Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have been married for 12 years, while Jason and Brittany Aldean have been married for nine
Many celebrity couples have found different ways of making sure their relationships go the distance.
Stars such as Jason and Brittany Aldean, and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have managed to keep the spark alive since getting married 12 and nine years ago, respectively.
Here are a few celebrities who wow their partners with sweet romantic gestures.
Jason and Brittany Aldean, and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds keep their marriages alive in different ways. (MEGA; Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Jason and Brittany Aldean
Jason Aldean and Brittany Aldean announced their engagement in September 2014, going on to tie the knot a few months later, in March 2015, in a ceremony in Mexico. Since getting married, the couple have welcomed two children together, a son named Memphis and a daughter named Navy, who join Jason’s two older daughters, Keeley and Kendyl, from his first marriage.
Jason and Brittany were spotted enjoying a fun-filled day at Disneyland. (Mega)
Despite their busy lives with four kids, the couple manage to keep the romance in their relationship alive. They recently had a fun-filled day at Disneyland in California, and were seen laughing, drinking wine and beer and enjoying some rides.
“We’re a team, and we kind of deal with everything together as a team, whether it be… stuff that’s going on with me or stuff that’s going on with her,” he told Fox News Digital in May 2024. “You know, different business things that we have, and we just kind of lean on each other for a lot of that stuff.”
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Lively shared that Reynolds used to send her flowers every week. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds first met when they starred opposite each other in the 2011 movie “Green Lantern.” While the movie was universally panned by both critics and audiences, it has a special place in the couples’ hearts, as it led to them finding each other.
The couple went on to get married in September 2012, and have since welcomed four children together; James, 9, Inez, 7, Betty, 4, and Olin, 1. In a recent interview, Lively shared how Reynolds made her feel special in the early days of their relationship.
“When my husband and I first got together, he would send me a bouquet of flowers every week,” Lively told People in August. “He would always send a card and it would just be a sentence of something that had happened that week – something funny or emotional that one of us said.”
George and Amal Clooney
George shared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” that he would write Amal love letters early in their relationship. (Neil P. Mockford/Getty Images)
George Clooney married Amal Clooney in September 2014. The couple now share twins, Alexander and Ella, who were born in 2017.
During an appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show” in October 2022, George revealed he met Amal after a friend set them up, telling him “there’s a girl coming to your house that you’re gonna marry.” Although he didn’t believe his friend, he and Amal instantly hit it off.
“And then comes Amal, and we stayed up all night talking, and then I started writing her a bunch of letters,” he told Barrymore. “We still write letters. We leave them on the pillow.”
Barrymore was left swooning over the romantic gesture, and was further enamored as George described surprising Amal with an orchestra while working on scoring a movie at the famous Abbey Road in London.
Ted Danson and Mary Steenbergen
Danson shared that he and Steenburgen have a cup of coffee together every morning. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
While Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen first met in 1983, they didn’t start their romantic relationship until a decade later, when they reconnected on the set of the 1994 movie, “Pontiac Moon.” The two made things official when they tied the knot in October 1995.
When speaking to Country Living in May 2024 about their upcoming 28th anniversary, Danson couldn’t help but gush about his wife, telling the outlet “we’re very much in love, very lucky, very blessed.”
Over the course of their nearly three-decade marriage, the couple have come to realize how lucky they are to have found each other, with Danson saying, “We celebrate it all the time.” When it comes to making sure they stay connected, Danson explained it’s all about spending time together.
“Even when we have a 6:00 pickup call, we will set our alarms for 4:30 so that we can have two cups of coffee in bed, and play Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections – the New York Times games,” he explained. “We team up, we don’t compete. We’re two aging brains who join together and we’re really smart. We’re geniuses, together.”
Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy
McCarthy and Wahlberg renew their vows every year. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)
Sparks flew when Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy first met during a joint appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” in 2012, and continued to fly when Wahlberg appeared as a guest on McCarthy’s radio show in March 2013.
Soon after the interview, they made their red carpet debut as a couple, and announced their engagement in April 2014. They tied the knot in August of that year, and commemorate their anniversary each year by recommitting themselves to each other.
“I used to make fun of celebrities when they would do it, or people in general, when they renew their vows,” she told Kelly Ripa on her “Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa” podcast. “I’m like, ‘That’s so corny and weird. Your wedding’s over. Just stay married,’ and then Donnie – this is a tradition Donnie wanted to implement.”
“He’s like, ‘I want to remind each other of our vows’ and talk about – like our pastor reminisces about the year and gives us a thing to think about as the year goes on,” she continued. “So, there is something nice about it.”
