Justin Long and Kate Bosworth.Photo: Getty
DidKate BosworthandJustin Longtie the knot?
Long confirmed that the pair are now married on hisLife is Shortpodcast on May 9, when he called Bosworth his “now-wife.”
“I was there while I was like really falling in love with my now-wife and so she came to visit and I had never been comfortable with… well set visits I was never crazy about,” he said to guestKyra Sedgwick. “I liked separating the relationship and the, I don’t know. But I loved having her there and we just had the most magical time.”
The 44-year-oldBarbarianactor and 40-year-oldForce of Naturestar were also pictured wearing bands on their ring fingers in a picture posted on Sunday.Bosworth shared the photoof her, Long, and two others sitting around a table on Mother’s Day.
The Los Angeles native also posed alongside her mother, Patricia Bosworth, whom she called “the anchor to my shore.”
“Love you so much mama,” she wrote with their picture on her Instagram story. “You are both the anchor to my shore and the wind in my sails. Happy Mother’s Day!”
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She also honored her mother with another photo. “She is light! The love I have in my heart is completely born from my mama,” she wrote. “There is no one more giving, warm and kind.”
PEOPLE’s requests for comment Monday were not immediately returned.
The coupleannounced their engagementduring an April episode of Long’sLife is Shortpodcast, more than a year after theyfirst sparked romance rumors, while spending time together in Los Angeles.
“I thought it was the most romantic and honest and loving proposal,” Bosworth explained of Long popping the question
For his part, Long said that the moment “felt so organic” and “connected to something very, very deeply, profoundly personal that we were going through — like, a real-life change — and so it came out in a very organic way.”
According to the actor, he originally “had a special thing planned around"Bosworth’s 40th birthdayin January. But, as he explained, “Things change, and sometimes they change pretty drastically without any warnings.”
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TheBlue Crushactress added that the pair “had just gone through this really hard thing and we had spoken to a therapist.”
“We were trying to move through things at the time and she gave us a really great piece of advice which was, ‘Make sure that you’re pretty consistently asking the other what you need, or asking the other what they need,’ " she said.
“I remember waking up not so many mornings after that therapy session and I looked at Justin … I smiled at you, and I said, ‘What do you need?’ " Bosworth continued. “And he really looked at me and he said,‘To spend my life with you.’ "
“And I smiled and I said, ‘Well, yeah, you have that. Oh my gosh, you have that,’ and he said, ‘No, I mean I really want to spend my life with you,’ " she recalled.
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“It was the easiest … the words just came out, like, so naturally,” Long added.
The couple was firstlinked in March 2022before making theirInstagram debutin May when Long shared a series of selfies with Bosworth sharing a pint of Guinness. “I’m the luckiest. 🍀✨😘,” she commented on his post.
During their first appearance together on April 20 after revealing their happy news, the pair talked to PEOPLE abouttheir engagement.
Adds Bosworth: “Yeah, it was really, it was super overwhelming. I mean, as I said in my Instagram post, how do you announce these things? It’s funny because normally I guess people would announce it to their friends and family, but there’s a certain point where, when you’re in the public arena that it’s time to share something with the world.”
The actress continued: “I guess the simplest way is just to say how excited we are to be embarking on the next chapter.”
Long added: “I just have always felt so close to her and loved being with her regardless of what our labels and status are but it has been really nice to see people’s receptions now that, it’s been to really heartwarming.”
Early in their relationship, Longshared that being “in love” is “such a wonderful feeling"while appearing on theDear Chelseapodcast.
“There’s something about it, for me, that I feel like I need toprotect and keep sacredbecause it feels sacred,” he shared with hostChelsea Handler. “I’ve never had anything like this before; I’ve never experienced this. So it’s something I want to protect and keep, you know?”
The marriage will be the first for Long, while Bosworth was previously married toMichael Polish, whom she wedin August 2013. The actress announcedshe and Polish, 52, were splittingin August 2021.
source: people.com
