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Top 10 TV Co-Stars Who Dated in Real Life


for these small screen couples no acting
is necessary to show off their chemistry
time on me welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 TV co-star couples who dated
in real life we need someone to help me
can’t be me Claire
for this list we’ll be focusing on
actors who only started dating during
the filming of the series in which they
both starred at least to the best of our
knowledge I’m Daniel
that means we’re excluding those that
were in a relationship before the show
like Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington
or after the show like Ashton Kutcher
and Mila Kunis Oh actually I’m a little
bit chilly but I left my coat up in the
car I’ll go get it for you
number 10 Sophia Bush and Chad Michael
Murray One Tree Hill
anyway you know aren’t you
fans of the popular drama know that
Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott don’t
exactly get a happily ever after and in
the long run neither did the actors who
portrayed them into your thing in them
try to resist actually kind of cute
Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray were
engaged in 2004 and then married in 2005
two seasons into the show’s running hey
so you were at paints again but they
experienced an embarrassingly rapid
change of heart
when Bush and Murray called it quits on
their marriage just five months later
first with a separation and then with a
divorce in 2006 but my mother once said
to me that if you don’t have anything
nice to say not to say anything at all
fortunately for One Tree Hill fans the
show lasted a lot longer and continued
on until 2012 I’m glad we did this
number 9 kaley cuoco and Johnny Galecki
the Big Bang Theory penny do have plans
for dinner tonight why you guys going
somewhere no I mean just you and me you
mean like a date not like a date a date
how Leonard and Penny ever hooked up in
the fictional world remains one of TV
writings greatest mysteries what’s up do
not overthink this but what’s a bit
easier for us to wrap our brains around
is that in the real world the actors
portraying them actually dated for two
years since when don’t you want to live
with me oh don’t get all huffy you’re
the one who decided to move in without
even asking me if I was ready the
relationship was pretty hush-hush at the
time which would make us question the
validity of their union
except that Kaley Cuoco actually
confirmed it herself but as sometimes
you just can’t help it and we totally
fell for each other and just really
wanted to keep it as close to ourselves
possum we had an amazing relationship we
were together for over Cheers the pair
has since moved on but they are cool
enough to keep it professional onset
Johnny Galecki more like Johnny got
lucky
the ladies are away the boys will play
anything can happen gonna get crazy
number eight Nina Dobrev and Ian
Somerhalder the Vampire Diaries okay
can you stand anything broken this
sexually charged teen drama about a
vampire love triangle among three
beautiful specimens is bound to get any
girl hot and bothered
the reason this cliche storyline is used
over and over again is that it just
seems to work in this case one of the
guys Elena Gilbert falls for is the kind
of reformed bad-boy vampire Damon
Salvatore and in real life the actress
Nina Dobrev and actor Ian Somerhalder
confirmed their relationship status in
2011 Elena you are allowed to be happy
once in a blue moon
although Somerhalder is over ten years
her senior no one can deny how well
matched they were they stopped dating in
2013 but the show stayed right on track
and then we started dating on the show
we start dating a real life and then we
broke up in my life and yet our
characters are still dating on the show
it’s a good thing it’s not awkward okay
number seven leymah shell and Cory
Monteith Glee sometimes I worry about
Ben I mean how damaged does a guy have
to be to be into someone as annoying as
Rachel it was a match made in musical TV
heaven American singer and actress Lea
Michele briefly dated one of her other
future Glee co-stars Matthew Morrison
fired two they’re casting on the show on
a scale of one to ten right
how was Matthew Morrison in the sack my
dad is ready however she would
eventually see sparks fly with her Glee
co-star Cory Monteith in 2011 following
in the footsteps of their respective
characters Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson
who became a couple in season 2 this is
how it’s gonna happen I’m gonna be
quarterback again then I’m gonna throw a
touchdown in our first game and then
point to you in the stance so that
everybody in the school knows you my
girlfriend the two actors would continue
to date until Monteith’s
untimely death from an accidental drug
overdose in 2011 Rachel and Finn forever
let’s lay down on the bed
okay number six Jennifer Garner and
Michael Vartan alias I have a crush on a
guy at work
really who is he someone in my
department we’ve worked together for
about a year now
you’re kidding me hey what’s his name
Michael back when Jennifer Garner Starr
was still rising
she and co-star Michael Vartan were
taking their work home with them but
because she’s NSC you because she’s my
wife what was that distinction
irrelevant while she was technically
still married to Scott Foley whom she
