45 Celebrity Couples That Are Rarely Together in Public, Some of Which We Didn’t Even Know Existed

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Georgia Groome and Rupert Grint

It’s still unclear how they both met, but they have been together since 2011. Both kept their relationship a secret for years. Many fans even didn’t realize that they were dating and the tea was spilled when in 2018 a grainy picture of the couple was circulated over Twitter.

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The secret was finally revealed when on November 11, 2020, Rupert joined Instagram and posted a picture of him and their daughter and revealed her unique name.

Erin Darke and Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel, well renowned as Harry Potter, met actress Erin Darke in 2012 and they soon started dating, but both kept it under wraps so well that no one suspected that they were a couple until 2013 when both were spotted together at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Radcliffe revealed that it was love at first sight and Darke seemed to feel the same way. They are best friends, lovers, and very supportive of one another’s careers.

Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson

Despite Robert’s big-screen career and Suki’s supermodel status, both prefer to keep their relationship very private out of the public sphere. Their relationship was first disclosed when the pair were seen together in the streets of London in 2018.

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Both were very close at that time although, though neither Pattinson nor Waterhouse confirmed the relationship officially; however, their low-key relationship can’t be denied as the couple has since been spotted together several times.

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling

Both met on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines in 2011, and from then onwards they spend more and more time in each other’s company. Before the film even hit theaters, the pair was photographed having the most adorable date at Disneyland.

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There was no doubt they had fallen in love when they welcomed their daughter in 2014 and then another daughter in 2016. All while keeping their relationship more private than any other couple in Hollywood.

Rachel Brosnahan and Jason Ralph

Rachel Brosnahan and Ralph were first linked as a couple in 2015 although, but both have kept mum about how they met.

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They were reported to have gotten married in 2018; however, Brosnahan revealed on the red carpet at the 2019 SAG Awards that they have been married for years and said they had a good laugh when the news came out that they had just gotten married. However, they haven’t revealed how long they were married.

Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski

Actors Amanda and Thomas are one of those lowkey couples who managed to go under the radar. They secretly eloped in 2017 when Amanda was nine months pregnant with their first child. The pair reportedly first met in 2015 and began dating in 2016.

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On March 17, 2017, the pair got married in secret. Amanda opened up about their first meeting in an interview in 2018, explaining that they were both in bad relationships when they met in the off-Broadway play The Way We Get By.

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor

Having known each other for a long time, they started dating quietly in 2015. Both are the epitome of the under-the-radar couple. Sarah and Holland first met a decade earlier, but they were dating other people at that time.

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The couple officially announced their love for each other in 2015 and have been open about their 32-year age difference since. The couple went from dating in private to working to normalize age-gap relationships.

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz

The couple is mostly quiet about their personal life. They accidentally met at a recording studio in 2008, and that’s when the chemistry sparked between the two. In the same year, they became an official couple and got married in July 2010 in a private ceremony and had their first child.

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Despite being one of the most famous families in the US, they manage to keep their private life under the radar and rarely share any information. Both the music stars keep going strong, developing their professional careers and raising their children.

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem

The couple was reported dating in 2007 and tied the knot in 2010 in the Bahamas. Cruz rarely opened up about her relationship with Bardem and opted to stay tight-lipped about their relationship. The couple knew each other for years before becoming a couple.

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They made their first public appearance in 2010, and their wedding was a low-key ceremony at a friend’s house. The couple’s chemistry has evidently evolved continuously both on and off-screen.

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn

After having a highly publicized breakup, she decided to go under the radar with her current boyfriend, and Joe Alwyn also likes to keep a lid on his media persona. Their relationship is not so much a secret, but they have managed to keep their relationship private enough to not indulge in any controversies.

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In 2018, the couple stepped out a bit more at public events. It’s still unclear when the couple were introduced to each other; however, in 2017, they were seen together having coffee on a balcony in Nashville.

Christian Bale and Sibi Blazic

Bale and his wife Sibi Balzic tied the knot in 2000 and have been inseparable ever since. Christian Bale has managed to keep his personal life top-secret and far away from prying eyes as Sibi likes to be very private and wanted to maintain that.

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Before meeting Sibi, Christian was not much into marriage and children, but Sibi managed to change his mind about both and has become the strength behind Christian ever since.

Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan

Marcus and Carey got engaged in August 2011 after only five months of dating. They tied the knot in April 2012 but are rarely seen together, perhaps because of their hectic work schedule.

