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Love in Hollywood has a reputation for being short-lived \u2014 with some marriages lasting less time than it takes to get a sourdough starter going.<\/p>\n
Although some celebrity marriages have dissolved in under 55 hours (sorry, Britney Spears<\/strong> and Jason Alexander<\/strong>), many couples have proven that lasting love is still possible.<\/p>\n What sets these couples apart is how they navigate the pressures of fame and constant scrutiny while investing in their relationships. Whether they met on set or through mutual friends, these A-listers prove that there is still a place for romance in Hollywood.<\/p>\n ZUMAPRESS.com : MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n In 1997, on the North Carolina set of the horror slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em>, Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/strong> met her future husband, Freddie Prinze Jr. <\/strong>\u2014 who was already in a relationship with someone else.<\/p>\n Gellar was planning to make an hour-long drive to a Wilmington gym when Prinze offered to drive her into town as he ran errands.<\/p>\n \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, that would be amazing!\u2019 Because I literally had just gotten my driver\u2019s license. I grew up in New York City. Like, I took a subway. I didn\u2019t drive,\u201d Gellar recalled to People<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSo he drove me, and that was like the first time that we really hung out, and it was so random because we didn\u2019t know each other that well, but that\u2019s when we got to know each other,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n In January 2000 \u2014 three years after they met \u2014 the couple went public with their relationship.<\/p>\n In September 2025, Gellar and Prinze, who share daughter Charlotte and son Rocky, celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n When asked about the key to a lasting marriage, the Golden Globe nominee said, \u201cOne bedroom, two bathrooms. You don\u2019t have to be so fancy that there\u2019s two bathrooms in your bedroom! There just has to be another bathroom available. \u2026 [It] stops a lot of petty fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI always say I\u2019m two people. I\u2019m Sarah Michelle Gellar and I\u2019m Sarah Prinze. They\u2019re different people. [Prinze] has a quieter life and a private life. And we\u2019re allowed to live in that. And our fans have been so respectful of that.\u201d<\/p>\n Lumeimages : MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Will Smith<\/strong> and Jada Pinkett<\/strong> Smith<\/strong> are still husband and wife after nearly three decades, though it hasn\u2019t always been easy \u2014 and they currently live apart.<\/p>\n The couple met in the early 1990s on the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/em>, went public with their relationship in 1995 and married in December 1997.<\/p>\n After saying \u201cI do,\u201d Will and Jada welcomed son Jaden Smith<\/strong> in July 1998 and daughter Willow Smith<\/strong> in October 2000. Will also shares son Trey Smith<\/strong> \u2014 whom Jada has described as her \u201cbonus son\u201d \u2014 with ex-wife Sheree Zampino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Although Will and Jada have become a Hollywood \u201cpower couple\u201d over the years, they have also been open about the ups and downs in their relationship.<\/p>\n Speaking to People<\/em><\/a> in October 2023, Jada revealed that she and Will had been separated for six years before the 2022 Oscars, during which Will slapped Chris Rock<\/strong> on stage for joking about Jada\u2019s alopecia.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re still figuring it out,\u201d Jada said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.\u201d<\/p>\n The following year, Will suggested that things were improving. He told Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> at a screening of Bad Boys: Ride or Die<\/em>, \u201cI have always been blessed that there has never been a time in my life when I didn\u2019t look to the side and have a ride or die right there. \u2026 Jada is one of the most gangsta ride-or-dies I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n CAN:Capital Pictures : MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Elton John<\/strong> and David Furnish<\/strong> met at a 1993 dinner party hosted by a mutual friend and quickly hit it off, going on their first date the very next day.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to meet new people, so I rang up a friend in London and said, \u2018Could you please rattle some new people together for dinner here Saturday?’\u201d John recalled to Parade<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had a real job, his own apartment, a car. He was independent. I didn\u2019t need to take care of him. I thought, \u2018God, this is new territory for me \u2014 someone wants to be with me just because he likes me.\u2019 I knew he was the one because he is not afraid of me. He always tells me exactly what he thinks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n After entering a civil partnership in December 2005, the couple married nine years later, following the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.K. Their two sons, Zachary and Elijah, were ring bearers at the ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019d had said to me 10 years ago I\u2019d be sitting on your show married to the man I love and have two beautiful children I would have said, \u2018You put acid in my drink.\u2019 But life throws you challenges and life throws you curveballs \u2014 great curveballs,\u201d the singer said on The Ellen Degeneres Show<\/em> in 2016.<\/p>\n For John and Furnish, communication is crucial to a happy marriage. They also revealed they have exchanged a love letter or message each week since 1993.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery Saturday we gave each other an anniversary card, because we met on a Saturday,\u201d Furnish said<\/a>. \u201cSo, we wrote down in, like, a little card that you put next to the bed, \u2018Happy Anniversary.\u2019 And you write about the week that\u2019s passed and the week that\u2019s coming, and you connect and you tell each other you love each other.\u201d<\/p>\n Xavier Collin:Image Press Agency : MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Although they never married, Kurt Russell<\/strong> and Goldie Hawn<\/strong> have been together since 1983, making them one of Hollywood\u2019s longest-standing couples.<\/p>\n The pair first met while filming Disney\u2019s 1968 live-action musical The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band<\/em>, though it would be another 15 years before their relationship began.<\/p>\n Despite their six-year age difference and mutual reluctance to date fellow actors, Kurt made a great impression on Hawn.<\/p>\n \u201cI was 21 and he was 16 and I thought he was adorable but he was much too young,\u201d the actress said. \u201cAnd then years later we met up again and I liked him and I remembered that I liked him very much when I first met him. But we both said we would never go out with another actor, so it just shows you never can tell.\u201d<\/p>\n Kurt and Hawn reconnected at his audition for the film Swing Shift<\/em>. After their first date, the couple quickly fell in love. \u201cHe was so good-looking, but he had no pretense about him. I could tell right away he wasn\u2019t a womanizer,\u201d Hawn later told People<\/em>.<\/p>\n After three years of dating, the couple welcomed son Wyatt Russell<\/strong>, who joined their blended family, which includes Hawn\u2019s older children, actors Oliver Hudson<\/strong> and Kate Hudson<\/strong>, as well as Kurt\u2019s son Boston Russell<\/strong> from his previous marriage to Season Hubley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n While some have questioned why the two haven\u2019t tied the knot, Hawn told People<\/em><\/a> that their bond is about more than what\u2019s on paper.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not about the marriage. It\u2019s about the people and the relationship and the will to stay together. And that\u2019s a big one because if you want it, you can have it. You\u2019ve got to give things up, but the joy and the excitement of being together and touching the toes of somebody at night is really a nice feeling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Fred Duval:MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Denzel Washington<\/strong> met his wife, Pauletta Washington<\/strong>, early in his career while filming the 1977 made-for-TV movie Wilma<\/em>.<\/p>\nFreddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar have been together for 23 years<\/h2>\n
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been married nearly 30 years<\/h2>\n
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Elton John and David Furnish have been together since 1993<\/h2>\n
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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have been together for decades without marrying<\/h2>\n
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Denzel Washington and Pauletta Washington have been married for more than 40 years<\/h2>\n
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