Roger Ebert & Chaz Hamelsmith ~ 20 years

Roger and Chaz met in 1989.“I love writing to him. When we first started dating, Roger and I would write to each other every morning”. 

Roger was dining out with old friend Eppie Lederer in 1989 (also known to advice-seeking newspaper readers as Ann Landers) and Chaz was at another table with some people Lederer knew -

Roger was clearly taken with Chaz: “He wanted to meet me, so he had Eppie walk over with him to make the introduction,” she recalls.

The attraction was mutual, and they began dating.” The marriage proposal, Chaz recalls, came during the Grand Prix in Monte Carlo while they were sitting outside eating ice cream. She does not remember if she said yes immediately.” 

Roger married trial attorney Chaz in 1992.

Michelle & President Barack Obama ~ 20 years

President Barack Obama and Michelle met while working at a Law firm and it was love at first sight for the president. It took a bit of convincing to get FLOTUS Michelle’s attention but it was worth it, as they’ve been happily married since 1992.

Their love for one another has rekindled the belief in marriages for millions. 

Dr. Susan Rice & Ian Cameron ~ 20 years

Ambassador Susan and Ian met while they were students at Stanford University. The ABC news producer and Susan later married in 1992 and have been living in marital bliss ever since.  

Aisha Tyler & Jeff Tietjens ~ 20 years

Tyler first met her attorney husband at Dartmouth College. Their avid love for beer was one of the reasons that brought them together. They eventually got married in May 1992.

Keisha & Justin Chambers ~ 19 years

Justin met his wife Keisha – a booking agent while modeling. They married in 1993. The Chambers’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

Sara & Cuba Gooding, Jr. ~ 18 years

Cuba and Sara were high school sweethearts and lived together for 7 years before tying the knot. They married in 1994. The Goodings’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

David & Malena Belafonte ~ 18 years

David and Malena were introduced by a mutual friend at a party here in New York City. She was taken aback because he knew how to pronounce her Danish name, and in her surprise didn’t catch his name.

“About a half-hour into our conversation,” says Malena Belafonte, “David began introducing me to other people as his future wife-to-be and mother of his children!

“But the rest of the evening I couldn’t introduce him to anybody because I didn’t know his name!” recalls Malena.

She went home from the party and called her dad to say, “I think he’s the one.” They couple got married 1994 and have been living in marital bliss ever since. 

Soledad O’Brien & Brad Raymond ~ 17 years

Soledad is not new to interracial relationships, she herself is biracial and recalls her parent’s marriage:

“At the time, interracial marriage in Maryland was illegal, so they married in Washington, D.C. where marriage laws were less restrictive.”

The CNN anchor and special correspondent married banker Bradley Raymond in 1995 and they have been living in marital bliss ever since.

Randy & Erika Jackson ~ 17 years

Music Producer and American Idol judge Randy married Erika in 1995. The Jacksons’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

Clint & Dina Eastwood ~ 16 years

Clint and Dina married in 1996, when he surprised her with a private ceremony at a home on the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas. After their wedding, Dina commented:

 ”The fact that I am only the second woman he has married really touches me.”

The couple have been happily married ever since.

William S. Cohen & Janet Cohen ~ 16 years

Senator William married former model, Boston television personality and BET correspondent in 1996. They have been happily married since. The Cohen’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

Nicole & Andre ‘Dr Dre’ Young ~ 16 years

Dr Dre and Nicole’s relationship is not the typical rapper love story; it’s almost a fairytale. When the rapper met Nicole, he was so smitten by her he wrote her a letter.  They’ve been married since 1996 and have been happily ever since.

Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos ~ 16 years

Kelly and Mark met on the set of All My Children when he was hired to play her onscreen lover Mateo Santos. After dating for a year, Ripa and Consuelos eloped in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996. They have been in love ever since.

Brad & Keesha Sharp ~ 15 years

Keesha and Brad met in Richmond, VA where he also proposed to her in song near Brown’s Island over the James River. They have been in love ever since. The Sharps’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

Robert DeNiro & Grace Hightower~15 years

De Niro and Hightower met in 1987 and married ten years later. After hitting a rough patch, the pair managed to reconcile and renew their vows in front of friends and family at a romantic ceremony back in 2004. Their second set of vows did the trick as they have been living in marital bliss since.

