The Love Stories of Some of Our Favorite Talent Show Celebrities
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Unless it’s a red carpet, we typically don’t see the spouses of our favorite celebrities. Here’s some of our favorite celebrities spouses and how their love came to be.
1. Caroline Boyer Bryan
American Idol judge, Luke Bryan met Caroline Boyer Bryan while attending Georgia Southern University in 1998. At the time, he was a senior, while she was a freshman. Bryan explained that meeting his wife was a love at first sight moment. At some point, the couple broke up, but they got back together after five years apart.
The Bryans tied the knot after numerous years of dating on December 8, 2006. Together they have two sons, Thomas Boyer Bryan (14) and Tatum Christopher Bryan (11). In 2014 the couple legally adopted Luke’s late sister’s children, Tilden, Jordan, and Kris after their father passed away.
2. Donnie Wahlberg
The Masked Singer panelist Jenny McCarthy is married to none other than New Kids on The Block member Donnie Wahlberg. Their love sparked while Wahlberg was part of McCarthy’s 2013 VH1 talk show. Even though they had crossed each others’ paths sooner, this show made their romance begin.
McCarthy and Wahlberg tied the knot on August 31, 2014. While this couple doesn’t have any children together, they both brought children in from other marriages. Soon after the wedding, fans got a glimpse of their relationship on the reality series Donnie Loves Jenny.
3. Chrissy Teigen
The Voice coach John Legend met Chrissy Teigen on a music video set in 2009 and they began dating soon after. By December 2011, the couple was engaged. Two years later, Legend and Teigen wed in Como, Italy. They currently have two children Luna Simone Stephens (6) and Miles Theodore Stephens (4) together.
4. Shante Broadus
Even though American Song Contest host Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadus have been through tough times, they’ve always returned to one another. In 1997, Snoop Dogg married his high school sweetheart, Broadus. After nearly five years together, he filed for divorce due to irreconcilable differences. This couple returned to one another and remarried in 2008.
This couple has two sons and a daughter together, Cordé (27), Cordell (25), and Cori Broadus (21) in present day. Snoop Dogg also has a son from a relationship with Laurie Holmond, Julian Corrie Broadus (24).
5. Georges LeBar
RuPaul Charles met his spouse Georges LeBar in 1994 at the Limelight nightclub in New York City. After countless years of dating, the couple wed in January 2017. This couple maintains an open marriage status due to RuPaul not wanting to “put restraints” on the person he loves. They currently do not have any children together.
6. Chris Hughes
Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden is married to record producer, Chris Hughes. They reportedly met in 2003 and began dating later in 2004. After nearly four years of dating, Holden and Hughes tied the knot on December 10, 2008. Together, they have two children, Alexa Louise Florence Hughes (16) and Hollie Rose Hughes (10). In 2011, the couple revealed that Holden lost their third child in a stillborn birth.
