Here's What We Know About the Most Private Celebrity Relationships
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When you’re constantly in the spotlight, it makes sense that you’d want to keep whatever you can about your private life as private as possible. Whether it be your children, your hobbies, or even your beauty routine, everyone has a right to their privacy — especially when it comes to their love life.
Whether it’s a new romance or a decades-long marriage, some celebrities like to keep their love life between them and whoever they’re with. Some don’t mind the paparazzi swarming their dates, and some don’t even want to post about their partner on social media. It’s all about comfortability and boundaries (which we love seeing people put up)!
But these celebrity couples are more private than others, whether it be neither having social media or the fact that they’ve never hit a red carpet together despite years of being together. Some have only made one comment about their partner in an interview from a decade ago, while others have no problem talking about them in interviews, but make sure to keep them away from the flashing paparazzi scene.
These celebrities value their privacy, and we really love to see their private romances thriving with the snippets we do see.
From Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin’s surprising and private love to super-private marriages like legend Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean, celebrities keep their relationships private in many different ways.
Honestly, some of these couples keep their relationships so private, that you may have forgotten about the pairs entirely! Check out which celebrity couples keep their romance on the down low below:
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Ti West & Alison Wonderland
Did you know that Ti West, director of Pearl, X, and Maxxine, is engaged to EDM superstar Alison Wonderland?! Many fans may not know this but the pair got engaged in 2023, and welcomed their son Max. Despite being one of the coolest couples, they’re actually quite private
Rashida Jones & Ezra Koenig
Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig have been dating since 2016 but aren’t the type of couple to flaunt their relationship on Instagram. The couple welcomed a son, Isaiah in 2018. In a July 2024 interview, Jones confirmed the couple’s relationship status after Koenig repeatedly referred to her as his “wife” in interviews.
“We’re not married,” she told The New Yorker. “I’m sure we’ll get married at some point, but we basically are.
Emma Stone & Dave McCary
After meeting on the set of Saturday Night Live in 2016, Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary, a comedy writer and producer who worked on SNL at the time, hit it off immediately. They wed in 2020 and welcomed a daughter named Louise in 2021.
McCary supported Stone on her successful award season run in 2024, including joining her at the Oscars where she took home the Best Actress award. However, the couple rarely speak about their romance in public and are certainly one of Hollywood’s most low-key couples.
Christina Ricci & Mark Hampton
Christina Ricci has been famous for most of her life but her whirlwind romance with hairstylist Mark Hampton is not something she has let the public in on.
The couple married in 2021, a year after Ricci ended her first marriage, and welcomed a daughter that September. Ricci does treat us to the occasional Instagram post with her husband and we couldn’t be happier for the loving duo.
Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman
Since Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway married in 2012, the duo have laid pretty low aside from a few red carpets here and there. The couple share two sons born in 2016 and 2019.
Issa Rae & Louis Diame
It’s unclear how long Issa Rae and Louis Diame have been dating, but fans do know they tied the knot back in 2021. They’ve made a few public appearances together, but Rae previously made it clear that she’s not going to divulge any details about their relationship. She told Vogue in 2018, “I don’t want any input. Any other aspect of my life? Give me the input. But who I’m f*cking? No, I don’t need input. I’m good.”
Alicia Vikander & Michael Fassbender
Two Hollywood powerhouses Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander make one of Hollywood’s most private low-key power couples. The two first met while filming The Light Between Oceans together in 2014. “We met on that job and have been seeing each other since,” Fassbender told Good Morning America, per Us Weekly. “She’s such a fierce performer. She’s so brave. She’s not afraid to bring ugly personality traits to the forefront in characters. So I was really impressed by her immediately.”
The two later got married in 2017 and welcomed their first child together in 2021.
Suki Waterhouse & Robert Pattinson
Despite being together since 2018, model and actress Suki Waterhouse and Twilight star Robert Pattinson kept their relationship under wraps until December of 2022 when they made their red carpet debut.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Daisy Jones & The Six star talked about their undeniable connection. “I’m shocked that I’m so happy with someone for nearly five years,” she said, adding that they never go more than two months without seeing each other. “I had two days off the other day, and it was like, no question I’m going back to see him.” So sweet!
Jennifer Lawrence & Cooke Maroney
Jennifer Lawrence may be one of the most recognizable faces and names in Hollywood, but she managed to keep her family (husband Cooke Maroney and son Cy) totally away from the spotlight. The two tied the knot in 2019.
Dolly Parton & Carl Thomas Dean
Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean have been together for over 50 years, and still manage to keep their love private. You’ll find only a few photos of them on the internet, and the pair never go on the red carpet together. But Parton does dish about her husband when asked, making this quite a sweet pair.
