Justin Hartley may now be best known as Kevin Pearson on the hit series This Is Us but before the NBC drama came calling, he was beloved by many as Fox Crane on Passions and Adam Newman on The Young and the Restless. Now, he is married to fellow soap star, actress Chrishell Stause who portrayed, Amanda Dillon on All My Children, Jordan Ridgeway on Days of Our Lives and Bethany Bryant on The Young and the Restless. The gorgeous pair are fun-loving, down-to-earth, and just can’t get enough of each other, so get to know the couple better with these 12 things you didn’t know about their relationship:
12. How They Met
As soap opera veterans, many would assume that the pair saw sparks fly through work, but in fact they only met in passing. Their love story actually began thanks to a friend who was acting with Stause on Days of Our Lives. Hartley admitted to Larry King that he had seen Stause through the show and was interested in her, but at first it didn’t go well for him. “I kinda asked about her, but I think she was seeing somebody at the time, so I let it go, and then several months went by and he was like, ‘Hey, I think Chrishell, I think she might be available but I’m not sure.’ So I was like, ‘Okay, well let me give it a few more months,’ Cause you don’t want to be the rebound guy,” he explained to Larry King. Luckily, when Hartley was ready to make his move, Stause was still single, so the mutual friend agreed to help set them up.
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