Alert! After years of keeping their relationship private, the couple finally came out. Hilarie Burton Jeffrey Dean MorganOn social media, they began to share their love and support one another.
The couple were introduced by Morgan’s SupernaturalCostar Jensen Ackles, who is married to Burton’s formerOne Tree HillCastmateDanneel Harris.
“I happened to be single and Jensen said, ‘I’ve got a girl you should meet,’” Morgan recalled to HuffPost2015 “So I went to a bar and I met Hilarie at a bar with Jensen and Danneel, and the rest is history. … We ended up back at my house drinking shots of tequila.”
The duo had both work commitments. Walking DeadStar convinced the former MTV VJ, to abandon her plans.
“I was on my way to do a movie called The Resident in New Mexico, and she was on her way to Paris, and I talked her into, instead of going to Paris, to come and see me in New Mexico,” he explained. “And I ruined her life and now she’s stuck with me.”
Burton and Morgan had a son named Gus after their 2009 marriage. While reports surfaced that they exchanged vows in 2014, the couple didn’t legally marry until October 2019.
While their spouses continued to work on different projects, they also moved the family to a quiet, rural farm in Dutchess County in New York. George was born to Burton in February 2018.
“Please meet George Virginia Morgan,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “She was born February 16th. Her daddy delivered her. We love her very much.”
Scroll through to revisit Burton and Morgan’s sweetest public declarations of love: