15 Famous Couples Who Waited A Decade Or More To Marry (And Why)

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RuPaul and Georges LeBar decided to get joined aft the 2016 statesmanlike election. RuPaul said, "We thought, 'We don't person to get married.' But then, successful airy of what's happening presently successful the satellite today, what's happening successful Washington, we thought, 'You cognize what? Let's bash it."

According to Guinness World Records, the longest engagement ever was 67 years! There's nary acceptable timeline for erstwhile a mates should get engaged oregon married. It's up to them to determine erstwhile the clip is close (and if matrimony is close for them astatine all!).

Here are 15 personage couples who were unneurotic for a decennary oregon much earlier getting engaged oregon married:

1. In 2004, Michelle Yeoh met the then-CEO of Ferrari, Jean Todt, portion doing publicity for the marque successful Shanghai. A small implicit a period later, helium popped the question.

In 2021, Michelle told the Guardian, "We've been threatening to get joined for specified a agelong time. Sometimes we say, 'Wait, didn't we already bash it?'"

And successful 2022, she told Town & Country that they wanted a elemental ceremony, but they'd been excessively engaged to program it. She said, "He counts the fig of days alternatively than the years. I'll inquire him, 'What is the contiguous for 6,725 days?'"

They got married successful 2023. Their wedding programs said, "Today aft 6,992 days connected 27th July 2023 successful Geneva, surrounded by loving household and friends, we are truthful blessed to observe this peculiar infinitesimal together!"

2. In 2005, Robin Roberts and Amber Laign were acceptable up connected a unsighted date. In an Instagram station marking their 15th anniversary, Amber shared, "15 years agone I met you for drinks connected a unsighted day that some you and I tried to cancel...twice. Your grace caught my oculus close distant and the easiness of the evening continued to travel done meal 😘 We had a 2nd day soon aft and I couldn't judge however astatine easiness I was with you arsenic we shared each other's lives sipping lychee and pome martinis 😳 You near for Tahiti the pursuing time and during that clip isolated I grew this feeling wrong of maine that still, is precise contiguous today....butterflies. Having you by my broadside is simply a acquisition arsenic we proceed to navigate this happening called life. I thrust you crazy....I cognize which is wherefore I emotion you adjacent much to this day."

For astir 2 decades, the mates has stood by each different done everything, including their bosom crab diagnoses. On a 2023 occurrence of Good Morning America, respective months aft Amber completed radiation, Robin said, "I'm hesitating due to the fact that I haven't said it retired large yet … I'm saying 'yes' to marriage. We're getting joined this year. It was thing we had talked about, but we had enactment it off. She became sick but … it is saying yes to that, and that adjacent chapter."

Robin and Amber got joined successful September 2023. They announced it successful the astir adorable mode imaginable — an Instagram station from their dog! The representation of Lukas successful a bowtie was captioned, "My mommies are MARRIED!!!! Married?……yes….married!!! 👰🏾‍♀️👰✨"

3. Cristiano Ronaldo archetypal met Georgina Rodríguez astatine the Gucci store successful Madrid, wherever she was moving arsenic a income associate, successful 2016. By aboriginal 2017, they were official. In her Netflix docuseries I Am Georgina, she said, "We had a precise peculiar commencement to our relationship... Many times, he'd travel aft work. He would come, I retrieve once, erstwhile successful a Bugatti. My coworkers went crazy. They get determination connected the bus, and I would permission successful a Bugatti. I mean, radical couldn't judge it."

Alongside raising Cristiano's oldest 3 kids, the mates went connected to invited 3 children unneurotic — Alana successful 2017 and twins Bella and Ángel successful 2022. Sadly, Ángel passed away.

Cristiano and Georgina often faced speculation connected erstwhile they'd yet necktie the knot, particularly aft they relocated to Saudi Arabia, wherever it's illegal for unmarried couples to unrecorded unneurotic oregon person children. In Georgina's Netflix series, Cristiano explained wherefore helium was waiting to propose, adjacent though helium was "1,000% sure" helium would wed her 1 day. He said, "I ever archer her, 'When we get that click.' Like everything with our life, and she knows what I'm talking about. It could beryllium successful a year, oregon it could beryllium successful six months, oregon it could beryllium successful a month."

In 2025, aft astir a decennary together, Cristiano yet popped the question with an perfectly monolithic ring. Sharing the infinitesimal connected Instagram, Georgina said (translated from Spanish), "Yes I do. In this and successful each my lives."

4. In 2011, Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes fell successful emotion portion playing emotion interests successful The Place Beyond the Pines. In 2023, helium told GQ, "I wasn't reasoning astir kids earlier I met her, but aft I met Eva, I realized that I conscionable didn't privation to person kids without her. And determination were moments connected The Place Beyond the Pines wherever we were pretending to beryllium a family, and I didn't truly privation it to beryllium unreal anymore. I realized that this would beryllium a beingness I would beryllium truly fortunate to have."

The mates went connected to welcome 2 daughters — Esmeralda successful 2014 and Amanda successful 2016. Eva mostly took a measurement backmost from moving to attraction for their family, portion Ryan continued acting. In his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech, helium said, "You don't get to beryllium up present without lasting connected the shoulders of a mountain. While I was singing and dancing and playing piano … my woman was raising our daughter, large with our second, and trying to assistance her member combat his conflict with cancer."

Eva and Ryan notoriously worth their privacy. In a 2020 Instagram comment, she explained wherefore she doesn't station much pictures of him, writing, "As acold arsenic Ryan, I'll lone station flash backs of things that are already 'out there' (like pics from movies we did oregon worldly similar that). My antheral and my kids are private. That's important to maine truthful acknowledgment for getting that. Have a beauteous day. Sending truthful overmuch love!"

Since their privateness is truthful important to them, it was nary astonishment that they decided to support their wedding a secret! In 2022, Eva subtly confirmed their marital presumption portion appearing connected the Australian amusement Today. She said, "Everyone is truthful welcoming here, and my husband, Ryan, is here, and we are having the champion time."

5. In 1985, Tina Turner flew to Europe for a concert, and euphony exec Erwin Bach picked her up from the airdrome — and it was "love astatine archetypal sight." In 2013, she told Oprah's Next Chapter, "He had the prettiest face. You could not miss it. It was similar saying, 'Where did helium travel from?' He was truly that good-looking. My bosom went bu-bum. It means that a psyche has met. My hands were shaking."

Afterward, she invited him to sojourn her successful the US with a bold proposition: "When you travel to LA, I privation you to marque emotion to me." She said, "He looked astatine maine similar helium didn't judge what helium was hearing."

Erwin visited Tina successful Nashville earlier seeing her again successful LA. In 1989, helium popped the question. She said, "I said, 'I don't person an answer.' It wasn't yes, it wasn't no... Marriage says ownership. I didn't privation that 'my' anything, anymore. I had capable of that."

In 1995, the mates moved to Zurich, and successful 2009, Tina retired from music. Then, successful 2013, they had a large wedding astatine their estate. Erwin was determination for Tina successful a large mode erstwhile she got diagnosed with kidney crab a fewer years later. In her 2018 memoir Tina Turner: My Love Story, she said, "He said helium didn't privation different woman, oregon different life. Then helium shocked me. He said helium wanted to springiness maine 1 of his kidneys." They remained unneurotic until her decease successful 2023.

6. Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter met connected the acceptable of the 1997 play Rosewood. At the time, they were some actors, but she stepped away from acting due to the fact that they agreed 1 of them would ever enactment location with their kids, Tai and Imani. While Don was distant working, Bridgid would rearrange the furniture. Once, erstwhile helium got home, helium asked, "Is determination going to beryllium a period erstwhile I instrumentality home, and this is conscionable however our furnishings lives?" Alongside her friends' admiration for her plan prowess, his question inspired her to prosecute a caller vocation successful interior design.

In 2021, they had an intimate wedding astatine home. Don told Entertainment Tonight, "It was conscionable beautiful. It was conscionable for america successful our backyard, our 2 kids. It was for us. It was special."

Addressing wherefore they waited 28 years to wed, helium said, "Our accountant projected to some of us, and helium showed america the numbers, and we said, 'Yeah, we should astir apt bash it.' ...It came up a batch of times. But each time, we were like, 'But we're already together?' He's like, 'Yeah, but this is simply a amended crushed to beryllium together.' Really, it's due to the fact that our accountant projected to us. I privation determination were immoderate big, sweet, romanticist story, but the romance happened, you know, the archetypal year."

And Bridgid joked, "You've got to marque sure. I wasn't sure. Now, I deliberation I'm astir sure."

7. Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton met portion filming The Lovers successful 2011. In 2024, helium told Interview magazine, "[We met in] the astir Hollywood mode imaginable. We played hubby and woman successful the worst movie either of america person ever made. No discourtesy to the director; it'll stay nameless. It conscionable got mislaid successful post-production. We were shooting present successful London, and some had important others, and some realized that wasn't going to enactment due to the fact that we truly liked each other. So I broke up with my girlfriend, she broke up with her boyfriend, and past aft we stopped filming, we started to date."

He continued, "But I was surviving successful New York and she was surviving successful London, truthful we went connected a fewer vacations together. Then she came retired to the States, and we went connected a agelong roadworthy trip, wherever she met my parents, and it kept going. And past she kept staying with me, and I kept staying with her. We were surviving a batch of the clip betwixt houses together, and past she got pregnant, and past we got married."

Josh besides shared that they "were engaged erstwhile she got pregnant." The mates welcomed 3 children earlier getting joined — a girl successful 2015, and 2 much children successful 2017 and 2019. They lived betwixt the US and the UK (her location country) for years but spent lockdown successful the UK. Then, erstwhile they were expecting their 3rd child, they decided to enactment successful her hometown of Hampshire for good.

Tasmin and Josh got married successful November 2021, but they kept it backstage until March 2022. Then, successful 2024, they welcomed their 4th kid together. Because Josh is successful the UK connected a matrimony visa, helium tin lone work retired of the state for 180 days a year, giving him clip to movie 1 movie. He's perfectly blessed with that due to the fact that it gives him much clip with his family.

8. RuPaul and Georges LeBar met connected a nighttime retired astatine the NYC nine Limelight successful 1994. In 2017, RuPaul told Entertainment Tonight, "Literally, connected the creation level astatine Limelight. He was dancing similar a crazed person. I went implicit and said, 'What are you doing?' You know, and that was that. Yeah, he's a rancher. He has a ranch successful Wyoming. A precise ample ranch."

The mates decided to get joined aft the 2016 statesmanlike election. RuPaul said, "What's happening politically close now, you know, you ne'er cognize what could crook astir astatine this point. Who thought that this would happen, what's happening successful Washington close now. We are devoted to each other. We don't basal connected ceremony. We thought, 'We don't person to get married.' But then, successful airy of what's happening presently successful the satellite today, what's happening successful Washington, we thought, 'You cognize what? Let's bash it. Let's conscionable bash it, due to the fact that there's excessively overmuch astatine involvement with our businesses' ...So, that's wherefore we did it."

So, successful 2017 — connected their 23rd day arsenic a couple! — they had an intimate wedding astatine the LA home. RuPaul said, "He works the ranch, I enactment Hollywood, and we conscionable up successful fabulous places. You know, helium needs breaks from clip to time, due to the fact that it's a precise antithetic life. So, we program small getaways erstwhile a month, you know? New York oregon Maui oregon San Francisco oregon Vegas. We bash that. It works [for us]. This conception of matrimony that we were raised with is truthful antithetic from the existent benignant of relationships that linger for years and years... It takes — it's different. There's sickness and successful health, and affluent and poor. It takes a existent committedness to beryllium capable to instrumentality with idiosyncratic nary substance what, and spot them arsenic their authentic aforesaid … it's existent life."

9. In 2001, Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo met successful an acting class, but they were conscionable friends for astir a year. In 2008, she told Vanity Fair, "I had different boyfriend, and Darren was dating immoderate girl. I did scenes with him, and I liked him and thought helium was truly sweet... I was truly focused connected the classes — helium was a small frightened of me."

However, implicit 1 life-changing weekend, they costarred successful the abbreviated movie Pennies. Amy said, "I got to cognize him extracurricular of class, and I conscionable recovered him to beryllium specified a genuine, caring person. And assertive! He demanded that we spell retired connected a date. He said, 'I cognize you're getting implicit this [other] guy, but I'm taking you retired connected Wednesday.' I deliberation that was it exactly. And I was like, 'And truthful you are!' That was six years ago."

In 2008, they got engaged, with People reporting they planned to necktie the knot the pursuing year. However, the mates took their clip getting down the aisle. They welcomed their daughter, Aviana, successful 2010. Five years later, Amy and Dan — who'd been unneurotic for 14 years astatine that constituent — got married successful a tiny ceremonial astatine their friend's house.

In 2017, Amy told E! News, "I avoided getting joined for a truly agelong clip due to the fact that I don't similar radical looking astatine me... I don't similar to beryllium the halfway of attention. When I'm promoting a film, I tin benignant of beryllium determination for the film, and I tin beryllium determination for the director. But erstwhile it's a conscionable a nighttime similar contiguous [an awards amusement wherever she was honored], it becomes precise singular."

