{"id":2260530,"date":"2026-02-01T01:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2260530"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:58:14","slug":"julia-roberts-shares-rare-pda-pic-for-husband-danny-moders-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/julia-roberts-shares-rare-pda-pic-for-husband-danny-moders-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Roberts Shares Rare PDA Pic for Husband Danny Moder\u2019s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/julia-roberts\/\"><strong>Julia Roberts<\/strong><\/a> shared a rare PDA-filled pic with her husband, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/danny-moder\/\"><strong>Danny Moder<\/strong><\/a>, in honor of his 57th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udf89\ud83e\udd70\ud83c\udf82\ud83d\udd25 My fav[e] day. My fav[e] man. #131 #WLF,\u201d Roberts, 58, captioned <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUL2lFKElsP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a photo<\/a> of her hugging the cinematographer on Saturday, January 31.<\/p>\n<p>A few of the couple\u2019s famous friends sent along their own birthday wishes for Moder, including <strong>Rita Wilson<\/strong> who wrote in the comments section, \u201cHappy Birthday!!!!!!\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0flove to all Moders!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s Complicated<\/em> actress <strong>Alexandra Wentworth<\/strong> added, \u201cHappy Birthday to the great Danny Moder!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roberts and Moder will celebrate their 24th wedding anniversary in July. The couple met on the set of Roberts\u2019 2001 crime comedy <em>The Mexican<\/em>, where Moder was working as a cameraman. Roberts and Moder were both in other relationships at the time but later reconnected once they were single.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Instagram\/Julia Roberts<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Roberts and Moder started stepping out together in 2001 and eventually tied the knot at her ranch in Taos, New Mexico, on July 4, 2002. They share three children: twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 21, and Henry, 18. (Roberts was previously married to country singer <strong>Lyle Lovett<\/strong> for two years, and had high-profile relationships with <strong>Kiefer Sutherland<\/strong> and <strong>Matthew Perry<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>Last September, Roberts paid sweet tribute to her enduring marriage during an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/where-julia-roberts-says-the-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel-stands-exclusive-237611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> alongside her <em>After the Hunt<\/em> costars <strong>Andrew Garfield<\/strong> and <strong>Ayo Edebiri.<\/strong> Roberts didn\u2019t hesitate when asked to name an \u201celement that brings you joy\u201d in life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanny Moder,\u201d she replied. \u201cNever changes. Never changes. Sometimes more. Sometimes medium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner has spoken often in the past about how she considered raising a family to be her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/julia-roberts-gushes-over-danny-moder-marriage-life-with-3-kids\/\">greatest accomplishment <\/a>in life. Chatting to CBS News in 2022, Roberts mentioned that she considered being a wife and mom her \u201cfull-time job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t rainbows and kittens every day, but it does bring me a lot of joy,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts went on, \u201cIt\u2019s just never consumed me, being an actor. It is my dream come true, but it is not my only dream come true. The life that I have built with my husband [and] the life that we\u2019ve built with our children, that\u2019s the best stuff. To come home at the end of the day, triumphantly, to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>America\u2019s Sweethearts<\/em> star also shared one way that she and Moder have kept passion alive in their marriage has been to write each other handwritten love notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Writing handwritten notes is] something Danny and I have always done,\u201d she told CBS host <strong>Jane Pauley<\/strong> in 2022. \u201cThe first letter he ever wrote me, which was seven pages long, I still have it tucked away. One day I\u2019ll show it to [my daughter] Hazel and say, \u2018That\u2019s what you\u2019re looking for.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year later, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/whats-next-for-julia-roberts-career-marriage-and-family-life\/\"><em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively reported<\/a> that Roberts and Moder were working through the \u201chard time\u201d that came with their eldest children leaving the nest. (Their twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus, enrolled in college in September 2013 while Henry was finishing high school.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cJulia\u2019s in one of the most bittersweet times in her life right now,\u201d a source told <em>Us<\/em>, before revealing that she was enjoying refocusing on her career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/julia-roberts-praises-husband-danny-moder-for-their-happy-family\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Julia-Roberts-Praises-Husband-Danny-Moder-for-Their-Happy-Family-The-Captain-of-Our-Ship.jpg?crop=0px%2C74px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Julia Roberts Praises Husband Danny Moder for Their Happy Family The Captain of Our Ship\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Julia-Roberts-Praises-Husband-Danny-Moder-for-Their-Happy-Family-The-Captain-of-Our-Ship.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/julia-roberts-praises-husband-danny-moder-for-their-happy-family\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Julia Roberts Says Husband Danny Moder Is Key to Their Family\u2019s Happiness<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJulia Roberts is loving life, and she says the key to her happiness is her husband, Danny Moder. \u201cHe\u2019s just really our anchor and our person,\u201d Roberts, 56, said during an interview on Today on Monday, December 4. \u201cAnd in the most beautiful way, the captain of our ship, you know, truly. For me, understanding [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cJulia has long had the option to pick whatever role she wants and work with whomever she wants, so she\u2019s been having fun with that,\u201d the insider hinted. \u201cShe was turning down films so that she wasn\u2019t away from her family for huge periods of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the horizon for Roberts is a leading role in 2027\u2019s <em>Panic Carefully<\/em> opposite <strong>Elizabeth Olsen<\/strong> and <strong>Eddie Redmayne<\/strong>. Not much is known about the thriller yet, other than that it comes from writer-director <strong>Sam Esmail<\/strong>. (Roberts previously starred in Esmail\u2019s Prime Video political thriller series <em>Homecoming<\/em> and the 2024 apocalyptic drama <em>Leave the World Behind<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julia Roberts shared a rare PDA-filled pic with her husband, Danny Moder, in honor of his 57th birthday. \u201c\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udf89\ud83e\udd70\ud83c\udf82\ud83d\udd25 My fav[e] day. My fav[e] man. #131 #WLF,\u201d Roberts, 58, captioned a photo of her hugging the cinematographer on Saturday, January 31. 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