Adam Brody is out here proving that even the most private celebrity couples have proposal stories they’d tweak. On Dax Shepard’s“Armchair Expert”podcast, the actor admitted that proposing to Leighton Meester in 2013 was“very pedestrian”and“not as romantic as it should have been.”The one thing he stands behind? The speed. He popped the question less than a year into their relationship, which he calls the only romantic part.
The couple met on the set of the 2011 film“The Oranges,”started dating in 2013, and secretly married in February 2014. Since then, they’ve built one of the quietest marriages in Hollywood, complete with two kids, daughter Arlo and a son. Brody’s career is having a moment too, with a 2025 Critics Choice Award for“Nobody Wants This.”
His takeaway is worth borrowing: do it for the story you’ll tell forever, not just the moment. Whether you’re planning a proposal or just rethinking an old one, the honesty is oddly comforting. So what’s your proposal regret story? Did the moment live up to the story, or did the story get better with time?
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