Freddie Prinze Jr has shared why his marriage to Sarah Michelle Gellar has lasted more than 20 years.
The couple met on the set of the 1997 movie I Know What You Did Last Summer and tied the knot in 2002. In 2022, the 47-year-old appeared on The Kyle & Jacki O Show and discussed his marriage with the actress.
After admitting he “hesitates” to offer relationship advice, Freddie explained why their union has been so successful. He said: “The reason why I think Sarah and I work is because my mom was a chef and I learned how to cook, and I married someone who couldn’t cook.”
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The actor joked of his importance in his wife’s life, adding: “So I’m necessary. She needs me to live and sustain herself.”
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He also pointed out that laughter is huge factor in their marriage. Although they first met in 1997, the Hollywood duo’s first date didn’t come until three years later.
Speaking to US Weekly in 2020, the She’s All That star admitted he only wanted to be friends with Sarah, 47, at first. He said: “By the end of the movie, I just wanted to be friends with her because I thought she was too skinny and I wanted to cook for her. Because that’s what my family does.
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“And so, we started this weekly barbecue thing at her house, and me and my cousins would come over and cook food for her and her friends. And then we’d make sure everybody ate, and that was kind of how our friendship began.”
The couple headed on their first date in 2000, which they later revealed came as an accident. “We were friends for a very long time. We’d had many dinners before. And we were supposed to go with someone else, and the third person didn’t make it out and we decided to still go,” the Scream 2 star told PEOPLE Now in 2020.
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“We were just two people at dinner catching up,” she added. “We had a long car ride and a long dinner and things just happened.”
They got engaged in 2001 before exchanging vows one year later in Mexico. The Scooby Doo stars started their family seven years later, welcoming daughter Charlotte in 2009. Sarah gave birth to their second child, Rocky, in 2012.
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