10. Madam Secretary costars and onscreen spouses Téa Leoni and Tim Daly softly started dating successful the summertime of 2014. About a twelvemonth later, their costar Geoffrey Arend told People, "I heard a rumor astir it, and everyone was like, 'No, nary way!' And I'm like, 'Maybe.' ...Nobody truly knew. You don't privation to spell to your brag and beryllium like, 'Hey, truthful who are you dating?' So present I deliberation we're each truly protective."

In July 2025, they tied the knot successful a backstage ceremonial with their families.

11. In the '80s, George Takei decided to articulation Frontrunners, a cheery moving club, wherever helium met speedy and "dashingly good-looking" Brad Takei (née Altman). After making the archetypal move, George got Brad to bash marathon grooming with him. By 1985, they were officially a couple, but George wasn't publically retired due to the fact that helium feared however it would impact his career. In 2020, Brad told Variety, "I was ne'er identified publically arsenic George's fellow oregon partner."

However, aft 20 years with Brad, George made the determination to publically travel retired arsenic cheery and stock his narration with the world.

In 2008, same-sex matrimony was concisely legalized successful California for the archetypal time, truthful they decided to necktie the knot astatine the Japanese American National Museum successful LA. George's Star Trek costars Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols served arsenic the champion antheral and the champion woman. George told Variety, "She said, 'If Walter tin beryllium the champion man, wherefore can't I beryllium the champion lady?' We wanted to bespeak diverseness successful our wedding, and that's what I retrieve — the almighty diversity."

12. In 1971, Lily Tomlin saw Jane Wagner's teleplay J.T., past reached retired successful hopes of penning together. In 2020, Lily told Variety, "A person brought her to my edifice room, and I archer you, successful 2 minutes, I fell successful emotion with her. She had connected blistery pants, stretchy boots that went up to her knee, and a small backpack. I don't cognize what it was, but I was successful love."

The adjacent day, Lily had to alert to Chicago for a performance, but instantly after, she returned to New York, wherever Jane was. She continued, "I called Jane immediately, and I said, 'Look, I don't person overmuch time, but I person to spot you.' She agreed to spot me, and we had our archetypal date."

Same-sex matrimony yet became legal successful California successful 2013, so, aft 42 years together, Lily and Jane had a backstage wedding successful LA.

13. In 2014, Robin Thicke met April Love Geary astatine a Labor Day party, but helium was inactive joined to his archetypal woman astatine the time. However, Robin and April aboriginal reconnected astatine a nightclub and started dating. They made their reddish carpet debut astatine the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2018, they welcomed their archetypal kid together, Mia. Then, connected Christmas Eve, they announced their engagement. On Instagram, April wrote, "YES YES 1000x YES 😭😭💍"

Over the adjacent fewer years, they grew their family, welcoming 2 much kids — Lola successful 2019 and Luca successful 2020. Four years later, Robin told People, "Wedding plans are a priority. We're looking astatine 2024, and we're precise excited... She's truly the astir astonishing pistillate a antheral could inquire for."

Their wedding plans yet came to fruition successful 2025. Robin proposed to April for the 2nd time, and 1 week later, they tied the knot successful a celebrity-filled ceremonial successful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

14. Joy Behar and Steve Janowitz started dating successful 1982. On a 2020 occurrence of The View, she recalled, "I don't cognize if you cognize this astir me, but I met my hubby astatine a semi-nudist colony. It's true. He was naked; I was not. Because for a antheral to spot maine naked, I person to beryllium successful his will." However, she didn't talk to him until a movie nighttime lawsuit aboriginal that evening, erstwhile they were some wearing clothes.

In 2009, they were engaged, but past Joy got "cold feet" and called it off. However, 2 years later, they tied the knot successful NYC. In part, Joy decided she wanted to get joined erstwhile same-sex matrimony was legalized successful New York. But that wasn't the lone happening that changed her mind. She told Rachel Ray, "I waited until each the parents were dead. So I person nary in-laws astatine all. He has none, and I person none. 'Cause matrimony is mostly astir in-laws, I find. They ever privation you to sojourn them and travel for lasagna."

15. And finally, aft her archetypal husband's decease successful 1998, Bo Derek "didn't expect to extremity up with anyone again." However, aft 5 years had passed, she met John Corbett, who needed a day for his friend's Oscars party. In 2015, John told Today, "I said, 'I'm not dating anyone,' and [the friend] said, 'I'll get you a date, Corbett!' And helium acceptable maine up with Bo."

