# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/21 "2021-08-20T16:42:57Z")
Did anyone watch I Think You Should Leave? Remember the Calico Cut Pants sketch where they guy gets some pee on his pants. Him and Cecily Strong. ---
**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, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/22 "2021-08-20T17:33:04Z")
Funny, Dung\_Beetle. I’ve always thought of Wilder as a below-average looking guy, a total non-movie-star sort of guy who was a success on the basis of his talent. (I’ve also been told that I look like a cross between him and Richard Dreyfuss, btw, which I did not take as a compliment. Basically: “You’re kinda homely, Roger\_That–you understand this, right?”) ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/23 "2021-08-20T17:36:28Z")
Whoa, sounds like I would strongly disagree! Unfortunately I look like Gilda Radner. 😢 ---
**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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/24 "2021-08-20T17:37:11Z")
Ah yes Lyle Lowett is a good example ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/25 "2021-08-20T17:39:04Z")
For a long while people wondered how in the world Pete Davidson was dating Arianna Grande. Of course then Davidson started dating Phoebe Dynavor (of Bridgerton fame). ---
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/26 "2021-08-20T17:42:17Z")
Gilda Ratner had a lot of qualities, beside her looks, she was witty and intelligent and not too bad looking. She was a dish ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/27 "2021-08-20T18:03:51Z")
I will never understand [this marriage](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/michael-jackson-lisa-marie-presley-a-timeline-of-their-marriage/), on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/28 "2021-08-20T18:37:08Z")
I’m guessing Guilfoyle wanted to marry into importance and fame. It doesn’t matter what political party they were. She could adapt. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/29 "2021-08-20T18:37:22Z")
Yes at the time it was considered as a joke, just a proforma ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/30 "2021-08-20T18:44:19Z")
Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA had an obsessed fan, a Dutch forklift driver who followed her to the secluded Swedish island where she lived. This fan, Gert van der Graaf, somehow talked her into starting a relationship with him – and it lasted **two years**. (She says she was depressed and he wore her down.) When she finally broke it off, he continued to stalk her for several more years. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/31 "2021-08-20T18:45:16Z")
They split up a few years ago, but I could not have predicted Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/32 "2021-08-20T18:51:58Z")
Based on when they were together, I’m assuming they met while shooting Masters of Sex. He was also with Kate Beckinsale for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/33 "2021-08-20T19:18:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > He was also with Kate Beckinsale for quite a while. My celebrity crushes tend to veer wide of the “classically beautiful” or model-types. Beckinsale is a definite exception. Dyn lwcus iawn ydy Michael Sheen (lucky Welshman he is). ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/34 "2021-08-20T23:26:41Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner I thought they were perfect for each other. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/35 "2021-08-20T23:31:57Z")
Conservative activist/radio show host/author of _The BOOK of VIRTUES_ William Bennett once went on a blind date with singer Janis Joplin. ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/36 "2021-08-20T23:36:32Z")
Sonny and Cher. Gregg Allman and Cher. ---
**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 21, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/37 "2021-08-21T00:17:32Z")
It seems that they were. To me, it was the marriage of an 11 and a 4. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/38 "2021-08-21T00:25:11Z")
Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/39 "2021-08-21T00:25:46Z")
Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213/40 "2021-08-21T01:16:31Z")
Steve Coogan, aka Alan Partridge, and Courtney Love. It’s not their looks, it’s their personas and the spheres they - to the outside world - worked in. > [@Roger\_That](#): > > Funny, Dung\_Beetle. I’ve always thought of Wilder as a below-average looking guy, a total non-movie-star sort of guy who was a success on the basis of his talent. (I’ve also been told that I look like a cross between him and Richard Dreyfuss, btw, which I did not take as a compliment. Basically: “You’re kinda homely, Roger\_That–you understand this, right?”) I wouldn’t say he’s obviously handsome, but he’s definitely not ugly. He has a very friendly face, and a lovely voice. Voices are under-rated. For example, Alan Rickman could have been ugly or sexy, until you heard him. (And obvs YMMV). Richard Dreyfuss is not bad looking either TBF (or at least when he was famous). Even without movie star money he’d probably not have any problem finding a date. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-a-surprising-spouse-or-girl-boyfriend/949213.md?page=3)