15 Celebrity Couples Who Were Set Up By Other Famous People
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1.Meghan Trainor revealed that she met her husband, Daryl Sabara, after Chloë Grace Moretz set them up.
On Chelsea Handler's Netflix series, Chelsea, Meghan joked that the first day she met Chloë, she asked, "You know anybody that I could date? Or love? Whatever." And Chloë responded with, "I know the nicest guy in the world, Daryl, and you should meet him." Meghan and Daryl have been together since 2016, and they have one son together.
2.Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan met after being introduced by their close friends (and costars) Jensen and Danneel Ackles.
Back in the day, Hilarie starred on One Tree Hill with Danneel, and Jeffrey appeared on Supernatural with Jensen. In 2009, the couple played matchmaker and set up Hilarie and Jeffrey on a blind date. They've been together ever since and have two kids together.
3.Sophie Turner knew that Hailee Steinfeld was friends with Joe Jonas, so she called Hailee up and asked her about her thoughts on Joe.
In an interview with the Smallzy's Surgery show, Hailee remembered getting a call from Sophie asking her thoughts about Joe, and Hailee told Sophie the honest truth about him. Hailee later joked that she gave Sophie her "stamp of approval." Joe and Sophie have been together since 2016 and have two kids together.
4.Stanley Tucci met his second wife, Felicity Blunt, when her sister Emily Blunt introduced them.
Stanley, who starred in The Devil Wears Prada alongside Emily, met Felicity at the movie's premiere back in 2006. Stanley was married at the time, but they later reconnected in 2010, a year after his first wife's death, at Emily and John Krasinski's wedding. Felicity and Stanley have been married for over a decade now.
5.Courteney Cox landed a first date with Johnny McDaid thanks to Sacha Baron Cohen, Ed Sheeran, and Harry Styles.
Ed, who's close friends with Courteney, invited some friends over to Courteney's Sunday get-together, including Johnny and Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol, Taylor Swift, and Harry. Courteney explained, "I had a fun group anyway: Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher, and Jennifer [Aniston] were there; it was just one of these fun weekends.” And when Sacha found out that Courteney thought Johnny was "handsome," he said, "Hey, Courteney wants to fuck one of you from Snow Patrol, and it’s not you, Gary.” Courteney added that Harry got involved too: "[Harry said,] 'If you don’t ask her out...' I think he threatened to do something crazy like…I don’t remember, but it was pretty bad." And now she and Johnny have been together for a decade!
6.Ed Sheeran had met his now-wife, Cherry Seaborn, back in high school but didn't reconnect until Taylor Swift's 4th of July party in 2015.
Ed explained, "I was texting [Cherry], and she was like, ‘I’m in Rhode Island at a 4th of July party,’ and I was like, ‘So am I.' I kinda said to Taylor, ‘Can I invite one of my old schoolmates?’ The rest is history."
7.Jaime King and Kyle Newman were introduced by Kristen Bell.
Jaime told E! News, "And Kristen Bell I didn't know at all, but she kept calling me in my hotel room, and I was very confused because she was really friendly. She's a really nice girl, but I don't know her at all. She keeps inviting me to hang out...but she was trying to tell us we were supposed to be together." The two were married for 13 years before divorcing in 2020.
8.Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston met through Robert Downey Jr. at one of his dinner parties.
At the time, Justin was in Hawaii filming Tropic Thunder with RDJ, and Jennifer was in Hawaii on vacation. RDJ told Details, "[Justin] and Jen fell in a real, legit fashion, and he was willing from the jump to make sacrifices.” They were married for two years before separating in 2017.
9.Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade had met years before they got together, but Gabrielle was dating someone else at the time. Patti LaBelle was the one who urged Gabrielle to start dating Dwyane.
Gabrielle told James Corden, “I had a boyfriend when I met him, and Dwyane, he’s a bit younger than me, so it felt like he was 12. He was super shy and quiet ... I had brought Patti LaBelle — that was my crew at the time — my day one, my OG. So she was like, ‘Girl, you better drop that zero and get you a hero,’ and so, it was Ms. Patti that nudged me in the direction.”
10.Kenya Moore and Marc Daly were introduced by Chef Roblé Ali, and the two surprised fans who didn't even know they were together with their wedding in 2017.
In a congratulatory IG post, Roblé said, “I’m so happy for y’all. When I introduced you two I KNEW y’all would hit it off but this is just WOW! You got a GREAT man Kenya!!! That’s my man right there. I’m tryna be like him when I grow up! Congrats y’all!!!”
11.Tamia and Grant Hill were first put on each other's radar when Anita Baker had planned to introduce them.
Back at the 1996 Soul Train Awards, Anita had big plans to introduce Grant and Tamia, but they just couldn't seem to make the introduction work. Then, six months later, Tamia's and Grant's paths crossed again, and they've been together ever since!
12.Joe Manganiello and Sofía Vergara were introduced by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and later, when Sofía was single, Jesse gave Joe her number.
Jesse told James Corden, "I knew Joe through people and we had done benefits together, and I knew Sofía from working with her, and we were at a party together and I just introduced them. I said, ‘Have you ever met Sofía?’ and of course Joe was like, ‘Mmm!’ And then when she broke up with her fiancé at the time, [Nick Loeb], Joe — like immediately, the moment it was out in the world — called me and was like, ‘I need her number.’ And then I called Sofía and I was like, ‘Can I give Joe your number?’ And she was like, ‘Ay, no!’ — but, like, wanting me to give the number — like, ‘Oh no, you go ahead, okay, okay.’ And so I did the number exchange and he took over from there!”
13.Cameron Diaz met her now-husband, Benji Madden, after being introduced by Nicole Richie.
Nicole, who's married to Benji's twin, Joel Madden, said that she takes "responsibility for everything!" She also shared, "I am a devoted sister-in-law, and I am happy for anybody who's happy. I want everyone to be surrounded with love."
14.Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost were reportedly set up by Kate McKinnon just a couple of weeks before their relationship went public.
A source told Life & Style, “Scarlett and Kate McKinnon are very close pals. Kate was the one who played Cupid and pushed Scarlett and Colin to go on their first date." Colin and Scarlett have been together since 2017 and have one son together.
15.Finally, Sebastian Lletget and Becky G were set up by Jordan Spence and Naomi Scott.
She explained, "[Our introduction] kind of came about while we were filming the movie [Power Rangers]. The way we got introduced, me and Sebastian, was through my costar Naomi. Her husband — they've been married for a couple years now — and [he] played soccer together, him and Sebastian. So Nae met me and was like, 'Girl, you're awesome! You deserve to be with a man!'"
