In today’s society, we have come a long way in accepting and respecting interracial marriages and pairings, resulting in the breakdown of racial barriers, making everyone appear as equals.
In 2016, Prince Harry made headlines by dating stunning ‘Suits’ actress Meghan Markle. The two were reported to have met at private members club Soho House in London and have been a tabloid favorite ever since. Due to Meghan being harassed by the press, Kensington Palace broke Royal protocol to confirm the new relationship between the Prince and Actress and requested that their privacy was respected. Since then the couple has been spotted attending friend’s weddings and visiting each other in their residing countries.
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Alfre Woodard is one of the most successful and talents African-American actresses turned producers in the industry. She has been married to writer husband, Rodrick Spencer, since 1983. Although the two appear to have a great marriage, they have publicly spoken about their struggles about being a biracial couple and receiving criticism from both her and her husband’s families over their racial differences. However, they have overcome their marriage troubles and went on to adopt 2 children named Mavis and Duncan.
‘Blurred Lines’ singer, songwriter, and producer Robin Thicke, met ex-wife Paula Patton in 1991 at the age of 14 in a hip-hop club named Balistyx on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip and then started dating her two years later. It was truly a high school sweethearts tale for these two who married in 2005 and welcomed their son Julian Fuego Thicke in 2010. However, their love story came to a dramatic end when Robin Thicke was photographed with his hand up a fans dress and in a series of events it led Patton to file for divorce in 2014 which was then finalized in March 2015.
Another couple on our list who met as teenagers were actor Cuba Gooding and his wife, Sara Kapfer. The couple were together for 30 years with 22 of them as husband and wife. The couple were married in 1994 and had 3 children during their relationship named Spencer, Mason, and Piper. Unfortunately, their marriage went downhill along with Gooding’s career, and they legally separated in 2014. Their divorce was later finalized in 2017, and the couple agreed to joint custody of their youngest child, 11-year-old Piper.
Bond girl bombshell and Academy Award winner Halle Berry met her Frenchmen actor Olivier Martinez back in 2010 on the set of Dark Tide and began dating after that. 2 years later, the couple became engaged and married the next year in a stunning ceremony in romantic France. Just three months after their wedding, Berry gave birth to their son Maceo Robert Martinez. However, after only two years of marriage, the couple announced they were filing for divorce. In 2016, their divorce was finalized and it was said that Berry rushed proceedings so that her ex-husband could not have access to her pending financially rewarding deals.
Star Wars creator George Lucas met the beautiful Melody Hobson in 2006 during a business conference. Hobson was a well-known name in the entertainment industry being the Chair of the Board of Directors at Dreamworks Animation. The couple were together for 7 years before announcing their engagement in January 2013 before being married 6 months later in July at the Lucas Skywalker Ranch. Just a month later, the newlyweds welcomed their first child via surrogate named Everest Hobson Lucas.
The beautiful Mexican actress Salma Hayek met French billionaire François Pinault in 2006. Salma announced her engagement to the businessman as well as her pregnancy in 2007. In September 2007 she gave birth to the couples’ daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault in Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, California. The two were then married in in 2009, having 2 ceremonies, one in Venice and one in Paris on Valentine’s Day. However, despite being very much in love, the couple faced some troubles in 2011 when Pinault was named in a paternity case for model Linda Evangelista’s son Augustin James, born in 2006. Although denying allegations, they later reached a settlement over the child.
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are almost like Hollywood royalty being one of the best-looking, high profile couples in the industry. The couple met in 2011 on the set of their movie ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’ and were first spotted on a date at Disneyland. The couple have now been together for almost 6 years and kept their relationship as private as possible, avoiding press and interview questions when possible. The couple had their first child together in 2014 and welcomed their second in 2016.
Supermodel Tyra Banks started dating her Norwegian boyfriend Erik since 2013 and reportedly met on the set of Norway’s Next Top Model where Erik played photographer. Erik’s occupation as a professional photographer led him to relocate to Los Angeles, which may have a lot to do with his relationship with Tyra. Erik is no stranger to Tyra’s modeling work as his website states he has had work published in fashion magazines including Elle, Glamour, German Vogue and German Vanity Fair. In early 2016 the couple welcomed a son via surrogate, adding to their brood of Erik’s two daughters from a previous relationship.
