Photo:Noam Galai/GettyLeighton MeesterandAdam Brody’s marriage may be low-key, but that doesn’t mean the stars don’t put in the work.Nine years after theGossip Girlalum, 37, andThe O.C.lead, 43,tied the knot, she says it’s all about taking life and love as it comes.TellingE! Newsabout her “normal relationship with all the good and the hard," Meester added that “we just make it work.”She continued, “We’re super, super lucky, and I think we recognize how lucky we are with one another. We give each other a lot of respect and time and attention and focus. Like, really put our time and energy into a relationship.“Morgan Lieberman/FilmMagicMeester — who currently starring oppositeRobbie Amellin the Christmas movieEXmas— previously told PEOPLE that she makes a point to to find time for herself and her husband despite their busy schedules.“It’s just sort of day to day, I try to find little pockets of time that I can have to myself to write or exercise or surf or do therapy or be with my husband,” she shared in August. “But, a lot of the time that doesn’t end up happening how I thought, so it’s trying to find little moments, for me time and to have some peace.“Araya Doheny/WireImageThe pairfirst worked togetherduring the filming of 2011’sThe Orangesbefore making their firstpublic outing as a coupleon June 26, 2013, at the premiere of his film,Some Girl(s).Brody noted in an April episode of the Stitcher Studious podcastPodcrushedthat he"was smitten instantly"when he saw her for the first time at Canters Deli in Los Angeles.“And I was, you know, smitten for a long time. I didn’t get to know her for many years after, even though we even worked together briefly,” he recalled. “She’s so lovely, and she’s so sweet.““She’s so nice. She’s so good. And yet, and this is to her credit, she remained elusive to me for so long, you know, and aloof,” he continued. “I couldn’t get a total read because even though she professes to have been interested in me and all those things, not only did she not pursue that, I mean, she was perfectly willing to let that never happen.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The pair eventually found their way to each other and married in 2014, which Brody recalled on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Showwas"an easy decision.“The share 7-year-daughterArlo Dayanda sonwho was born in 2020.“I was never scared of the idea of marriage or kids. It always seemed, you know, like a route I would go eventually,” he added. “I was excited … when it came together, when I met the right person,” he said on the show.
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Leighton MeesterandAdam Brody’s marriage may be low-key, but that doesn’t mean the stars don’t put in the work.Nine years after theGossip Girlalum, 37, andThe O.C.lead, 43,tied the knot, she says it’s all about taking life and love as it comes.TellingE! Newsabout her “normal relationship with all the good and the hard,” Meester added that “we just make it work.”She continued, “We’re super, super lucky, and I think we recognize how lucky we are with one another. We give each other a lot of respect and time and attention and focus. Like, really put our time and energy into a relationship.“Morgan Lieberman/FilmMagicMeester — who currently starring oppositeRobbie Amellin the Christmas movieEXmas— previously told PEOPLE that she makes a point to to find time for herself and her husband despite their busy schedules.“It’s just sort of day to day, I try to find little pockets of time that I can have to myself to write or exercise or surf or do therapy or be with my husband,” she shared in August. “But, a lot of the time that doesn’t end up happening how I thought, so it’s trying to find little moments, for me time and to have some peace.“Araya Doheny/WireImageThe pairfirst worked togetherduring the filming of 2011’sThe Orangesbefore making their firstpublic outing as a coupleon June 26, 2013, at the premiere of his film,Some Girl(s).Brody noted in an April episode of the Stitcher Studious podcastPodcrushedthat he"was smitten instantly"when he saw her for the first time at Canters Deli in Los Angeles.“And I was, you know, smitten for a long time. I didn’t get to know her for many years after, even though we even worked together briefly,” he recalled. “She’s so lovely, and she’s so sweet.““She’s so nice. She’s so good. And yet, and this is to her credit, she remained elusive to me for so long, you know, and aloof,” he continued. “I couldn’t get a total read because even though she professes to have been interested in me and all those things, not only did she not pursue that, I mean, she was perfectly willing to let that never happen.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The pair eventually found their way to each other and married in 2014, which Brody recalled on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Showwas"an easy decision.“The share 7-year-daughterArlo Dayanda sonwho was born in 2020.“I was never scared of the idea of marriage or kids. It always seemed, you know, like a route I would go eventually,” he added. “I was excited … when it came together, when I met the right person,” he said on the show.
Leighton MeesterandAdam Brody’s marriage may be low-key, but that doesn’t mean the stars don’t put in the work.
Nine years after theGossip Girlalum, 37, andThe O.C.lead, 43,tied the knot, she says it’s all about taking life and love as it comes.
TellingE! Newsabout her “normal relationship with all the good and the hard,” Meester added that “we just make it work.”
She continued, “We’re super, super lucky, and I think we recognize how lucky we are with one another. We give each other a lot of respect and time and attention and focus. Like, really put our time and energy into a relationship.”
Morgan Lieberman/FilmMagic
Meester — who currently starring oppositeRobbie Amellin the Christmas movieEXmas— previously told PEOPLE that she makes a point to to find time for herself and her husband despite their busy schedules.
“It’s just sort of day to day, I try to find little pockets of time that I can have to myself to write or exercise or surf or do therapy or be with my husband,” she shared in August. “But, a lot of the time that doesn’t end up happening how I thought, so it’s trying to find little moments, for me time and to have some peace.”
Araya Doheny/WireImage
The pairfirst worked togetherduring the filming of 2011’sThe Orangesbefore making their firstpublic outing as a coupleon June 26, 2013, at the premiere of his film,Some Girl(s).
Brody noted in an April episode of the Stitcher Studious podcastPodcrushedthat he"was smitten instantly"when he saw her for the first time at Canters Deli in Los Angeles.
“And I was, you know, smitten for a long time. I didn’t get to know her for many years after, even though we even worked together briefly,” he recalled. “She’s so lovely, and she’s so sweet.”
“She’s so nice. She’s so good. And yet, and this is to her credit, she remained elusive to me for so long, you know, and aloof,” he continued. “I couldn’t get a total read because even though she professes to have been interested in me and all those things, not only did she not pursue that, I mean, she was perfectly willing to let that never happen.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
The pair eventually found their way to each other and married in 2014, which Brody recalled on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Showwas"an easy decision.“The share 7-year-daughterArlo Dayanda sonwho was born in 2020.
“I was never scared of the idea of marriage or kids. It always seemed, you know, like a route I would go eventually,” he added. “I was excited … when it came together, when I met the right person,” he said on the show.
source: people.com
