Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are celebrating 22 years of happy marriage.
The couple, who married in September 2002, celebrated the special milestone on social media on Sunday.
“22 @realfreddieprinze,” Geller wrote in a joint post. Instagram account Next to the emoji it says “🥂💍👰🏼.”
In the photo, Prinze Jr., 48, can be seen hugging the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast member, 47, as the pair snuggle up close.
The pair met on the set of the 1997 horror film “Last Summer,” but didn't start dating until three years later.
In 2020, Prinze Jr. reflected on their first date and said it happened by chance.
“We've been friends for a long time. We've had dinner together many times before. And we were going to go with another person, but the third person couldn't make it, so we decided to go anyway,” he said. told people at that time.
“We were just having dinner, catching up. A lot happened during that long drive and that long dinner.”
It didn't take long for Prinze Jr. to realize he'd met his soul mate.
“I'd never dated any other girls, and I'd never wanted to date any other girls,” he added.
Since exchanging wedding vows, the couple have welcomed two children into their family: Charlotte, 14, and Rocky, 12.
In 2022, Prinze Jr. spoke about the couple's early days in their relationship, revealing that he took it upon himself to cook for her because he thought Gellar “wasn't eating enough.”
He also served as a sort of “chauffeur” for Geller, who did not have a driver's license at the time of the filming, taking her to various locations around North Carolina, including stores and the gym.
“We shot in a crazy little town called Southport, and every day off, I would drive her down to Wilmington during rehearsals, and we'd get to know each other for about 55 minutes, driving at the speed limit,” he said. He told ET at that time.
“She's from New York City and I'm from Southern California, so we were complete opposites and had different outlooks on life. But then one day, it all clicked, and about three years later, we started dating, and she's been my girlfriend ever since.”
The “She's All That” actor shared his advice on how to maintain a happy family life.
“I [relationship] “Good advice for me might kill someone else, like peanut butter,” he said.
“My mom is a chef, and I learned to cook, and then I married someone who couldn't cook, so I'm a necessity. My mom needs me to survive, to support her,” he joked. “Second, laughter. I still make her laugh.”
