Brenda Song Gushes Over Macaulay Culkin During Rare Red Carpet Date Night
Cupid is getting a small assistance successful the matchmaking section acknowledgment to Ciara and Russell Wilson.
After all, the “1, 2 Step” vocalist and the New York Giants backmost acceptable up recently engaged mates Normani and DK Metcalf.
“@Russell Wilson and I knew erstwhile we introed yall 3yrs agone ..love was genuinely successful the air!” Ciara captioned a March 14 TikTok video that showed the erstwhile Fifth Harmony subordinate and the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver FaceTiming her and Russell and flashing the ring. “Now yall gon beryllium booed up for forever!! This was the champion news! @DK Metcalf @Normani we emotion yall truthful much!”
And they’re not the lone stars liable for a emotion connection. Brenda Song met fiancé Macaulay Culkin successful 2014 done her Dads costar Seth Green. Although, it wasn't precisely emotion astatine archetypal sight.
"He was trying to beryllium comic astir our amusement being canceled and I was not having it," The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum told Cosmopolitan successful January, with the Home Alone prima admitting, "She was thoroughly unimpressed by maine is what I volition say."
But fate—and Seth—gave them a 2nd accidental erstwhile they reconnected successful Thailand 3 years aboriginal for Seth's movie Changeland. Looking for thing casual, Brenda took her friend's advice: "If you’re going to ever person a fling," she remembered her pal saying, "Mack is simply a harmless person."
And that fling is inactive going beardown arsenic Brenda and Macaulay are present parents to sons Dakota, 3, and Carson, 2.
Plus, Rita Ora has unmasked Robert Pattinson arsenic the 1 who introduced her to her hubby Taika Waititi—with the meet-cute turning into a yearslong relationship earlier The Masked Singer panelist and the manager started dating successful 2021.
Who other has taken a changeable with Cupid's bow and deed a cleanable target? Read connected to spot much stars who've acceptable up their personage pals.
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Ed Sheeran, Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen Set Up Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid
If we're reasoning retired loud, past we'd person to adhd Ed Sheeran to our database of personage matchmakers. After all, the vocalist connected Courteney Cox with Johnny McDaid during a, um, casual nighttime with friends successful 2013.
"What happened was Ed said, 'Can I person immoderate friends implicit this weekend? 'I said, ‘Of course,'" the Friends prima said connected a 2022 occurrence of The Howard Stern Show. "And helium invited Johnny, Gary Lightbody—both of them from Snow Patrol—Taylor Swift, conscionable immoderate large musicians, and they each came over. And I had a amusive radical anyway. It was Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher, and Jennifer [Aniston] was there."
In fact, it was now exes Isla and Sacha who truly broke the ice.
"Isla went up to Sacha and said, 'Sacha, Courteney wants to spell retired with Johnny," Courteney continued. "So, Sacha walks up to Gary and Johnny—and I'm going to cuss now—and says, 'Hey, Courteney wants to f--k 1 of you from Snow Patrol, and it's not you Gary.'"
Today, she and Johnny are inactive going strong.
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Introduced Cameron Diaz to Benji Madden
The communicative of however Cameron Diaz met hubby Benji Madden is the sweetest thing—and it involves his member Joel Madden and Nicole Richie.
"They didn’t acceptable america up, but we were successful the aforesaid country due to the fact that of them," the Charlie’s Angels prima explained connected a 2021 occurrence of Anna Faris Friends. "And past we recovered each other."
Cameron and Benji recovered each different astatine a 2014 barbecue she was hosting and got engaged by the extremity of that year. The histrion and the Good Charlotte set subordinate tied the knot successful 2015 and are present parents to girl Raddix and lad Cardinal.
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Ciara and Russell Wilson Connected Normani With DK Metcalf
Celebrity matchmakers looking to level up whitethorn privation to consult Ciara and Russell Wilson.
After all, the vocalist and the backmost acceptable up Normani and DK Metcalf, who announced their engagement successful March 2025.
"@Russell Wilson and I knew erstwhile we introed yall 3yrs agone ..love was genuinely successful the air!" Ciara wrote connected TikTok alongside a screenshot of her and Russell FaceTiming the Fifth Harmony alum and the wide receiver arsenic they showed disconnected her engagement ring. "Now yall gon beryllium booed up for forever!! This was the champion news! @DK Metcalf @Normani we emotion yall truthful much!"
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Robert Pattinson Introduced Rita Ora to Taika Waititi
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi tin convey Robert Pattinson for the dawn of their relationship.
"He's a precise bully person of mine," she said astir the Twilight alum connected a March 2025 occurrence of The Masked Singer. "He really introduced maine to my husband."