Woody Allen & Soon-Yi Previn ~ 15 years

Although a controversial marriage, Woody and Soon-Yi have been happily married since 1997. Soon-Yi Farrow Previn is the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and André Previn, now known as Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen was in a relationship with Mia from 1980 until 1992.

Some consider the marriage between father and daughter even though Soon-Yi is not biologically related to Woody. 

Larsa & Scottie Pippen ~ 15 years

Scottie and former model Larsa tied the knot in 1997 and have been happily married ever since. Larsa is tagged as ‘the hottest NBA wife’. The Pippens’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

Sophia & Derek Luke ~ 14 years

Derek and his wife Sophia not only have their love in comment, they also have the love of acting in common. The actors who met each other at a workshop to find their purpose met at the right time, and it was a ‘silent voice’ that spoke to them and things took off from there.

They got married in 1998 have been happily married ever since.

Thandie Newton & Ol Parker ~ 14 years

Thandie met Ol a British writer/director/producer on the set of “In Your Dreams” a movie about date rape. Ol was the writer of the movie and he and Thandie began dating and married in 1998. They have been happily married ever since. 

Cristen & Nigel Barker ~ 13 years

Nigel Barker is infamous with the America’s Next Top Model reality show but the photographer/model has been in the fashion industry for over 20 years. He started out as a model (encouraged by his mother – a former Ms. Sri Lanka) and eventually wound up behind the camera.

Nigel is also no stranger to interracial relationships, as he’s a produce of one himself. His mother is Sri Lankan (Asian) and his father is British. He met his wife Cristen, a former model and Covergirl representative, at a photoshoot and it was love at first sight. Cristen is of Irish and Chinese descent.

He recalls: “I was staying in Italy and I photographed my wife the day I met her, and afterwards I called my mother and said, “Mom, I’ve met this young girl and I want to marry her.” And my mother was like, “Oh, come on. You just met her.” I said, “She’s half Chinese, she’s from Alabama, she’s lovely, and she’s a kind girl.”

They’ve been married since 1999 and have been living happily since.

Rupert Murdoch & Wendi Deng ~ 13 years

Wendi met Rupert Murdoch in autumn 1996 at a cocktail party at the Harbourfront Plaza hotel. Rupert recalls meeting her:

“I met her casually once or twice at meetings of Star TV in Hong Kong, but I first took her out in June 1998 in London when she came over with a group from Star in Hong Kong and Beijing.”

“I was a recently separated, lonely man, and I said, let’s go out to dinner one night, and I talked her into staying in London a couple of extra days — and that was the start of it”. 

On June 25, 1999, just 17 days after the divorce from his previous wife, Rupert and Wendi were married aboard the yacht Morning Glory in New York. They have been happily married ever since.

Prince Maximilian & Princess Angela ~ 12 years

This royal couple met at a private event in New York City and were engaged two years after. They’ve been married since 2000 and are a perfect modern-day prince and princess in love.

Kristi Yamaguchi & Bret Hedigan ~ 12 years

Former professional ice skate champion Kristi Yamaguchi met her husband, Bret Hedigan, a retired professional hockey player in the 1992 Winter Olympics. It was love at first ‘frost’.

The relationship blossomed into a union (marriage) that took place in July, 2000. They’ve been happily married ever since.

‘Ice-T’ Marrow & Marie ‘Coco’ ~ 11 years

Tracy aka Ice -T recounts how he met Coco: ”I met Coco at a video shoot. One of my friends saw her. I was having a bad day and he figured if he introduced me to a pretty girl that would cheer me up.” They eventually got married in 2001 and have been happily married ever since. 

Arthel Neville & Taku Hirano ~ 11 years

Taku was playing percussion for Isaac Hayes at a New Orleans jazz festival in April 1999. Dateless since her divorce, Arthel was hanging out in the VIP section with her mom, Doris Neville, an entrepreneur, and buddy Ed Bradley of CBS News.

“I was on a dating hiatus for a year and a half. You couldn’t ask me out for coffee, ’cause it wasn’t going to happen,” she remembers.

After the concert, the two met backstage and exchanged business cards. He said he would be in New York (where she worked for Fox) a month from then for rehearsals with Whitney Houston. He asked if he could take her out for lunch.

The rest is history from there. The lovebirds got married in 2001 and have been happily married since.

Kobe & Vanessa Bryant ~ 11 years

Kobe and Vanessa met at a music video shoot where she was a background dancer. They got engaged while she was still in high school and eventually got married in 2001.