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Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford started off as pen-pals, sending each other letters through their churches when they were kids although they have rarely spoken about those early years publicly. The couple has been determined to keep their private life private, but it’s not a total secret.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tasha McCauley

The couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony in 2014 and have two kids together. Joseph has always maintained his privacy for most of his career and mainly keeps details about their private life tight-lipped.

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In August 2015, almost a year after their wedding, the couple welcomed their first son and have been determined to keep family details under wraps ever since. They are also very protective of their second boy, as Joseph wants his kids to make their own choices about their privacy.

Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser

The actors fell in love with each other after Bledel guest-starred on Kartheiser’s show Mad Men in 2012. They tied the knot in 2014 and welcomed a son in 2015. They keep their relationship so private that their son’s birth wasn’t even reported until May 2016.

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Both being down-to-earth, they kept their love-life private away from their professional world. They don’t usually flaunt their relationship in public. They are considered one of the most fiercely private celebrity couples in Hollywood.

Ilana Glazer and David Rooklin

Ilana has secretly wed Dr. David Rooklin; the wedding was a small ceremony held at City Hall in New York City. Not much is known about David, and it seems Glazer prefers to stay low-key. Glazer has largely kept her relationship off the public eye, although reports have it that the two have been dating since at least 2014.

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Their wedding was only disclosed when a friend of theirs posted a picture to Instagram, sending well wishes to the couple.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody

Leighton and Adam met on the set of the 2011 film Oranges. They confirmed they were dating in 2013 and got married in 2014 in a private ceremony. They are one of the most private celebrity couples in all of Hollywood.

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Both had dealt with public breakups before and thus decided to keep their relationship private on purpose. The couple rarely ever talks about their relationship in public and is rarely seen together, keeping their personal lives away from prying eyes.

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

Despite a 22-year age difference, they managed to stay away from conspiracies because of their laid-back lifestyle and unwavering support for one another. They met in 2002 at the Golden Globe Awards and have been together ever since. The pair got engaged in 2009 on Valentine’s day and got married a year later.

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But there were times when they had to keep their love under wraps as when they met, Harrison had just separated from his ex-wife and was still technically married to her. Having been married for over 10 years, the couple is still going strong.

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale

They met in 2012 and Bobby disclosed their relationship while accepting his Emmy in 2013. The couple is not usually photographed together and are occasionally seen together on the red carpet.

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Rose and Bobby have the sweetest relationship, they not only work together as parents but also share the screens in films. While the couple maintains a pretty private relationship, Bobby occasionally shares cute couple photos on Instagram.

Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz

They are a low-key couple and are only spotted doing similarly low-key things. Their wedding was so secret that it was held at their place in Beverly Hills. They were first linked in the tabloids in May 2014 and got married in early January 2015.

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They are one of the most unassuming couples in Hollywood. Both were seen out for a casual weekday date, holding hands as they made their way to a sushi restaurant. It was evident that a retreat from the spotlight has done her well.

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons

Kristen and Jesse met in 2015 on the set of Fargo season two. The couple took things slow and started dating a year after the season was done. However, they had to separate their ways but they reunited again when Jesse popped the question in early 2018.

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Kirsten and Jesse had their first child in May 2018, and there are speculations that they are expecting another one. They confirmed that they would be eventually having a wedding, but the wedding will be very intimate and not a big wedding.

Dave Franco and Alison Brie

Franco and Brie have been dating since 2012, managing to keep their love life so secretive that they rarely appear together in public. The two met during Mardi Gras in 2011 and kept their relationship quiet under wraps for many years. The couple made it official in August 2015 and officially tied the knot in 2017.

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They were introduced by mutual friends during Mardi Gas and later met up again in New York, where Franco left a note in Brie’s sweatshirt on their last day together in the city and asked her to come to Paris with him, and obviously, she did.

Zendaya and Tom Holland

There were dating rumors ever since Spider-Man: Homecoming was released in 2017. Zendaya is very determined to keep her personal life private and thus nothing can be officially confirmed as to whom she is dating, but rumor has it that it is Tom Holland and these rumors began to spread even more after the sequel Far From Home was released.

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However, both the stars have repeatedly denied any romantic relationship, but that hasn’t stopped fans from looking into any possible lead that could reveal the opposite.

Zac Efron and Vanessa Valladares

Zac was recently spotted walking and holding hands with his girlfriend on January 8, 2021, where they joined another couple for dinner at a Korean restaurant and had drinks at a bar later. The couple is often not spotted together, but sometimes a rare and casual outing can be seen.

