Genovia, as big and poofy as you'd hope,
with a long train featuring pink accents and satin flowers.
Shulman wore a timeless black tux, according to Hello!
A jack of many trades, Adam Shulman isn't just a jewelry designer.
Anne Hathaway's other half also happens to be a producer and actor.
In 2014, he and his movie star wife collaborated on her first producing credit, the movie "Song
One," directed by Kate Barker-Froyland.
Hathaway told Variety at the movie's New York premiere,
"I really loved producing.
I loved being able to support a filmmaker in a way beyond acting in a movie."
Harper's Bazaar also noted that Hathaway and Shulman worked together on feature films "The
Shower" and "Puzzler."
However, despite both movies having been first announced years ago, in 2015 and 2011 respectively,
per The Hollywood Reporter, they are still marked as "in development" on IMDb.
That makes it anyone's guess whether they will ever see the light of day.
As for Shulman, he currently has five acting credits to his name, including a minor role
in the 2015 movie "Ricki and the Flash," starring Meryl Streep.
One of the major trials Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman have faced together was their
difficulty having children.
In a 2019 interview with the Daily Mail, Anne Hathaway spoke candidly about her struggle
with infertility, explaining that she wanted to open up about it so that others knew they
weren't alone.
This came after she told her Instagram followers that her road to pregnancy was, quote, "not
a straight line."
Speaking to the Mail, the actor revealed,
"Each time I was trying to get pregnant and it wasn't going my way, someone else would
manage to conceive.
I knew intellectually that it didn't happen just to torment me, but, to be honest, it
felt a little bit like it did."
As hard as this all was for the couple, they are now proud parents to two boys.
It's obvious to anyone who listens that Hathaway is completely enamored with her kids.
Appearing on "Live With Kelly and Ryan" in October 2020, the movie star described her
sons' sweet relationship.
When Ryan Seacrest asked her how her eldest was coping with the new baby, she responded
happily.
“No coping.
No coping, just love.”
Hathaway added that her son Jack was finally big enough to wrestle with his older brother
and that's brought a whole new element to their relationship, which has been, quote,
“really cute.”
Anne Hathaway has been through a lot — including years of people publicly hating her — and
her husband has played a big role in supporting her through the tough times.
Hathaway told Elle in 2017,
"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."
Unlike many tempestuous celebrity relationships, Hathaway's and Shulman's seems to have true
lasting power, since the actor has barely changed her tune since first meeting her now-husband.
Hathaway told Marie Claire UK in 2011,
"I am very much in love with him, [only] Adam totally ruined my plan.
I was really actually looking forward to a little alone time, and then I fell in love
like a fool!"
Ten years, a wedding and two children later, Shulman is still, quote, "the one" for Hathaway,
as she told The Sun in 2021.
Though Adam Shulman's various ventures mean he's not exactly hurting for dough, Anne Hathaway
is apparently worth 60 times more than her husband.
She’s cashing in at $60 million to Shulman's $1 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
The website reports that Hathaway was paid $1 million, which is her husband's entire
net worth, for her role as Andy Sachs in "The Devil Wears Prada."
She also earned a whopping $10 million for Les Misérables.
Hathaway's side hustle as a brand ambassador for the likes of Lancôme and Tod's hasn't
hurt her bank account either.
As for Shulman, his money seems to come from his acting and producing career and his jewelry-making,
as well as from the sale of property he co-owned with Hathaway, according to Celebrity Net
Worth.
These days, Shulman's jewelry line, James Banks Design, seems to be thriving.
According to its website, the company hand makes every piece in Marin County, California,
using recycled materials to create unique pieces.
Like many of us when the coronavirus first hit, Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman felt out
of their depth.
Hathaway told The Sun,
"In the early days of lockdown we were all so overwhelmed and there was a lot to process
and I needed a release but I didn't want to scare my kids, so I screamed into a pillow
a lot."
But through it all, her doting husband was ever the perfect partner.
Hathaway added,
"Adam is great.
If you're going to be quarantined with another adult, my husband is the one."
That’s love right there!
Eventually, though, Hathaway channeled the frustration into the movie "Locked Down,"
which came out in January 2021 and uses the pandemic as a plot device.
The movie, a very timely heist co-starring Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor, unfortunately
didn't do so well, scoring 43% on the critics' side on Rotten Tomatoes, and coming in at
a dire 29% with the audience.
Nonetheless, we're sure Hathaway has many more box office-topping movies under her belt.
We can't wait to see what she has in store.
Last but not least — well, maybe least — there’s quite a bizarre conspiracy surrounding the
happy couple.
Yes, conspiracy.
Search the internet for "Anne Hathaway marriage" and you'll be met with a host of results pertaining
to a very different Anne Hathaway — the wife of William Shakespeare, whom he married
in 1582.
You don't need us to tell you that this is not the modern-day actor who has starred in
the likes of "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Witches."
Well, there was a time several years ago when certain people on the internet didn't think
the distinction was quite so clear-cut.
Beyond the two Anne Hathaways' shared name, it seems that one's husband, Adam Shulman,
bears a striking resemblance to the other's, who happens to be a certain 16th century Bard,
as one Twitter user helpfully pointed out in 2018.
The tweet, which quickly went viral, ignited a whole conspiracy movement that Shulman was
in fact Shakespeare reincarnated to reunite with Hathaway, as reported by BuzzFeed News.
“We are sprouting seeds of possibility right now.
Other wild theories included time travel and Hathaway and Shulman as vampires.
Okay, then.
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