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Leighton Meester Welcomes Baby No. 2 With Adam Brody
California, present we come—right backmost wherever Adam Brody and Leighton Meester's narration started from.
While the mates thin to keep details of their matrimony private, The O.C. actor recently recounted the communicative of however helium met the Gossip Girl actress.
As Brody explained to Penn Badgley, Meester's former co-star connected The CW drama, connected the April 12 occurrence of Podcrushed, helium first encountered her astatine Canter's Deli successful Los Angeles, where she was eating with Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz—who besides created The O.C.—and her castmates.
"That's erstwhile I saw her," the Shazam! star recalled, "and yea I was smitten instantly."
However, Brody and Meester's romance didn't blossom.
"I was, you know, smitten for a agelong time," the Jennifer's Body alum, who co-starred with Meester successful the 2011 movie The Oranges, continued. "I didn't get to cognize her for galore years after, adjacent though we adjacent worked unneurotic briefly. She's truthful lovely, and she's truthful sweet. She's truthful nice. She's truthful good. And yet—and this is to her credit—she remained elusive to maine for truthful agelong and aloof."
Still, Brody, 43, said Meester, 37, has since told him the crush was mutual.
"I couldn't get a full work because, adjacent though she professes to person been funny successful maine and each those things, not lone did she not prosecute that—I mean, she was perfectly consenting to fto that ne'er happen," helium shared. "Yeah, she was perfectly consenting to fto that connection successful the vessel instrumentality to oversea astatine respective points."
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The crushed Meester didn't marque a move? "She says, 'Oh, it's due to the fact that I knew if we did, it would beryllium a thing,'" Brody said. "'You know, it's excessively powerful.'"
However, Badgley wasn't convinced, telling him with a laugh, "That's a line." And Brody agreed, adding, "That's what I said."
Fast-forward to contiguous and Brody and Meester person been married for astir a decade and stock 2 children: girl Arlo, 7, and a 2-year-old son.
To look backmost astatine their emotion story, support scrolling.
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Out and About
After Leighton Meester unsuccessfully hid from paparazzi successful Adam Brody's car, the brace fto spell of their shyness and openly flaunted immoderate sweet PDA portion heading to a Mexican restaurant.
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Mums the Word
As romance rumors continued to swirl, the brace declined to publically remark connected the presumption of their relationship. But you cognize what they say, a picture's worthy a 1000 words.
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NYC Love
After keeping nether the radar for months, the twosome resurfaced successful New York City together.
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He Put a Ring connected It
They whitethorn person ne'er confirmed their relationship, but Brody put a diamond connected his lady's finger. Nearly a period aft the engagement quality broke, the brace were photographed stealing a smooch successful South Africa.
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Wedding Bells
The notoriously backstage mates pulled the eventual gotcha connected Hollywood by getting married successful a super-secretive ceremony. Congrats!
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Red Carpet Ready
Meester supported her handsome beau astatine the premiere of his movie Shazam. No uncertainty their daughter, Arlo, loves that her dada is simply a superhero!
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Picture Perfect
Brody previously shared that becoming a begetter with Meester is "the champion successful each way."
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Do Gooders
In their spare time, this mates enjoys giving backmost to their community, though they aren't ones to actively publicize their bully deeds.
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Co-Stars
After moving connected 2011's The Oranges, the 2 erstwhile again reunited connected the acceptable of Meester's show Single Parents. In his impermanent role, Brody played Meester's ex.
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Proud Parents
Privacy rules successful this celebrated household. While the mates never announced they were expecting babe No. 2, Brody confirmed successful September 2020 that his woman gave commencement to their 2nd child.
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