Marcus Mumford & Carey Mulligan
So we actually know quite a bit about Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan’s love story. They were reportedly childhood pen pals who later reconnected in 2011, who married in 2012 and later welcomed three children together!
While they’ve made quite a few public appearances together, they keep their details on the down low. But both did divulge one secret each. Mumford told the Guardian that they never go longer than two weeks without seeing each other, and Mulligan divulged to the Telegraph that they write love letters to one another.
Renee Zellweger & Ant Anstead
Renee Zellweger and Ant Anstead started dating in June 2021, keeping an incredibly low profile despite being two A-listers and even moving in together at one point. They’ve made some rare tributes to one another on social media, but haven’t made a major red carpet appearance or talk about their love often in interviews.
However, Zellweger made a rare comment about Anstead, calling meeting him something along the lines of divine intervention. He said to Harper’s Bazaar, “Yeah, we do joke about that. She’s always doing her best. It made me smile. It made me smile to think on this, yeah, the serendipity of it all.”
Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton
Within three weeks of meeting, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton got engaged and soon married in 1997. Since then, they’ve welcomed four children and have kept their nearly three decades romance under wraps. In a rare interview, she did talk about their dynamic when they first met, saying to Vanity Fair, “He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant. And it just shows how wrong you can be. But once he kissed me, that was that.”
Kate Winslet & Edward Abel Smith
Along with neither having social media or walking the red carpet together, Kate Winslet and Edward Abel Smith enjoy their privacy ever since they got together in 2011. Winslet did mention how supportive he was though in a 2015 interview with People, saying, “I have a wonderful man in my life who is so incredibly supportive that makes it possible for me to have those experiences. It’s been a really fun time.”
Ashley Olsen & Louis Eisner
Another Olsen family member to keep her marriage quiet from the media is Ashley Olsen and her husband Louis Eisner. Along with having no social media or talking about him in interviews, they rarely hit the red carpet together to keep their privacy.
Elizabeth Olsen & Robbie Arnett
Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett are another A-list couple who like to keep their private lives super private. While they’ve made a few red carpet appearances, they don’t have social media and rarely mention another in interviews. The only time they discussed anything remotely personal was when they released their children’s book Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective.
Brenda Song & Macaulay Culkin
While Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin have announced the birth of their children, the lovebirds are as secretive as can be. They don’t go on public appearances and never talk about each other in interviews, despite being together since 2017. Truly, we adore this unexpected couple!
Alyson Hannigan & Alexis Denisof
After being together for decades, former co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof know how to keep an A-list love private. While Hannigan previously revealed that she and Denisof were friends for a few years before they started dating, they’ve kept the details about their marriage quite private. Every once in a while, we get a cute throwback photo or red carpet appearance, but these two keep their love on the down-low.
Dakota Johnson & Chris Martin
Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin have been together since 2017. While Johnson has been to multiple of his concerts, they have yet to make a big public appearance together. They mention each other in interviews every once in awhile, but keep the details out of the public eye. In a 2018 interview with Tatler, Johnson said: “I’m not going to talk about it, but I am very happy.”
What we do know is that Johnson is super close Martin’s kids and his ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow, and they moved in together in early 2021.
Rose Leslie & Kit Harington
While Game of Thrones can’t get enough about the details surrounding lovebirds and parents-of-two Rose Leslie and Kit Harington, they keep their relationship quite secret from the public.
“It’s as much her relationship as it is mine and I can’t speak for both of us. But yeah, we are very, very happy. So that’s what I’ll say about that,” Harington said to Esquire about keeping their details private.
Keira Knightley & James Righton
Keira Knightley and James Righton met back in 2011 through mutual friends, and after two years, they tied the knot. Since then, they’ve welcomed two daughters and have made quite a few public appearances together. Neither have social media, but Knightly did make rare comments about him back in 2013 about trying to teach her guitar, per People.
Channing Tatum & Zo? Kravitz
Channing Tatum and Zo? Kravitz have been dating in 2021, and have been photographed together numerous times over the past couple of years. While neither has posted about the other on social media, they’ve spoken highly about one another in interviews over the years.
Most recently Kravitz talked to GQ about how she fell in love with him. “He’s just a wonderful human. He makes me laugh and we both really love art and talking about art and the exploration of why we do what we do. We love to watch a film and break it down and talk about it and challenge each other,” she said. “Whether it was making me tea or pouring me a drink or going to whip someone into shape or whatever—he really was my protector and it was really wonderful and sweet. I think if you can do something like that together, it’s a good test. And we came out even stronger.”
