Ben Stiller Opens Up About Reconciling With Wife Christine Taylor
After separating for roughly four years, Ben Stiller is opening up about his and Christine Taylor's decision to reconcile their marriage
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After separating in 2017, it was several years before actors Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor reconciled.
Now, after nearly 25 years of marriage, Stiller is opening up about their time apart and their decision to try again.
While talking with The New York Times, Stiller discussed his marriage not being âin a great placeâ after moving from California back to New York following the release of Zoolander 2, a flop that âblindsidedâ Stiller.
âThere was a lot going on,â Stiller said. âWhen we separated, it was just having space to see what our relationship was, what my life felt like when we werenât in that relationship, how much I loved our family unit.â
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âIt was like three or four years that we werenât together but we always were connected. In my mind, I never didnât want us to be together,â he continued.
âI donât know where Christine was, youâd have to ask her, but Covid put us all together in the same house.â
When NYT reporter David Marchese called the timing of their reconciliation âan act of God,â Stiller agreed.
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âIt was almost a year of living in the same house before we were actually together,â Stiller explained. âBut Iâm so grateful for it, and I think not that many people do come back together when they separate.â
Stiller and Taylor share two kids: daughter Ella, 22, and son Quinlin, 19.
Stiller added: âThereâs nothing like that, when you come back. You have so much more appreciation for what you have, because we know we could not have it.â
In a conversation with Drew Barrymore in 2023, Taylor said the reconciliation during the pandemic âwas for us.â
âWe got married very quickly,â Taylor recalled of their 2000 wedding. âWe knew each other six months got engaged. We were married within a year, and then had Ella the next year.â
âI think of us, life just, especially in this business and careers, a lot of work and family was always a priority, but I think Ben and I both sort of started to grow in different directions.â
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Related: Christine Taylor Details 'Impasse' That Led to Ben Stiller Separation
A period of personal growth. Christine Taylor opened up about why she and husband Ben Stiller separated â and revealed what led them back to one another. âWe got married very quickly after meeting each other,â the Hey Dude alum, 51, explained during a Tuesday, March 7, appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. âWe knew each [âŠ]
At the time they decided to separate, Taylor told Barrymore that it was something they wanted to keep private because it âwas not something we took lightly.â But they were both at an âimpasseâ that required them to figure out what was best for each of them.
Taylor said that time apart to get to know who they were as individuals, allowed them to have âgrowth spurts even as adults.â It was time they both needed, she admitted, even though they always âstayed a family unitâ despite being separated.
âWe found this way back,â Taylor continued. âWe had so much time to talk.â
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