It can be surprising when we don’t know something about one of our favourite stars because most of us are probably so accustomed to seeing celebrities’ lives splattered all over the internet. But even in the era of iPhone 14s and TikTok, some well-known figures have opted to date, get married, and start kids hidden from the public’s prying eyes. While the celebrities on this list don’t specifically keep their relationships a secret, they have made the decision to keep their love affairs fairly quiet—to the point where you might not even be aware that they are married. Here are eight famous people who have “hidden” marriages.
Ed Sheeran
Even fewer pictures of Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn together can be found online due to their extreme privacy. Despite meeting when they were barely 11 years old, they have been a part of each other’s life for years. In 2018, the musician and the consultant got married in front of only 40 close friends and family members. In an interview with the podcast Table Manners With Jessie Ware, Sheeran discussed the incident, according to People “We carried it out at night on an arbitrary day in the middle of January in a remote location. Nobody knew, and nobody showed up. We lit candles, were married, and then returned to have curry.” Lyra and Jupiter, two daughters, were born to the couple.
Elizabeth Olsen
Robbie Arnett, a musician and member of the band Milo Green, has been dating actress Elizabeth Olsen since 2017. Despite occasionally appearing in public together, the two never spoke publicly about their love. Olsen acknowledged that the two had eloped before COVID in 2022 after letting it slip in interviews that Arnett was her “husband”—and long before they made the information public.
On The Jess Cagle Show last year, she admitted, “I just never talked about it.
Emma Stone
During and after their three-year marriage, Emma Stone and comedian Dave McCary maintained their fabled secrecy. According to Page Six, the La La Land actor and the Saturday Night Live writer and director got engaged at the sketch show’s New York City headquarters, where they first met. After being married in 2020, they welcomed their daughter Louise Jean in 2021.
Idris Elba
For years, Idris Elba has been making fans swoon, especially in contemporary classics Luther and The Wire. Unfortunately, the British actor has already tied the knot with model Sabrina Dhowe after a few years of courtship. The Pacific Rim actor is thirdly wed.
Elba said to British Vogue that when he first laid eyes on the former Miss Vancouver at a jazz club, it was “love at first sight.” He proposed to her in front of a live audience in 2018 at London’s Rio Cinema, intensifying their romance. Aw.
Issa Rae
Issa Rae, an actor and writer on the popular HBO series Insecure, didn’t share the difficulties of being a single woman in Los Angeles with her character because she had been in a long-term relationship with businessman Louis Diame. In 2021, the couple exchanged vows in the south of France.
Soon after, Rae confided in Self that she was thrilled but didn’t want to tell her fans too much more. “Being married makes me incredibly joyful. However, I enjoy my life and my selfishness, and I am aware that I have a window “said the star. “I’ve always believed that women, especially Black women, had a window when people will want to see them and what they can accomplish—unless you’re Viola Davis or Angela Bassett. Then you are subject to a tonne of restrictions, and it does keep me up at night.” Added she, “It’s extremely good to have a piece of myself that no one else has access to or can discuss besides the individuals in my life. Having a personal, just-for-me piece has been self-care.”
John Corbett & Bo Derek
Fans of Sex and the City are most familiar with John Corbett as Aidan, Carrie Bradshaw’s carpenter boyfriend. However, in reality, Corbett has been dating actor and model Bo Derek for more than 20 years. According to CNN, he acknowledged that they had wed the year before on The Talk in 2021 when co-host Jerry O’Connell remarked on the wedding band he was sporting. The pair didn’t make an announcement at the time, according to the actor, because they are both “very private people.”
We decided to be married 20 years later, he remarked. “We didn’t want 2020 to be remembered as the year that everyone detested. Let’s try to get something good out of it, we reasoned.”
RuPaul
Over the past few decades, Georges LeBar, a rancher, has supported RuPaul as he has pushed drag culture into the mainstream. They first connected in 1994, and they married in 2017. In an interview with Hollywood Today Live, as quoted by Marie Claire, RuPaul said, “I met him on the dance floor at Limelight in 1994 on his birthday. “On the anniversary of the day we first met, we were married this year. He has no interest at all in show business. He didn’t give a damn. He spends the most of his time at the Wyoming ranch. He has a 60,000-acre ranch that is spread across two states, including South Dakota. Nobody notices when I arrive there dressed in Western attire.”
Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes
One of the most well-known and private couples in Hollywood may be Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes. Although it was unclear for many years if the couple was legally married, they have been together since co-starring in the film A Place Between the Pines in 2011. In 2022, Mendes put a stop to the rumours when she started referring to the upcoming Barbie movie’s star, with whom she has two daughters, as her “spouse.”