Twice married Basketball legend and sneaker entrepreneur Michael Jordan met his second wife Yvette Prieto in a Miami club. The two immediately hit it off, and after 5 years of dating, they got hitched in 2013 in a lavish, star-studded ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida, witnessed by over 500 guests. Being 15 years his junior, Michael’s bride became a step-mother to his 3 grown children from his marriage to Juanita Vanoy, and in February 2014, the two welcomed their own children, identical twin girls named Victoria and Ysabel.
Former American football player Michael Strahan married Jean Muggli after meeting at a spa in Manhattan in 1999. The couple had 2 daughters together but decided to separate in 2005 when Muggli called the police claiming he threatened to beat her. Michael then filed for divorce claiming she had taken $3.3 million from their bank account which she denied. The divorce got increasingly ugly when Muggli further claimed that he had cheated on her, refused to sleep with her and had secretly recorded her sister undressing. The accusations against Michael got worse with Muggli claiming he beat her so violently that her kidney was damaged. Although both Michael and the judge dismissed such claims, Muggli was given $15 million in settlement and $18,000 a month in child support.
After meeting on the music video set of ‘Stereo’, John Legend fell for Sport’s Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen in 2007. John said in an interview that he fell in love with Chrissy’s personality, her intelligence, and her wittiness. Four years of dating later, the couple got engaged and then married in a stunning ceremony in Como, Italy in 2013 witnessed by celebrities including Kanye West. In 2016, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Luna Simone Stephens. John and Chrissy have gone from strength to strength and have becoming couple goals through their adorable candid Instagram and Snapchat shots.
After Ashlee Simpson divorced singer Pete Wentz, she moved on to actor Evan Ross, son of legendary singer Diana Ross. In 2013, it was reported the two had begun dating and they quickly got engaged a year later in 2014. The two were married in a beautiful intimate ceremony on Diana Ross’ estate in Connecticut. Ashlee and Evan wasted no time and 4 months after their wedding they announced they were expecting their first child together, a daughter named Jagger was born in July 2015.
In 2016, Morgan Freeman and Marcia Gay Harden were spotted at a Red Carpet event in LA. While the details of their arrival together are unclear, the former On-Screen partners created a buzz by sharing a kiss on the red carpet. The actors, renowned for their roles in the 2009 comedy The Maiden Heist, seemed intimate as they posed for photos. Notably, both Freeman and Harden are currently single, adding a layer of speculation about the nature of their Relationship.
In 2016 it was confirmed that transgender actress Laverne Cox was dating Jono Freedrix, president of The Virtual Stage, a Vancouver-based film and theater company. The two were spotted together at the Weinstein Company/Netflix SAG Awards afterparty in West Hollywood, California getting down on the dancefloor and showing some PDA.
After being linked to Hollywood beauties including Sandra Bullock, Ashely Judd, and Penelope Cruz, Matthew McConaughey met his Brazilian model and television personality Camilla Alves in 2006. The couple dated for 5 years and had first son Levi in 2008 followed by their second Vida in 2010. The following year on Christmas Day, Matthew proposed to his stunning partner and the two were married in June 2012 in Texas. The couple welcomed their third child Livingston 6 months after they were wed.
In 2013, Hollywood starlet Zoe Saldana started dating Italian Artist Marco Perego in 2013. Only a couple of months later, the pair secretly married in London. In a reversal of tradition, Zoe revealed in 2015 that her husband was to take her name after marriage and became Marco Perego-Saldana while Zoe’s last name changed to Saldana-Perego. In 2014, the couple welcomed their twin boys named Bowie and Cy Perego-Saldana,and in 2017, their third male arrival came who they named Zen.
Tina Turner met her toy boy husband, Erwin Bach, at an EMI record label party back in 1985, although their relationship remained platonic for the first year before they decided to start dating. The two were together for 27 years and have enjoyed a blissfully happy romance, with Tina gushing about her beau at any opportunity. Tina moved to Zurich for the German record mogul and has resided there for over 15 years. The two finally exchanged vows in 2013 in a star-studded Buddhist ceremony attended by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and David Bowie on the stunning shores of Lake Zurich.
Comedian and television actress Wanda Sykes married her French partner, Alex Niedbalski in 2008 after meeting in 2006. The two became parents when Alex gave birth to fraternal twins Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude in 2009. Although Wanda seems more comfortable than ever with her wife, she had not always been attracted to women. Wanda was previously married to record producer Dave Hall from 1991 to 1998; she only came out in a same-sex marriage rally for Proposition 8 in Las Vegas in 2008.