# Celebrities who have a surprising spouse or girl/boyfriend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213 "2021-08-20T13:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/1 "2021-08-20T13:20:49Z")
From time to time i come across some article about some celebrity who have a surprising boy or girlfriend. Last i read was that Fisher Stevens dated Michelle Pfeiffer from 89-92. How was that possible ? Hehe im sure hes a great guy, but surely… I also remember reading about movie stars who married a somewhat uglier person, usually long marriages, maybe before they became celebrities? I cant come up with anyone on top of my head, but maybe you guys remember some? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/2 "2021-08-20T13:37:23Z")
Darryl Hannah and Neil Young is the couple that surprises me every time I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/3 "2021-08-20T13:37:33Z")
Dolly Parton’s husband has been by her side since 1966. He has stayed in the background. He has been to a few of her shows, but lives a normal life. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/4 "2021-08-20T13:46:50Z")
Oh yes! I saw that, a big surprise ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/5 "2021-08-20T13:58:29Z")
There was that Julia Roberts/Lyle Lovett thing many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/6 "2021-08-20T14:11:04Z")
That reminds me of Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. Ooh, here’s an oldie but a goodie! Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Both very fine people, but lookswise I don’t think they matched up. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/7 "2021-08-20T14:16:45Z")
Which one was too homely for you? To me, they both look like genetic accidents. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/8 "2021-08-20T14:20:56Z")
Are the surprising ones the ones that are other celebrities, or the ones that aren’t celebrities? And if we’re just comparing levels of physical attraction, well, there are a lot of other things that go into folks’ choice of partner. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/9 "2021-08-20T14:32:08Z")
In the Jessica Rabbit “he makes me laugh” category, there’s Mel Brooks/Anne Bancroft, Shirley Jones/Marty Ingles, and June Diane Raphael/Paul Scheer. From what I’ve read about Jack Cassidy, Shirley needed some laughter. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/10 "2021-08-20T14:38:21Z")
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that there has not yet been mention of **John & Yoko**. I guess it is to John’s credit that he saw her inner beauty. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/11 "2021-08-20T14:45:43Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I guess it is to John’s credit that he saw her inner beauty. Buried awful deep though it was. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/12 "2021-08-20T15:01:37Z")
The world could do with a few more accidents that look like this, I’m thinking. [![](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gene-wilder-dead.jpg) ](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gene-wilder-dead.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/13 "2021-08-20T15:04:30Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Darryl Hannah and Neil Young is the couple that surprises me every time I remember it. She was with Jackson Browne for almost a decade; she must have a thing for musicians. When it became public that Keanu Reeves was dating gray-haired artist Alexandra Grant, much was made at the time of what a refreshing surprise that an A-list actor in his 50s was dating an age-appropriate woman. She’s actually almost a decade younger than him, but still…(56 / 2) + 7 = 35, so he could have gone a lot younger before it got really icky. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/14 "2021-08-20T15:04:34Z")
I just found out that John Corbett and Bo Derek have been married since December of last year. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/15 "2021-08-20T15:23:28Z")
Do I win? [https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/actor-marty-feldman-and-his-wife-loretta-sullivan-at-the-candy-store-picture-id507279641?s=594x594](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/actor-marty-feldman-and-his-wife-loretta-sullivan-at-the-candy-store-picture-id507279641?s=594x594) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/16 "2021-08-20T15:52:28Z")
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/17 "2021-08-20T16:05:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Do I win? Do you? [https://imgur.com/jDQOBp9](https://imgur.com/jDQOBp9) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/18 "2021-08-20T16:23:06Z")
Personally, I think Julia Roberts’ 20 year marriage to her current husband Danny Moder who’s a cameraman, is a bigger contrast. No fame, no big title, not a famous guy, just a cameraman. And he’s still working in that field. Meryl Streep’s been married to her relatively unknown husband for 43 years. He’s never in the limelight. They also have 4 kids, which she never paraded around in the media eye. StG ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/19 "2021-08-20T16:26:49Z")
After a recent watching of **Inside Llewyn Davis** , I Wikipeded the 1961 folk song “500 Miles” (…away from home). The song is usually credited to Hedy West, who based it on assorted earlier folk songs. When I Wiki-ed **Hedy West** , it turns out that for 6 months she was engaged to **Roger Zelazny**. This was in 1961-62, prior to Zelazny’s success as a science fiction writer. (He was published in both _Amazing_ and _Fantastic_ in August 1962.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/20 "2021-08-20T16:36:50Z")
I still can’t get over the fact that **Gavin Newsom** and **Kimberly Guilfoyle** were married for five years. She went from being with a California Democrat (I mean, Mayor of San Francisco to boot!) to a Trump - that’s a helluva difference in partners. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213.md?page=2)