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Ben Stiller and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, are known for having one of Hollywood’s longest and happiest marriages, but that wasn’t always the case.
In an interview with The New York Times, Stiller was asked about his temporary separation from Taylor, who married in 2000.
Stiller told the publication that when his film “Zoolander 2” came out in 2016, their marriage “wasn’t in a good place.”
He was asked about Taylor’s appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” where she discussed “separation and reconciliation being the result of what she calls adult ‘growth spurts.’
“When we separated, it was just about having space to see what our relationship was, what my life was like when we weren’t in that relationship, how much I loved our family unit,” he told the Times. “It had been about three or four years since we were together but we were still connected. In my mind, I never wanted us to be together. I don’t know where Christine was, you’d have to ask her, but Covid brought us all together in the same house.
According to Stiller, “It was almost a year of living in the same house before we were actually together.”
“But I’m very grateful for it, and I don’t think a lot of people get back together when they break up,” he said. “There’s nothing like it when you come back.” You appreciate what you have much more, because we know we couldn’t have it.
The couple shares a daughter and a son, Ella and Quinlin.