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Although neither Zac nor Vanessa has ever commented on their relationship publicly, their frequent appearances together indicate that they may be involved romantically.

Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus

Diane Kruger and Norman first met on the set of their 2015 film Sky, and they started dating after a year. It’s easy to see how in love they are from their sweet date nights and tropical vacations, and occasional red carpet appearances.

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Diane is extremely private when it comes to her family life, but it was a rare moment when she posted a photo of her two-year-old daughter and partner Norman Reedus on social media.

Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley

Margot and Tom first met while working together on the 2014 film Suite Francaise and fell in love. They secretly tied the knot in December 2016 in a very private ceremony. Even after getting married to each other, both kept their relationship private from the public eye.

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The couple now lives in Los Angeles, happily married. There are slight problems in their relationship, although both are successful on their own. Earlier, some reports say that Margot and Tom’s marriage is falling apart and the outlet said that Robbie had been spotted with puffy red crying eyes without a wedding ring.

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet

Jason Momoa has definitely shown a softer side on his Instagram with his deep love for his wife, Lisa Bonet, since 2007. The two met in 2005 and rarely made red carpet appearances together. Both managed to dodge the press over the years when asked about their relationship.

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Jason can’t resist showing love for his wife on Instagram, who he refers to her as the “moon of his life” and his “partner in crime” on social media. They are one of Hollywood’s most under-the-radar couples.

Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman

Emily and Josh first met in 2011 on the set of Revenge. The duo played the love interest in the film, and the art appeared to imitate life as a romance blossomed between the pair off-screen. Their relationship status was first made public in 2012.

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In May 2017, Emily and Josh got engaged and tied the knot at Harbour Island in the Bahamas in December 2018. While Emily has shared some of their couple photos on Instagram, the pair remain relatively private.

Taran Killam and Cobie Smulders

Taran and Cobie first met on a mutual friend’s birthday. They got married in 2012 after several years of dating and have welcomed two children into their lives. The couple is very down-to-earth and truly an epitome of what a relationship should be like.

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Taran began dating Cobie in the mid-2000s, and after dating for a few years, they got engaged in January 2009. They are together and are living a wonderful life with their children. They are considered one of the perfect couples in Hollywood.

Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid

Zayn and Gigi have been through a lot since their on-again-off-again relationship began. But now they are all set up for the next chapter: parenthood. The romance started in a very traditional way in November 2015. The budding couple continued to publicize their relationship; however, they broke up in June 2016, but they were back within days. This kept on for some years.

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The couple was back together in 2020 and are now parents to a baby girl. They didn’t keep their relationship off-camera earlier that much but now prefer to keep it private.

Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha

Kerry and Nnamdi are one of the most private celebrity couples in Hollywood and have been married since 2013. Kerry doesn’t discuss her personal life publicly. Nnamdi first met Keery through a mutual friend after seeing her performance in Race on broadway.

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The two secretly dated for years and exchanged vows in a secret ceremony in Idaho in 2013. They have two children together and have been determined to keep their private life private.

Sean Penn and Leila George

Sean Penn confirmed that he is married to Leila George. They quietly wed amid COVID after four years of dating (since 2016) and of course, the wedding was an intimate ceremony with only a few people invited.

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They were recently seen having lunch together and enjoying their newly married life. The sources add that the self-isolating time during the novel coronavirus helped strengthen their connection as their love life was full of obstacles, but ultimately they managed to head over every problem and are now together.

Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann

Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann met on the set of NBC drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The couple tied the knot in August 2004 after two years of dating and welcomed a son into their lives after two years. The couple kept expanding their family in 2011, adopting a daughter named Amaya and a son named Andrew within months of each other.

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The couple keeps their relationship private from the press and the public eye, but will frequently share selfies and photos. The couple gives a rare glimpse of life with the family and prefers to enjoy their love life in private.

Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer

The couple has been dating since August 2019. Indeed, Stewart is notorious for being quite private about her love life and told in an October 2020 interview that she feels uncomfortable about her relationships being scrutinized by the media.

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Reports say that the couple is moving quickly and always together. The two became Instagram official on October 27, 2019, when Meyer posted a picture of them being together. Their love life is escalating pretty quickly.

Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence

After a decade-long pause, Cheryl and Matthew rekindle their romance in 2017 and got engaged in 2018, going strong ever since. They originally began dating in 2007 but parted ways a year later. Cheryl married Matthew in May 2019 and haven’t looked back since then.

