16 couple of celebrities who were friends first

These A-List pairs have gone to hit her on a platonal way to fall in love with reality.


Your potential partner can enter your life so many different ways: at work, on an application of meetings, through mutual friends, etc. But sometimes your perfect match is a person you have already known for years. Friends falling one for others are part of theMore stories of magic love ever (This is a popular Rom-com plot for a reason!), Including those of many of our favorite famous beings. Read 16 couples of adorable celebrities who were friends before things romance. And to see how other pairs have changed over the years, check12 couples of beloved celebrities, in the long run, then and now.

1
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani
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Gwen Stefani andBlake Shelton were the two treatment divorces (fromRossdale gavin andMiranda Lambert, respectively) when their friendship has flourished. They were also coaches onThe voice At the time, and Shelton saidBillboard thisto support each other through their breaks is what brought them together.

"It's a bit of how our friendship and our obligation started that day," he said. "This happened from that, to register once a week through the email -'s S *** arrived at me, what happened to you?" - Maybe three times a week, then every day, hey, hey, hey, hey, here is my phone number if you want to ever send an SMS. The next thing I know, I wake up and she is all that matters to me, and I wonder if she feels the same thing about me. "

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2
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in 2021
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Kim Kardashian andKanye West had been in the life of the other for years before their couple. The first time they met was throughBrandy Norwood, Who Kardashian worked for at the time and, at the moment when she had to be serious with the ex-husbandKris HumphriesWest realized his feelings for her was real.

"I received a phone because someone decided they wanted to marry Kris Humphries," West saidKhloe Kardashian toAn episode of his show of short-lived talk-life. "I was not coming, and I watched on the internet and there was Kim Kardija with an extremely big person. I was like:" I have to call it or something like that. "

3
Jada Pinkett and Will Smith

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith in 2019
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Jada Pinkett Smith andWill Smith met for the first time when she auditioned (but was not molded) forThe prince of Bel-Air.At the time, the will was always married to his first wife,Shere Zamppino. He has since recalled having a moment of epiphany,decide to end his marriage Pursue a romantic relationship with Jada. For more celebrity couple facts sent directly to your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

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Work onThe green lantern together,Blake andRyan Reynolds has become fast friends. In fact, they even had a double date with other people together before realizing that theyShould just go out with each other.

"That's what I appreciate our relationship is that it's really - he's my friend, first and foremost, do you know?" Struckly declared during an interview with Sirius XM,As indicated byElapse. "Not only in our story, but in everyday life, he is my friend first. And I think it's the secret of happiness."

5
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis Ashton Kutcher
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Most fans know thatAshton Kutcher andKunis of Mila"The relationship goes to the end ofThat "70s showWhen Kutcher was in the twenties and Kunis was still a teenager. They have been going to this day other people for years, with Kaucher, even wording and divorcing laterHalf mooreBefore the old co-stars develop feelings for each other after catching up the Golden Globes 2012.

"Then he's just turning, and it was like literally, if we were in a movie, the music would start playing and the violins would go,"Kunis saidHoward Stern (Going throughElapse) "I just gone [Gazps]. Like, I think he first has a breathtaking."

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6
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Daivd Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris at the Roundabout Theater Gala in 2020
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Neil Patrick Harris andDavid Burtka were both performing on Broadway when they met. Burtka as dating from someone else, so they started hanging out like friends.Harris admitted toOutside That he "did not think for a million years" that there would be something romantic between them. Obviously, he was badly dead.

7
Kate Middleton and Prince William

Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Wimbledon Championship in 2019
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's relationship began when they both attended college in St. Andrews, but Royal ExpertKatie Nicholl RecountVanity fair thisThey did not start going out immediately.Prince WilliammadeKate MiddletonKnowledge of this one while it was jogging around the campus and they were in a group of friends of each for months before moving finally. For more of their relationship, checkWilliam and Kate have embarrassing and embarrassing nicknames for each other.

