Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor Were Each Other’s ‘Rebound’

From rebounds to real love! though Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor having been married for more than two decades, the duo revealed that their relationship started casually.

“We were two each other, I would say, like, a sort of rebound relationship a little,”Taylor, 51, shared during Friday, January 30, episode of his podcast “Hey Guys … 90s Called!” in which Stiller, 57, made a guest appearance.

At Zoolander The actor echoed his wife’s sentiments. “We didn’t take it too seriously,” he said, adding that the two met while making a 1999 TV pilot. Heat Vision and Jackwhich Taylor guest starred in and Stiller directed.

“We had fun while making the show and then Christine and I connected and then I went to make a movie [Keeping the Faith] in New York and I invited him to come hang out,” the Along came Polly the star remembers.

Taylor chimed in: “I ended up going and staying all summer.”

Before the relationship with The Brady Bunch movie actress, Stiller dated several actresses including Jeanne Tripplehorn, Calista Flockhart and Amanda Peet. Taylor, for him, dates Neil Patrick Harris from 1987 to 1988. The How I Met Your Mother alum, 49, publicly came out as gay in November 2006. Two years later, Harris said that his relationship with Taylor helped him come to terms with his sexuality.

“She’s the coolest, most beautiful girl. She’s so hot, and I thought, ‘If I’m not going to feel a super spark with her… it probably means I’m gay,'” Gone Girl the actor said when he appeared in April 2008 on “The Howard Stern Show.”

Despite starting out as each other’s rebounds, Stiller and Taylor tied the knot in 2000, a year after meeting. During the appearance of the podcast there, the Tropical Thunder The actor admits that the duo’s engagement is similar to the movie that was made at the time.

“We were dating when I was filming Meet the parents … Christine’s father owned a security company — and still does — and so it’s this weird parallel. He is very like that Robert De Niro character for me,” the New York native quipped to cohost Taylor and Hey guys costars, David Lasker.

However, the Handicrafts The actress contested her husband’s version of the show. “Dad, I know you are listening. You’re not intimidating,” he joked.

Taylor and Lascher, 50, have their own romantic history. The couple dated as teenagers while filming a Nickelodeon comedy Hey guyswhich aired from 1989 to 1991.

“Everyone has a teenage or young adult relationship that gets them down,” Lascher says exclusively Us Weekly romance earlier this month while promoting the launch of a podcast with Taylor. “We’ve had a good time. We’ve had a lot of good times. Honestly, I remember the good times, the laughs, the love. Then I remember one summer that was crushed. But things happen, you know?”

At Wedding Singer The actress, meanwhile, added: “David, as you said, I broke your heart and I feel bad. Then you will be angry with me and then I will say, ‘Let’s try again.’ Then it won’t work.

More than 30 years later Hey guys gone off the air, the Nickelodeon alum was able to laugh about their relationship. On Monday, Stiller asked Lascher how he was able to communicate with Taylor’s mother during their relationship.

“Is there a sweeter person on the planet?” at Blooming answered alum. At Night at the Museum star shot back: “If he agrees with you.”

Stiller and Search Party actress shares daughter Ella, 20, and son Quinlin, 17. The couple announced that they separated in May 2017 but then reconnected, officially confirming their reconciliation in February 2022.

“We’ve been apart and we’re back together and we’re happy about it. It’s really good for all of us. It’s unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic,” Stiller said. Esquire in time.

One month later, an exclusive source told us that temporary split has been a “serious eye-opener” for Royal Tenenbaums actor. “He missed it [Christine] very angry and hates her children for growing up in a broken home,” the insider said.