Adam Brody Opens Up About How He Met Leighton Meester and Why He Fell in Love With Her
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For the first time, former The OC star Adam Brody has shared his and former Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester's full love story, from how they met to why he fell in love with her years later. The actor appeared on Anna Faris' Unqualified podcast this week, where he detailed how their relationship began.
He explained, via E!, that he met Meester at Canter's Deli nearly 15 years ago through Josh Schwartz, who produced both teen shows. "Literally the first time we met, that whole cast [Gossip Girl] was eating at Canter's, and I lived at Canter's for like my entire 20s. And I was leaving, and he introduced all of us."
Meester and Brody's love story wouldn't begin for years after that, although he "bumped into" her two or three times before then. The two eventually worked together on 2011 film The Oranges.
"We did this movie together," he said. "I was seeing someone at the time... So we met kind of through mutual work friends off and on. And then we didn't get together about a year after that movie, when I was single."
"I was very attracted to her from jump. She's a heavenly creature," he said. "I thought she was gorgeous. And even when we did the movie, there was chemistry there, but I was seeing someone. But I had no idea whether she was a good person or not. And, in fact, kind of assumed she probably wasn't for like the first handful of years that I didn't know her, just because, I don't know, Gossip Girl."
Brody clarified that he didn't stereotype all actresses based on their roles: "Not that I tagged all actresses with that or anything—I didn't," he said. "And I like to date actors. I never believe that stigma. Why [wouldn't an actor want to date an actress]? Too beautiful and smart?"
Brody explained he didn't even begin to fully understand what an incredible person Meester was until some time into dating her. "I was like, ‘Oh, she's cool.' But I still didn't know, and that continued even to when we first started dating…and come to find out she's literally like Joan of Arc. She is the strongest, best person I know. She is my moral compass and North Star, and I just can't say enough good things about her character. It's crazy. She's never been rude to like a single person in her life, except—and I give her credit for this—paparazzi, where I'm too self-conscious. I wouldn't say rude but like people will try to get her to sign some sexy old photo or something that aren't fans but they pretend to be fans... It's sort of a bottom feeding thing... She has no problem being like, ‘You can hate me. I don't care.'"
Brody and Meester got married in 2014. They have two children together now, a five-year-old daughter and a son they welcomed last year.
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