8
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli

Samire Wiley and Lauren Morelli at the premie of 'Tales of the City
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WhenOrange is the new black First shot started, writerLauren Morelli Was married to a man and come to a new understanding of his sexuality.Samira Wiley, who played Poussey on the show, was in favor of that and saidBunch that there was "something deeply intimate"About their conversations on the subject, even like friends. Through these conversations, they have finally fallen in love and they have been married since 2017.

9
Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes at the American Music Awards in 2019
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Camila Cabello andShawn Mendes First felt sparks when they worked on their song "I know what you did last summer" together but theThe timing was not just for a relationship, like Cabello said it laterRolling stone. They stayed friends and boring their time, although she admitted that it became a "clumsy thing" and, at the moment when they recorded their next duet, "Señorita" together, they were able to make a reality of their love. For stars that were huge with children, checkIt was the most popular adolescence idol the year you got.

10
Beyoncé and Jay-Z

Beyonce and Jay-Z in 2003
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BeyonceandJay Z Has known since the 1990s. Due to the significant age difference between them - she was 18 years old and he was 30 - they did not pursue a relationship immediately. But be friends first meant that they were more prepared when time came, as the singer says "single"OPRAH WINFREY in 2013.

"We were first friends for a year and a half before going on dates," she said,Going throughPeople. "We were on the phone for a year and a half and that the foundation is so important for a relationship. Just having someone you like as it's so important, and someone [who] is honest."

11
Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren at the Baby2Baby Gala in 2019
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Jessica Alba was featured in 2005The Four Fantastic When she knocked it withWarren silver, which was part of the crew. The actor was instantly attracted to him, but they formed their relationship on the basis of friendship, since she dating from someone else. Yet, as Alba saidCosmopolitan, this foundation ended up being what is reallymakes their wedding work.

"Romantic things go and go, but it's like that person does she have your back?" she said. "You must be a team navigating wherever life can lead you and I want a friend for that."

12
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. at the MTV Movie Awards in 2000
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To be that they were two of the biggest teenage stars of the 90s, it is not surprising thatSarah Michelle Gellar andFreddie Prinze Jr. Dated - It's their longevity as a couple who seems to defy chances. Whether it's the distance to have more sense when you realize that they are another pair that is connected flatly first. After meeting on the wholeI know what you did last summerThey had friends for years and their first appointment was a total accident.

"20 years ago this week, my friend @Realfreddieprinze and I was supposed to have dinner with a mutual friend of the city outside the city. This friend missed his flight, but we decided to always meet and catch up"Gellar wrote on Instagram in January 2020. "Now, 20 years old, 17 years old married and two children, we always go to this restaurant for dinner."

13
Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford

Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford at the wedding ceremony for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018
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Although they did not talk too much about it public,Carey Mulligan and Mumford & Sons FrontmanMarcus MumfordThe story of the love of 's has data all the way from their childhood. The two future stars met in a church camp like children and were thenBecome doors for years Before growing up, falling in love and get married in 2012 after a few months of dating.

14
Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance at the premiere of 'Otherhoo' in 2019
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Courtney B. Vance andAngela Bassett Entered the orbit of each when they both participated in Yale's drama school. They were in other relationships andStay of friends for almost 15 years Before their romantic relationship started, as Bassett saidPeople.

"Perhaps about 14 years later, our paths crossed here in Los Angeles. And I was single, he was single," she said. "And I had such an assessment for him on these years - of his coherence, how he was dealing with other people, what support he is, which connector of people and ideas he is, how much he is passionate. "

15
Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley

Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerly at the Time Gala in 2017
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Quite interesting,Robbian Margot and producerTom Ackerley were actually roommates before being implicated romantically. They decided to live with friends after hitting it during filmingFrench Suite together.They hid their relationship at the beginning So that would not disturb their life situation, but eventually the word came out and they have been together since.

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Al Roker and Deborah Roberts

Al Roker and Deborah Roberts at the Hallmark Summer TCA Party in 2019
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PersonalityAloke andDeborah Roberts We met when she started working at NBC in 1990 and took her under her wing. Roberts saidPeople that at the time, she "I just thought he was a nice guy, "And it was not until two years later - and a long-distance email correspondence - that he finally managed to win it.


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