23 People Who Ended Up Marrying Their Celebrity Crush

Gwyneth Paltrow first caught Chris Martin's attention during Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head tour stop in LA back in 2002. After the show, the singer invited Gwyneth backstage, and sparks flew. Gwyneth and Chris were married from 2003 to 2016 and have two beautiful kids together, daughter Apple and son Moses. Chris has since moved on with Dakota Johnson, while Gwyneth is now married to Brad Falchuk.

Jackie Titone was an actress and model looking for her big break when she was cast in Big Daddy alongside one of her favorite actors, Adam Sandler. The two shared mutual friends, and they began dating soon after bonding on the set of the movie. They tied the knot in 2003 and share two daughters, Sadie and Sunny.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have one of Hollywood's most famous relationships, but it took them a while to get there. Kanye was a huge fan of Kim for years after seeing her in a photo with Paris Hilton in the early 2000s, but there was always something keeping them apart (Kim's second husband, Kris Humphries, for the most part). He was so enamored with her that he bought his first cell phone because he felt he had to "speak to her or something." They got hitched in a lavish Italian wedding in May 2014 and are parents to their four kids, North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.

Luciana Barroso was working as a bartender in 2002 when big-time movie star Matt Damon strolled in. "I literally saw her across a crowded room, literally," he told Ellen DeGeneres about their meet-cute at a Miami bar while he was shooting Stuck on You. "Eight years and four kids later, that's my life. I don't know how else our paths would've crossed if that didn't happen." The low-key couple later made things official in a ceremony at New York's City Hall in December 2005.

At the age of 13, Kate Middleton attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England, where she was rumored to have had a poster of Prince William on her wall. Flash forward a few years, and Kate found herself meeting her childhood crush in the flesh at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. "I actually think I went bright red," she revealed. "I sort of scuttled off, feeling very shy." It didn't take long for the two good friends to realize they were something more, and they eventually tied the knot in 2011. They are also parents to Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.

Actor-turned-jeweler Adam Shulman might have admired Anne Hathaway from afar, but when the pair finally met through a mutual friend at the Palm Springs Film Festival, it was the Les Misérables actress's turn to feel smitten; she revealed that after laying eyes on him, she told the friend they had in common, "I'm going to marry that man." They married in 2012 and welcomed a son, Jonathan, in April 2016. They are currently expecting their second child together.

When Steve Harvey cracked a joke during a 1990 comedy set about marrying a woman in the audience one day, he never realized it would actually come true. He began dating Marjorie Bridges-Woods shortly after calling her out at this show, but they broke up because of the stress long distance put on their relationship. After reconnecting with her later in life, he made good on his promise when they finally married in 2007.

Josh Duhamel and Fergie were married for eight years before splitting in September 2017, but regardless of their breakup their origin story is pretty damn cute. Josh had been a longtime fan of the Black Eyed Peas singer and convinced the show he was on at the time, Las Vegas, to write the band into an episode so he could finally meet her. When they did come face to face for the first time, he got totally flustered and could only think to say "You're hot." Thankfully Fergie was into it, and they later welcomed a son, Axl.

Jessica Alba was at the height of her fame while filming Fantastic Four back in 2004, so it might come as a surprise that she fell for the movie's production assistant, Cash Warren. After being enamored with her on set, Cash got his chance to woo her, and they married in LA four years later. Since then, the happy couple have welcomed two daughters, Honor and Haven, and a son, Hayes.

Conan O'Brien "instantly" fell for future wife Liza Powel when he saw her in the audience at a 2000 taping of his show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. "Somewhere, in the vault at NBC, there's footage of me literally falling for my wife on camera," he said during an interview with Piers Morgan. They got married in 2002 and have two children together, Beckett and Neve.

Sandra Bullock and her godson couldn't get enough of Jesse James's custom motorcycle show, Monster Garage, so she arranged a tour for them at Jesse's West Coast Choppers in 2003. After two years of dating, the couple married in a private ceremony in Santa Barbara, CA. In March 2010, it was revealed James had been having an affair with model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, and soon more women stepped forward citing similar claims. Sandra filed for divorce a month later.

Jillian Fink could barely hide her excitement upon finding out one of her favorite actors from the '80s, Patrick Dempsey, had booked an appointment with her to cut his hair in 1994. "I was shocked," she recalled of that day at the Delux hair salon. "But at the same time, I was happy because he was so cute." She also mentioned that she was "always flirting" with the Grey's Anatomy star, a tactic that paid off. They got hitched in 1999 and welcomed three kids — Tallula, Darby, and Sullivan. Despite a brief separation in 2015, the couple now looks like they couldn't be happier.

Carmelo Anthony had a big crush on MTV VJ La La Vazquez, so he turned to a close friend to make the introduction happen. "We met through a mutual friend DJ Clue," La La said of the start of their courtship. "I was hosting a show on MTV with DJ Clue at the time and he said 'I really want to introduce you to someone that wants to meet you.' He introduced us and it started off as a friendship which evolved over time into something more." Being so forward ended up working out perfectly for Carmelo, who married La La in NYC in July 2010. The two are now parents to son Kiyan.

Katie Holmes became a well-known actress thanks to her role as lovable Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek, but as a little girl she couldn't help but fawn over blockbuster movie star Tom Cruise. One of her former Catholic school classmates claimed Katie kept photos of him in her textbooks and said getting married to him was "her dream come true." The dream was realized when they wed in 2006 in Italy's Odescalchi Castle, but six years later they split. Their daughter, Suri, now spends most of her time with her mom.