met on the set of felicity Sydney
Bristow and fellow agent Michael Vaughn
were getting close while the actors were
getting even closer in 2003 there are so
many issues with this headed woman
saying I think we should have an open
mind about this the relationship lasted
only about a year but the two actors
continued to work together
until the show ended in 2006 the guards
are about the chance shifts we have
about a minute left this couldn’t have
been easy for Vartan as he watched his
ex-girlfriend move on and marry Ben
Affleck only a year after they broke up
as much as I wish I could trust you
the responsibilities you have now
required me not to responsibilities what
the hell does that mean
number five Rose Leslie and Kit
Harington Game of Thrones it’s been no
one else only you I’m they let’s face it
in Game of Thrones sex is dirty love is
dirty and revenge often dictates a
character’s entire story arc nothing you
did for the old mouth that won’t blow
it’s due to the Atlantic when it comes
to the bastard son of Ned Stark and the
ruthless unkempt fiery wildling egret
sex love and revenge are all lines that
are deliciously blurred and which render
their relationship strangely romantic we
hit it off very quickly when we when we
first met and I think I think that
reflects on screen hopefully it does
because we’ve got a good dialogue going
off screen the actors must have felt the
magic as much as the millions of fans
did as Rose Leslie and Kit Harington
began to date in 2012 and it’s been on
again off again ever since
number four Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody
the OC
pathetic and tween no just sweet we all
know that Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson
have moved on either getting married or
having children with equally beautiful
actors okay clearly something’s not
working and it’s me it’s fine it’s my
fault but back when they were Seth and
summer on the OC the pair dated for
about three years during the filming of
the wildly popular series
so tell sex yep let me go me too
in the show the nerdy Seth’s childhood
crush on the beautiful and seemingly
shallow summer Roberts turns into
something way more as the teen drama
progressed Wow sweep you off your feet
in reality the two actors called it
quits in 2006 which was also not long
before the end of the series besides I’m
busy tomorrow I’ll be at the singles
dance oh hey what do you know so uh
great I’ll see you there I see you first
hopefully we’ll both meet someone
special oh yeah maybe as long as his
name’s in Coen number three Jennifer
Goodwin and Josh Dallas
once upon a time well I wouldn’t want to
stand in the way if you’re getting true
love no two characters on our list are
more meant to be than Snow White and her
prince charming
you see which is why we suspect the
magic of the fairy tale finally caught
up with Jennifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas
who play the two iconic lovers on once
upon a time where cheesy romance is the
underlying motif yes children did have
feelings for kids feelings feelings I
don’t quite understand the two began
dating the same year that the drama
premiered got married in 2014 and have
started a royal family of their own
are you expecting I we are yes that’s
amazing thank you are you excited it’s
so excited I’m so excited a little
nervous looks like Snow White finally
found her happily ever after
number two Jennifer Carpenter and
Michael C Hall Dexter what are you gonna
do
although Debra and Dexter Morgan don’t
exactly play steamy lovers on the show
it was obviously something a little
sexier going on between takes something
that was a little less questionable than
Deb’s crush on her foster brother how
are you so perfectly prepared to kill
Travis
what do you mean the plastic wrap we
just happen to have that with you while
playing adoptive siblings on screen the
two began dating early on in the show’s
run and eloped on New Year’s Eve 2008 I
mean we had a great base for our
relationship to see each other on a
day-to-day basis and and you know I know
him he knows me this show lasted longer
than their entire relationship however
with the two divorcing in 2011 after
which they continued to play the
screwed-up siblings for another two
years
are we good
we’re fine before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions I’m sorry
it’s okay
oh maybe the double ah
thanks so much y’all give it up Pacey
you definitely were not that good
you want to betray our country well
after everything we’ve done I don’t
think it’s such a betrayal
number one Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
True Blood fail vampire Bill
you gotta wonder why Anna Paquin would
choose build a vampire over the likes of
Alexander Skarsgard or Joe Manganiello
Eric Northman’s and want to sent me my
name is Elsie there go but when you see
Stephen Moyer in real life – the fangs
and paper white skin plus the dashing
English accent you kind of get why we
chose them as our favorite TV couple I
mean you know things of things are
pretty pretty good on the personal life
run throughout True Blood these two were
the Ross and Rachel of the vampire world
but in real life the romance started
almost immediately after the show began
Paquin and Moyer were then married in
2010 and have since started a family
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