As the "How We Do (Party)" vocalist and the Jojo Rabbit manager explained to Vogue Australia, the meet-cute occurred astatine a barbecue Taika was hosting successful L.A. that sparked a yearslong relationship earlier it turned romanticist successful 2021 and they wed the pursuing year.
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Patrick Mahomes and Erin Andrews Played Matchmaker for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
Patrick Mahomes isn’t going to shingle disconnected the relation helium played successful Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's romance.
“I similar to instrumentality immoderate of the credit,” the Chiefs backmost said connected a May 2024 occurrence of The Pat McAfee Show. “I was the 1 who invited Travis to the archetypal Taylor performance when the relationship bracelet was—he was sitting successful my suite. So, I consciousness similar I was the matchmaker. I had immoderate input successful determination arsenic well. I was like, ‘Dude, conscionable spell for it.’”
Still, Patrick wasn’t the lone 1 cheering them on.
"There were decidedly radical she knew that knew who I was, successful her country [who said]: Yo! Did you cognize helium was coming?” Travis told WSJ. Magazine successful November 2023 months aft the enchanting concert. “I had idiosyncratic playing Cupid.”
While there’s a blank abstraction arsenic to who helium was referring to, fans person got a database of names and Erin Andrews’ is successful reddish underlined. Especially due to the fact that the sports newsman and her podcast cohost Charissa Thompson encouraged Taylor to springiness Travis a accidental connected an August 2023 occurrence of their show—with Travis aboriginal penning connected Instagram, “I beryllium you large time!!"
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Seth Green Introduced Macaulay Culkin to Brenda Song
Brenda Song didn't precisely person a suite, er, saccharine content of fiancé Macaulay Culkin erstwhile she met him successful 2014 astatine the location of her Dads costar Seth Green.
However, they got different accidental astatine emotion erstwhile they reunited successful 2017 for Seth's movie Changeland that was filmed successful Thailand."When we were there, Mack and I, we worked a full of 10 days, and we were determination for six weeks and started hanging out. And I thought helium was gonna beryllium my BFF," Brenda recalled connected a March 2025 occurrence of The Drew Barrymore Show. "And I was like, 'Oh wait, I benignant of person a crush connected him.' And past I thought I was going to person my archetypal fling, and that fling has turned into astir 8 years and two kids."
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Chloë Grace Moretz Set Up Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara
When Meghan Trainor met Daryl Sabara successful 2014, she didn't cognize he'd go her beloved aboriginal husband.
"I was 18 years aged arsenic a babe songwriter retired present successful L.A., and I was astatine a songwriter Hollywood enactment and helium crashed it with 2 of his friends," the "All About That Bass" vocalist said connected a November 2022 occurrence of The Drew Barrymore Show. "And I was like, 'Spy Kids is here!' I went close to him. I usually fangirl truthful hard and I don't accidental anything. But I went close to him and was like, 'Are you Spy Kids?' And helium was like, 'Yeah,' and was truly nice.'"
However, their paths crossed again 2 years aboriginal acknowledgment to Chloë Grace Moretz.
"I was like, 'I privation a bully guy. I'm sick of each these mean guys. I privation a bully guy,'" Meghan recalled. "And she's like, 'My champion friend's the nicest guy.'"
So, she and Daryl went connected a treble day with Chloë and then-boyfriend Brooklyn Beckham. And arsenic Meghan, who wed the Spy Kids histrion successful 2018 and shares kids Riley and Barry with him, enactment it, "We've ne'er been isolated ever since."
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Jensen Ackles Connected Hilarie Burton With Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Don’t privation to beryllium retired of the loop connected however Hilarie Burton met Jeffrey Dean Morgan? Well, it turns retired Jensen Ackles—who worked with Jeffrey connected Supernatural and whose woman Danneel Ackles appeared connected One Tree Hill with Hilarie—set them up connected a unsighted day successful 2009.
"I happened to beryllium single, and Jensen said, 'I’ve got a miss you should meet,'" The Walking Dead prima told HuffPost successful 2015. "And truthful I went to a bar, and I met Hilarie astatine a barroom with Jensen and Danneel."
Afterwards, helium continued, they went backmost to his location for immoderate tequila (though Hilarie had to permission for North Carolina the adjacent day).
"She was truly cool," Jeffrey added, going connected to stock however they stayed successful touch. "I was connected my mode to bash a movie called The Resident successful New Mexico. She was connected her mode to Paris, and I talked her into, alternatively of going to Paris, travel and spot maine successful New Mexico."
In 2010, the mates welcomed lad Augustus, and girl George came 8 years later. Hilarie and Jeffrey, who unrecorded with their household connected a workplace successful upstate New York, past wed successful 2019.
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