Freddie Prinze Jr. reveals the secret behind his 23-year marriage with Sarah Michelle Gellar
Freddie Prinze Jr reflected on the secret behind his -year marriage to actress Sarah Michelle Gellar During a new interview with Variety the -year-old actor candidly opened up about how he and Gellar have kept their relationship strong in Hollywood Marriage is hard no matter what business you re in the She's All That star mentioned What works for us might not work for everyone else He continued We work at it I m not perfect She s not perfect We piss each other off but we respect one another We were friends first SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR SIZZLES IN SWIMSUIT DURING TROPICAL GETAWAY Maybe that s the secret It wasn t just Oh she s hot he s hot let s hook up he added But I know people who ve done it the other way and their relationships are just as strong as mine Gellar and Prinze Jr first met while filming the hit horror movie I Know What You Did Last Summer However sparks didn't right away fly between the two In a interview with People Prinze Jr admitted that the future couple really didn t dig each other at first Then one day I gave her a ride to the gym he noted We talked on the way up and she was a cool chick The pair became friends but their relationship didn't turn romantic until three years later During a joint interview with People Now in Gellar and Prinze Jr explained how they accidentally went on a first date We were friends for a very long time We'd had a great number of 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 the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum recalled We were just two people at dinner catching up Gellar continued We had a long car ride and a long dinner and things just happened Prinze Jr recounted the outlet that he entirely lost interest in seeing other women after his first date with Gellar I didn't go on dates with other girls nor did I even want to pursue dates with other girls he commented The couple informed their engagement in and tied the knot a year later in Mexico when Gellar was and Prinze was Prinze Jr and Gellar who also co-starred in 's Scooby-Doo and the sequel Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed welcomed their first child daughter Charlotte Grace in In Gellar gave birth to their son Rocky James CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERWhile speaking with Variety Prinze Jr explained how he treasured his family life with Gellar and their children I just love my kids he explained My daughter is away for the summer and I hate it I like hanging out with my son he s really funny I love my wife man I married her for a reason During a December interview with Fox News Digital Gellar weighed in on the key to an enduring union She also expressed her view that changes in societal values had led to the decline of long-lasting relationships I think everything takes work in you whether it's a friendship or a work relationship or a marriage the Dexter Original Sin star reported LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS You have to put the work in she continued And we live in an extremely disposable society now Your phone breaks you don't fix it You get a new one Gellar added And I think that's a lot of the attitude toward relationships And I don't know maybe separate bathrooms the actress joked Prinze Jr is in the present starring in the version of I Know What You Did Last Summer which was circulated on Friday The actor reprised his role as Ray Bronson in the legacy sequel to the first movie in the four-part franchise The couple's former co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt also returned to play the original film's protagonist Julie James Hewitt and Prinze Jr previously reunited in the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGellar whose character Helen Shivers was killed off in the first film made a cameo appearance in the new installment during a dream sequence I Know What You Did Last Summer was issued on June