Sofia Coppola & Thomas Mars
Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars met while filming The Virgin Suicides, and got married later in 2011. While we know they share two daughters together, not much else is known. Neither have public social media accounts and they don’t talk about one another in interviews.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Mara Lane
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Mara Lane originally met in 2013, and tied the knot in a quiet ceremony three years later. While they’ve went on the red carpet together a few times, both are super private about their relationship details. Meyers doesn’t have social media, and while Lane does, she keeps her husband off of it to keep their privacy.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Martin McDonagh
Did you know Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Martin McDonagh have been dating since 2018? Most fans don’t. They’ve made a few red carpet appearances together over the years, but Waller-Bridge evades questions about her relationship and neither have social media to post about it.
Tom Ackerley & Margot Robbie
Before Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie shocked the world by getting married in 2016, they were roommates. After their wedding, they don’t talk about their marriage much. In fact, besides a couple of Instagram posts, fans barely know anything about these two!
Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz
Despite a few red carpet appearances, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz’s relationship is as private as can be. Not only do they have no social media, but they never speak about one another in interviews. Weisz explained to More per Mama Mia that speaking about their relationship would be a betrayal. “It would be a betrayal,” she said. “You have to protect your marriage.”
Taran Killam & Cobie Smulders
After meeting on the set of How I Met Your Mother, Taran Killam and Cobie Smulders married in 2012 and have since welcomed two children. Not much is known besides quite a few social media posts and red carpet appearances, but Killam shined some light on their love story in 2019. He told UsMagazine, “Early in our relationship, we went to Fat Cat in New York … and we played pool and then listened to jazz and fell in love.”
Emmy Rossum & Sam Esmail
Despite making appearances on rare social media posts, Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail are quite private. After meeting on set back in 2014, they wed in 2017 in a private ceremony and have welcomed two children. Not only have they not spoken about one another much in interviews, but they’ve kept all the details about their two kids out of the media.
Eva Mendes & Ryan Gosling
The only time Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling hit the red carpet together was back in 2012, and fans have been dying for another red carpet moment. They’ve been dating since 2011, and have since welcomed two daughters. However, they rarely speak about one another in interviews, they mainly focus on their family as a whole.
Benji Madden & Cameron Diaz
Despite being married since 2015, Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz keep their relationship primarily on the DL. They sometimes post about one another on social media for special occasions, and once Diaz talked about the surprise he did for her birthday. But other than that, you won’t find much about these two!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Tasha McCauley
Along with never being on the red carpet together, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tasha McCauley are extremely private about details surrounding their relationship and family. All fans know is that they’ve welcomed two kids, and married in Dec 2014, and according to Romper, they met through mutual friends in 2013.
Leighton Meester & Adam Brody
Despite being together for a decade and both been former teen idols, little is known about Leighton Meester and Adam Brody’s relationship. Not only did they keep their wedding on the down-low, but they’ve only made a handful of red-carpet appearances together and have only talked about each other once time each in interviews.
In a 2019 interview with GQ, Brody talked about their private relationship, saying, “She’s more inherently private than I am. I don’t seek publicity, but if I’m sitting next to you on the subway, I’ll tell you everything about me. We’re homebodies. We don’t go to a lot of things that perhaps we could and don’t seek out promotion in that way. I’m not s******g on anyone who monetizes that aspect of their life because I get it. But we’ve found this great balance so far that really works for us. We’re also not very active on social media.”
Amanda Seyfried & Thomas Sadoski
Seyfried and Sadoski took their romance off Broadway in 2015 after starring in The Way We Get By. The reunited on screen later that year and seem to have been together ever since.
The couple share two kids and keep their romance on the low by residing primarily on their remote farm in upstate New York.
Rose Byrne & Bobby Cannavale
Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale love story began in 2012 and has been going strong ever since. The couple share two kids.
Maya Rudolph & Paul Thomas Anderson
Comedian Maya Rudolph and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson are a bonafide power couple but they’re also notoriously private.
The couple, who have been together since 2001 but never married, share four children.
Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz have been married since 2010 and are one of Hollywood’s most beloved couples yet manage to lay low.
The couple share two kids, Leo and Luna, and live near Madrid, Spain.
Russ Armstrong & Greta Lee
Russ Armstrong and Greta Lee met at Northwestern University, later marrying in 2014 and welcoming two sons!
Shia LaBeouf & Mia Goth
Chances are, you probably had no idea that Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth were married. They first got together in 2012, and were married by 2018. However, that same year, they filed for divorce, but reconciled. In 2022, they welcomed a daughter together.
Now, while this is a surprising couple, they’re both riddled with controversy. Goth has been sued by background actor James Hunter for allegedly “intentionally” kicking him in the head, per the Guardian.
As for LaBeouf, he has been accused by ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs of sexual battery, assault and inflicting emotional distress, per USA Today.