Ronde Barber & Claudia Patron ~ 11 years

Defensive back/Cornerback, Safety Football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and his wife Claudia have been happily married since 2001. 

Bill & Kristen Bellamy ~ 11 years

Actors Bill and Kristen Bellamy do not only have acting in common, but their love for one another is evident in the number of years they’ve been together. The couple tied the knot in 2001 and have been happily married ever since.  

Brittany & Harold Perrineau ~ 10 years

Actors Harold and Brittany Perrineau have been together for about 20 years and tied the knot in 2002. They have been happily married since.

Sarah Michelle & Freddie Prinze, Jr. ~ 10 years

Actors Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. met several on the set of ‘I know What You Did Last Summer’ several years before they started dating in 2000. They were engaged in April 2001 and married in 2002. In 2007, for their fifth year of marriage,

Gellar legally changed her name to Sarah Michelle Prinze. Prinze is of Puerto Rican, German, English, Irish and Native American ancestry. The couple have been happily married ever since. 

Danielle Pratt & Keith Chambers ~ 10 years

Danielle is the daughter of Heather Leslie Uggams and Australian businessman Grahame Pratt (our number 1 couple on the list). They have been happily married since 2002 but prefer to live a low-profile lifestyle. 

Heather Headley & Brian Musso ~ 9 years

Heather and her former New York Jets player husband Brian started dating during their days at Northwestern University and eventually got married in 2003. They have been living in marital bliss ever since.

Ivan & Tanya Sergei ~ 9 years

Ivan and Tanya have been married since 2003 and have been living in marital bliss ever since. The Sergei’ maintain a low-profile life outside of their individual professions.

Karyn & Alexandre Rockwell ~ 9 years

Karyn met her husband director Alexandre when she guest-starred in the TV sitcom 13 Moons. A year later in 2003, they were married and have been living in marital bliss ever since.

Taye Diggs & Idina Menzel ~ 9 years

Taye Diggs first met his actress wife Idina in 1996 on the set of the Broadway musical Rent, where he played the role of the nasty landlord. He recalls a few memories:

“It was a trip because she took me home, and her dad came out…”

They eventually tied the knot in 2003 and have been living in marital bliss ever since.

Wesley Snipes & Nakyung ‘Nikki’ ~ 9 years

Wesley married painter Nakyung “Nikki” Parks in 2003 after dating for 3 years. They have been happily married ever since.  Wesley is quoted as saying this about Asian women:

“I read that Asian women were bedroom generals.”

Some people think that means they’re great in bed, but that’s not the issue. They’re talking about a place where the man is at his most vulnerable, where they have the most control.

They don’t have to beat him over the head to mow the lawn. They can whisper it in his ear and give him a kiss on the cheek and it’s no problem. That’s a general”. 

Sanjay Gupta & Rebecca Olson ~ 8 years

Dr. Sanjay and attorney Rebecca have been married since 2004. They married in a traditional Hindu ceremony.  his resolve was tested anew when he proposed to Rebecca Olson, 36.

He recalls his proposal to his wife: “I wrote her a poem and in the last line asked her to marry me. “Watching her read it, I was very nervous—it was over a page long.”

They have been living in marital bliss ever since.

Rodney Jerkins & Joy Enriquez ~ 7 years

Grammy-award winning music producer Rodney Jerkins and his wife Joy first met when she was 19, and he produced her self-titled first album.

Recalled the new bride: “Rodney said, ‘I am going to marry you one day. Get the ring.’ When I finished the album, I added in the thank-you notes: ‘To Rodney Jerkins, when is the wedding?’”

But then a few years went by, and the two didn’t so much as cross paths — until Michael Jackson invited them to his 45th birthday party at Neverland in September of 2003.

“I saw Rodney with his posse, Nick Carter, Mike Tyson and LaShawn Daniels,” said Enriquez. “I went over to LaShawn and asked if Rodney was married or had a girlfriend.”

The rest is history and the Jerkins have been happily married since 2004.

Paula Patton & Robin Thicke ~ 7 years

Paula is no stranger to interracial relationships as she’s a product of it herself. Paula and Robin met in High School but Paula was too afraid of what her friends would think so it took some time before she decided to date Robin.

They dated on-and-off in their teenage years, starting when they were both 16 years old. Although they’ve only been married for 7 years (2005), they’ve been together for approximately 20 years. They have been living in marital bliss ever since.