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55 Celebrity Couples So Secretive You Forgot They're Together

Or were together, in the case of many of these pairs.

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Celebrities always manage to astonish us with the ways they keep their lives private. There's longtime couples you forgot were married (hey, Alison Brie and Dave Franco) and since-ended relationships that you may not remember happened in the first place (so long, Rihanna and Travis Scott). From surprise weddings to definitely keeping things off of Instagram, see the most private celebrity couples ever.

1

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling

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This super-secretive couple is rarely seen together, so much so that it can be easy to forget that the stars started dating in 2011 and have two daughters.

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Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn

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Swift has gone to major lengths to keep her latest relationship private, including hiding out at Alwyn's London home after sneaking across the Atlantic undetected by the press. The two have been dating for more than six years but have only ever been photographed together a few times, and she reportedly feels like he's the one.

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Travis Scott and Rihanna

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This low-key couple reportedly dated in 2015, prior to the rapper’s relationship with Kylie Jenner. Details about their long-ago romance didn’t emerge until a recent episode of the “Throwing Fits” podcast. Journalist Jonah Weiner claimed that he “exposed” the relationship in the pages of Complex. “I broke the news about him and Rihanna, which they told me not to do,” the former editor said, later adding, “It's not because he's like, ‘Don't tell anyone I'm smashing Rihanna.’ It's because Rihanna's like, ‘Don't tell anyone that I'm smashing Travis Scott, please.’ [It’s] obviously embarrassing as f–k,” per Us Weekly.

4

Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan

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Mulligan married the Mumford & Sons singer in 2012, but she prefers to keep their relationship out of the public eye. “Marcus is the only thing that’s mine that I can keep totally away, so I try to,” she said in a 2015 interview. They share two children together, and in January 2023, Mulligan revealed she is expecting her third with him.

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5

Shaun White and Nina Dobrev

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The Vampire Diaries star and the Olympic snowboarder have been dating since 2020, after meeting at an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins. While they aren't shy about displaying PDA on Instagram, Dobrev and White have managed to keep any specifics of their relationship out of the spotlight.

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Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz

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You may not have realized that Diaz married Good Charlotte rockstar Benji Madden. The two wed at the beginning of 2015, but tend to keep their relationship out of the public eye. In 2017, Madden broke that cycle and posted in honor of Diaz's 45th birthday. At the start of 2020, the couple announced the birth of their daughter, Raddix Madden.

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Leighton Meester and Adam Brody

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Considering that both Meester and Brody ruled teen television in the 2000s, they're basically the perfect match. The Gossip Girl star and The OC actor first met at Canter's deli in Los Angeles. After tying the knot in 2014, the couple welcomed their daughter Arlo the following year. In 2020, Meester gave birth to the couple's second child, a son whose name they have yet to reveal.

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Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie

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Robbie and Ackerley were roommates before they dated and eventually married in a surprise ceremony in 2016. You won't find many photos of him on her Instagram, and although they've worked together, the two have remained relatively private about their relationship since tying the knot. In January 2022, Robbie posted a rare photo of them together.

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Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz

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Actors Weisz and Craig don't often share their relationship with the public, but the two have been together since 2011. Weisz told More that she keeps their relationship under wraps because of Craig's superstar status. “It would be a betrayal," she said. "You have to protect your marriage.” They had a daughter, Ella, in September 2018.

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Stella Maxwell and Kristen Stewart

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These two were on and off for a while. The couple was frequently spotted together, but Maxwell refrained from posting about Stewart on her Instagram. By August 2019, the pair was back off, seemingly for good this time.

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11

Dave Franco and Alison Brie

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Franco married Brie in a top secret wedding in 2017, which The Knot reports they wanted to be super “low-key.” Since then, the couple has opened up a bit more in the public eye. They constantly appear on each other's social media, and they recently became creative partners, with Franco directing Brie in the 2023 romantic comedy Somebody I Used to Know.

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Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser

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The pair first met while playing secret lovers on the set of Mad Men and managed to keep their relationship under wraps—give or take a few red carpet appearances—before getting married in 2014. Bledel and Kartheiser welcomed their first child in the fall of 2015. However, the couple has since split after finalizing their divorce in 2022.

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Taran Killam and Cobie Smulders

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Smulders' hit show How I Met Your Mother was filled with appearances from some of the co-stars' partners and Smulders' then-boyfriend Killam played Gary Blauman. The couple got married in 2012 and have two daughters, Shaelyn and Janita.

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Meryl Streep and Don Gummer

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The celebrated actress and her husband have been married since 1978 and while he makes appearances alongside his wife at Hollywood events, little is known about their relationship.

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Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha

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Just like her Scandal character Olivia Pope, Washington loves mystery. She was dating the former NFL player-turned-actor and managed (or at least, attempted) to hide her pregnancy while shooting Scandal. The pair had their second child in 2016.

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Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski

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The chemistry on the co-stars' film The Last Word was so strong that the pair decided to pursue a real-life romance. They dated for less than a year and eloped in March 2017. They welcomed a daughter, Nina, the following month, and had a second child in 2020.

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Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale

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The pair remains relatively mum when it comes to sharing their personal lives and didn't publicly confirm reports of their first child, Rocco. Byrne and Cannavale had their second child, Rafa, in 2017.

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Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson

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We don't usually get a glimpse into the couple's romance, but they've been going strong for two decades and have four children together.

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Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer

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Schumer and chef Chris Fischer were reportedly dating for just a few months (November, according to reports) before the comedian surprise dropped a series of photos on Instagram with the succinct caption "Yup" in February 2018. The couple's family and closet friends attended the intimate wedding ceremony, including Jennifer Lawrence who admitted she couldn't help "sobbing" at her friend's wedding. They had their first child, Gene David Fischer, in May 2019.

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Ashley Benson and Cara Delevingne

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After being linked for over a year, Delevingne finally made her relationship with Benson Instagram official in honor of Pride month in 2019. Around that time, reports also swirled that the secretive pair was moving in together. However, after two years together, the couple split in April 2020.

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