2024-09-03 04:50:01
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are celebrating 22 years of marriage bliss.
The couple, who tied the knot in September 2002, took to social media to mark the special milestone on Sunday.
“22 @realfreddieprinze,” Gellar wrote in a joint post on their Instagram accounts alongside the emojis, “🥂💍👰🏼.”
In the pic, the pair can be seen cuddling as Prinze Jr., 48, wraps his arms around the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum, 47.
The duo met on the set of the 1997 horror film “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” but didn’t start dating until three years later.
In 2020, Prinze Jr. recalled the pair’s first date, saying it came about accidentally.
“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,” he told People at the time.
“We were just two people at dinner catching up. We had a long car ride and a long dinner and things just happened.”
It wasn’t long until Prinze Jr. knew he’d met “the one.”
“I didn’t go on dates with other girls, nor did I even want to pursue dates with other girls,” he added.
After saying their “I do’s,” the couple went on to welcome two children: Charlotte, 14, and Rocky, 12.
In 2022, Prinze Jr. opened up about the early days of the couple’s relationship, revealing that he didn’t think Gellar “ate enough,” so he took it upon himself to cook for her.
He also acted like a “chauffeur” for Gellar, who didn’t have a driver’s license at the time of filming, to various places around North Carolina such as the store or the gym.
“We shot in this tiny little crazy town called (Southport). I would drive her to Wilmington every day that we had off, every day during rehearsals and we would have, you know, 55 minutes — if I drove the speed limit — to get to know one another,” he told ET at the time.
“She was from New York City and I am a SoCal kid, so we were night and day, and it was just our philosophies on life just never clicked. Then one day everything clicked, and it was about probably three years later, and we started dating and she’s been my girlfriend ever since.”
The “She’s All That” actor went on to share his advice on how to keep a happy home life.
“I hesitate at giving [relationship] advice because what’s good for me may kill another, just like peanut butter,” he said.
“My mom was a chef and I learned how to cook, and I married someone who couldn’t cook. So I’m necessary. She needs me to live and sustain herself,” he joked. “Number two is laughter. I still make her laugh.”