In 2020, Bo told Fox News, "It was conscionable an attraction, a comfort. He makes maine laughter each the time. He's afloat of life, afloat of joy. I became attracted to him, and I inactive am. We instrumentality things time by day, and I deliberation we are inactive there."

For a agelong time, matrimony didn't consciousness important to them. She said, "I deliberation erstwhile you're opening a young household and you're going to person children and acceptable up this caller household histrion branch, it's evidently a fantastic commitment, and it's meaningful. But for america successful our lives, it hasn't been yet.”

However, the mates decided to get joined implicit the holidays successful 2020 — and they kept it concealed from the nationalist for astir a year! In 2021, John told The Talk, "We're beauteous backstage people. We didn't marque an announcement. All our friends and household knew, but this is the archetypal clip either 1 of america has said thing publically astir it, because, really, we haven't had an opportunity. So, [co-host Jerry O'Connell] you're my buddy, and present I conjecture I'm telling each of America, oregon the world... After 20 years we decided to get married. We didn't privation 2020 to beryllium that happening that everybody looks backmost astatine and hated. We thought, 'Well, let's get 1 bully happening retired of it.'"

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15 Famous Couples Who Waited A Decade Or More To Marry (And Why)

According to Guinness World Records, the longest engagement ever was 67 years! There's nary acceptable timeline for erstwhile a mates should get engaged oregon married. It's up to them to determine erstwhile the clip is close (and if matrimony is close for them astatine all!).

Here are 15 personage couples who were unneurotic for a decennary oregon much earlier getting engaged oregon married:

1. In 2004, Michelle Yeoh met the then-CEO of Ferrari, Jean Todt, portion doing publicity for the marque successful Shanghai. A small implicit a period later, helium popped the question.

In 2021, Michelle told the Guardian, "We've been threatening to get joined for specified a agelong time. Sometimes we say, 'Wait, didn't we already bash it?'"

And successful 2022, she told Town & Country that they wanted a elemental ceremony, but they'd been excessively engaged to program it. She said, "He counts the fig of days alternatively than the years. I'll inquire him, 'What is the contiguous for 6,725 days?'"

They got married successful 2023. Their wedding programs said, "Today aft 6,992 days connected 27th July 2023 successful Geneva, surrounded by loving household and friends, we are truthful blessed to observe this peculiar infinitesimal together!"

Alongside raising Cristiano's oldest 3 kids, the mates went connected to invited 3 children unneurotic — Alana successful 2017 and twins Bella and Ángel successful 2022. Sadly, Ángel passed away.

In 2025, aft astir a decennary together, Cristiano yet popped the question with an perfectly monolithic ring. Sharing the infinitesimal connected Instagram, Georgina said (translated from Spanish), "Yes I do. In this and successful each my lives."

Afterward, she invited him to sojourn her successful the US with a bold proposition: "When you travel to LA, I privation you to marque emotion to me." She said, "He looked astatine maine similar helium didn't judge what helium was hearing."

Erwin visited Tina successful Nashville earlier seeing her again successful LA. In 1989, helium popped the question. She said, "I said, 'I don't person an answer.' It wasn't yes, it wasn't no... Marriage says ownership. I didn't privation that 'my' anything, anymore. I had capable of that."

In 2021, they had an intimate wedding astatine home. Don told Entertainment Tonight, "It was conscionable beautiful. It was conscionable for america successful our backyard, our 2 kids. It was for us. It was special."

And Bridgid joked, "You've got to marque sure. I wasn't sure. Now, I deliberation I'm astir sure."

In July 2025, they tied the knot successful a backstage ceremonial with their families.

However, aft 20 years with Brad, George made the determination to publically travel retired arsenic cheery and stock his narration with the world.

Same-sex matrimony yet became legal successful California successful 2013, so, aft 42 years together, Lily and Jane had a backstage wedding successful LA.

In 2018, they welcomed their archetypal kid together, Mia. Then, connected Christmas Eve, they announced their engagement. On Instagram, April wrote, "YES YES 1000x YES 😭😭💍"

Their wedding plans yet came to fruition successful 2025. Robin proposed to April for the 2nd time, and 1 week later, they tied the knot successful a celebrity-filled ceremonial successful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

In 2020, Bo told Fox News, "It was conscionable an attraction, a comfort. He makes maine laughter each the time. He's afloat of life, afloat of joy. I became attracted to him, and I inactive am. We instrumentality things time by day, and I deliberation we are inactive there."

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