Adam Brody Shares Secret to Marriage With Leighton Meester

Quite a bit to the satisfaction of those who watched The O.C. and Gossip GirlAdam Brody (who starred throughout the former as a result of the lovable Seth Cohen) and Leighton Meester (who stole the current throughout the latter as conniving socialite Blair Waldorf) have been married for 10 years. All through one amongst his present interviews, Brody let most people in on the important thing to his long-term relationship with Meester.

Whereas displaying on Within the current day With Hoda & Jenna on September 24, 2024, to promote his new Netflix sequence, Nobody Wishes This (whereby he stars alongside Kristen Bell—one different Gossip Girl connection), Brody revealed that “the magic” of marriage comes proper all the way down to the actual individual you marry. “Oh, select any individual good,” he responded to co-host Hoda Kotb’s question of how he managed to hit the 10-year mark. “Be lucky and be in love with any individual who’s good, after which merely kind of take heed to them.”

Brody then expanded upon his reply, noting that, in spite of everything, marriage does require dedication and power. “If you’re with any individual good, you’re on third base,” he admitted. “Not that it doesn’t take sacrifice and humility—and it is essential to develop collectively and it is essential to be ready to develop because you’re not going to have the flexibility to maintain 100 computer correct the place you may be. Nevertheless, for many who’re with any individual incredible, I really feel you’re on third base.”

When elevating his two children, Arlo and a son whose determine hasn’t been revealed, with Meester, Brody outlined that his parenting trend is a steadiness between worrying and letting his youngsters take the reins. “There is a helicopter, , to keep up them protected,” he recognized. “I’m not overly strict, nonetheless I see the sharp edges, truly. And their heads aren’t gonna—I want to protect these heads maintained.” As for Meester, he said his partner isn’t strict each.

Per week sooner than his look on the Within the current day focus on current, Brody moreover opened up about his relationship with Meester whereas talking to host Dax Shepard on his podcast, Armchair Skilled. All through his interview, Brody shared that the street between the couple’s personal lives {{and professional}} lives are a bit blurry. “We’re each other’s managers, and we even have the equivalent two brokers,” he said. “We’re in each other’s s— in meaning, and we even did a movie collectively a pair years previously.”

Although the two have public careers, Brody mentions that Meester is “charmingly aloof to the enterprise,” retaining her personal life out of most people eye whereas nonetheless nailing her craft on show display screen. In an article in GQ in 2019, Brody moreover talked about he and Meester’s need for privateness. “[Leighton is] additional inherently private than I am,” he well-known. “We’re homebodies. We don’t go to a complete lot of points that perhaps we’d, and don’t seek out promotion in meaning.”