13 celebrities who fell in love with their assistants, trainers, stylists (14 photos)

It seems that famous people should have an incredibly wide circle of friends and a huge choice when it comes to relationships, love and marriage. Surprisingly, but true: quite often stars, on the contrary, tend to look for a partner somewhere nearby, in their immediate environment - and their choice falls on assistants, house helpers, nannies of their own children, stylists, personal bodyguards, trainers, etc.





Here are a few examples of couples in which not both partners are from the “star” environment, but only one.

1. Patrick Dempsey



The actor met his wife Gillian in 1997 when he decided to cut his hair. He walked into the hair salon, saw Gillian and “immediately knew she was the one.” They have been married since 1999.

2. Ethan Hawke





Ethan Hawke's wife Ryan Shawhews briefly worked as his children's nanny while he was married to Uma Thurman, but according to Ethan Hawke, there was nothing romantic between them at the time. “I met Ryan through my literary agent, and she was actually one of Maya and Levon’s nannies during the filming of the film,” he told the Guardian in 2009. “After a short period of working for me, Ryan returned to Columbia University to finish her degree. There were no scandalous thoughts or actions then. In the years that followed, my marriage fell apart due to many factors, none of which were even remotely related to Ryan.” The couple has been married since 2008 and has two children, Indiana and Clementine.

3. Usher Raymond IV



American R&B singer Usher met his ex-wife Tameka Foster in 2007 when she worked as his stylist. According to Tameka, she was in the process of breaking up with her husband at the time, and Asher gave her advice to understand the situation. But when it became clear that she and her husband would not stay together, the musician invited her on a date. She joked that he needed to grow up and was a "bit of an annoying customer," but their first real official date was a vacation together in Aspen, and the rest is history.

4. Heidi Klum



Supermodel Heidi Klum dated her bodyguard Martin Kirsten for a year and a half. This happened back in 2012. “Martin is a great man, and recently we got to know each other from a completely different side,” she later said. “He has been with our family for the last four years.” He took care of our four children and helped us a lot. I trust him with the lives of my children."

Christian Bale



Christian Bale's wife Sibi Blazic was not his assistant and did not work for him. But he met her while she was working as an assistant to his Little Women co-star Winona Ryder, and they have been married since 2000. The couple are famously private, but in 2009 Bale told People about his family: “It’s all about my girls, my wife and daughter. I carry pictures of them with me all the time.”

6. Robin Williams



Robin Williams met his wife Marsha Garces Williams in 1984 while she was working as a nanny for his first son, Zach. Williams left his first wife, Valerie Velardi, for Marsha, and the couple were married from 1989 to 2010.

7. Jennifer Lopez



Following her high-profile divorce from Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez dated her much younger dancer, Casper Smart, on and off between 2012 and 2016, and they remain on good terms to this day. “It was really a professional relationship for a very long time before anything even happened,” Casper Smart said. - I think it happened spontaneously. There was chemistry there. It’s impossible to fight this.”

8. Paul Rudd



Paul Rudd met his wife Julie Yeager during a meeting in the public relations office. “The movie Clueless was getting ready to come out, and that’s when we met,” Julie said in the bodyvision interview. “I worked for the PR firm he hired, and he got more than just PR.” Paul said that Julie was actually the very first person he met when he moved to New York, and then everything just happened on its own.

9. Christina Aguilera



Christina Aguilera met her fiancé Matthew Rutler back in 2009, when he was a production assistant on the film Burlesque, in which she starred. “Matthew is a special person,” she told People magazine after they started dating. “We had a very strong friendship during the filming of the film. He’s the kind of person you can talk to on the phone for hours, and suddenly that day comes.” The couple has been engaged since 2014 and welcomed daughter Summer Reign that same year.

10. Hilary Duff



Hilary Duff dated Jason Walsh, who was her personal trainer, for some time, and announced this publicly in 2016. Following their split, Hilary reflected on the relationship in an interview with Cosmopolitan, explaining why she was initially hesitant to go public with her relationship. “I just had to make sure it was right. People don't need to know everything about me until I sort out my own affairs, you know? - she said. "But then I thought, 'Screw it. He's my boyfriend.'"

11. Rob Lowe



Rob Lowe first met Cheryl Berkoff on a blind date in 1983. But they really started dating after six years later, in 1989, she worked as a makeup artist on the film Bad Influence, in which he played the lead role. “Cheryl was and remains my best friend,” Rob said in an interview. “So if you marry someone other than your best friend, you're putting yourself at a disadvantage from the start.” After all, everything else in a marriage can come and go, and only friendship will remain and support you.”

12. Hilary Swank



Hilary Swank dated her former agent John Campisi from 2007-2011 after the end of her 10-year marriage to actor Chad Lowe. “I believe in the sanctity of marriage,” she told InStyle when asked about the possibility of getting married again. “You know, John and I were both in long-term marriages, and we shouldn’t rush into this again.”

13. Tarek El Moussa



Finally, Game of Thrones star Tarek El Moussa admitted that he dated his children's nanny Alyssa after he split from his wife Christina Haack in a messy divorce in 2018. “I dated her for a month,” he said. “I've been going through some tough times and she's amazing. But I never held her hands when the children were around.”