Adam Brody Says He Was “Instantly Infatuated” With Wife Leighton Meester – The Hollywood Reporter

Adam Brody knew he cared about his current wife Leighton Meester when he first saw her at a local diner in Los Angeles – although he wasn’t sure if she felt the same way. like that or not.

The Fleishman is in trouble star stop by Penn Badgley’s Podcrush where he talked about the first time he saw Meester. She was with CW producer Josh Schwartz and she Gossip Girl co-star at Canters Deli.

“That’s when I saw her, and yes, I was hooked right away,” he said on the podcast. “And I, you know, have been hooked for a long time. I did not know her for many years after that, although we even worked together briefly. She’s adorable, and she’s so sweet. She is great. She is so good.”

The Shazam! the actor went on to explain that for a while before they started dating, he couldn’t understand her or what she wanted from him.

He shared: “This is her credit, she has been avoiding me for too long and is aloof. “I couldn’t read the whole thing because even though she claimed to have an interest in me and all that, not only did she not pursue that, I mean, she was totally willing to give it a go. that never happened.” He joked further that she was “absolutely willing to leave that message in the bottle back into the sea at some point.”

OC alum also recounts that the excuse she gave him at the time was to keep him steady. “She said, ‘Oh, that’s because I know if we do, it’s going to be a thing,’ you know,” he said, “or like it’s just too powerful.”

Brody and Meester have been married for nine years and had their first relationship in 2013. They have two children together, a 7-year-old daughter Arlo Day and a 2-year-old son, which they have not announced. name.