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Despite all the ups and downs in their past life, the couple managed to beat the odds and plan to live a happy and blissful life together.

Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego

The wedding between Saldana and Marco flew completely under the radar for three months. Saldana revealed that she had known Perego for five years and met in New York. The couple began dating and wed in 2013, although Saldana says that they had known each other for years, but it’s still unclear how they met.

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After a few weeks of dating, they got married and kept their relationship so quiet that many people didn’t know about it until they had already said ‘I do’.

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie

Harington and Leslie met on the set while filming for season two of Games of Thrones back in 2011, and as their on-screen romance blossomed, so did their off-screen relationship apparently.

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It wasn’t until 2016 when the couple eventually made their red carpet debut together in London. Since then, the two have continued to keep their relationship relatively private. Although in 2017 the couple announced that they were engaged and decided to share the news in a traditional style post in The Times of London.

Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan

Even though they’ve been dating since 2007, you’d need to be a die-hard indie fan to realize that these two were a couple. They met in 2007 while working together on the off-Broadway play Things We Want, and the two have been in a relationship since then.

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The star remained under the radar throughout her pregnancy, and there were no reports that they were expecting. The couple preferred to keep the news of the birth of their daughter to themselves for a while.

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross

Amber and David first met quite randomly on a flight in 2009, and got engaged in August 2011. They sealed the deal in holy matrimony on October 6, 2012.

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They flew mostly under the radar during their two-year courtship. The couple welcomed an adorable daughter in February 2017 and somehow have managed to keep their kid far from the spotlight. Their married life was mostly under the radar, and there are only a few details out yet.

Lena Headey and Dan Cadan

Lena and Dan got married in 2018 and have one daughter together. They knew each other for many years; they met when they were kids and became childhood friends. In 2015, Headey tweeted that she has found the love of her life and got engaged to Cadan in 2017.

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There are very few details available about the wedding as they managed to keep the event away from the public. Headey tends to keep her personal life very private, including the current relationship status.

Madonna and Ahlamalik Williams

They have been working together since 2015 and have recently combined business with pleasure. However, there may not be any official confirmation that the pair are in a relationship. But after Williams’ parents went public to give their consent to their relationship, it seems pretty clear that they are dating.

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The singer’s love life has always been the subject of interest for a long time, but there are not many details available of the pair as to whether they are really dating or not.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone

Leonardo has been in a relationship for over three years, but most of it has been kept under the radar. The couple’s relationship has reportedly been gaining momentum, and it turns out that the couple is still going strong. Reports that they live together under one roof pretty much escalated the news of the relationship.

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Both are enjoying domestic life and are doing well, and in June 2020 the couple was seen on a low-key sushi date. Despite the age difference, the young actress spoke positively about their relationship publically.

Emma Roberts and Garrett Hedlund

Only recently, Emma revealed that they are expecting a little boy (indirectly) that left everyone questioning whether they were dating. Emma has been with Garrett for more than a year now, and apparently, they seem pretty serious about the relationship considering that they are having a baby together.

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They are rarely seen together, and there are only a few official sightings of them together. The relationship hasn’t been spotted in breaking news as such, but their love cannot be denied after Emma’s posts about Hedlund.

Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler

Christina first met Matthew on the sets of the 2010 movie Burlesque. The two reportedly got engaged in 2014 and welcomed their first daughter a few months later. The couple is rumored to be married, but it is not yet confirmed.

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Christina rarely shares photos of her personal life. The couple seems to be happy just the way they are. Christina spent the 2020 Christmas holiday with Rutler enjoying the pool and toastign champagne.

Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson

This sweet couple has been together since 2001 and has four children together, although they have not officially tied the knot. The couple is rarely seen together in public anywhere other than a few red carpet cameos. Maya Rudolph is very secretive and private when it comes to her relationship with Anderson.

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Apart from the occasional red carpet walk, they are pretty rare to be seen together. It was only until 2018 when Maya confirmed her relationship with Thomas. To this day, the two seem to be going strong.

Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Hilarie and Jeffrey started dating in 2009 and didn’t actually hide their relationship, but their equally low-key personalities have allowed their relationship to fly relatively under the radar. The couple is one of the most unexpected couples in Hollywood.

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They have been together for over a decade, but Hilarie can still recall the night she met Morgan in perfect detail. They didn’t make things official until October 2019 when they tied the knot at a secret, intimate ceremony in New York.