Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed the one rule that keeps her marriage to Freddie Prinze Jr. strongly.
After more than two decades together, Gellar and Prinze Jr. found a simple but effective rule for a lasting marriage that show judge Chrissy Teigen also swears by.
Speaks exclusively to E! News at the January 20 premiere of Netflix’s new competition series Star searchtold Gellar that the secret to her 23-year marriage is surprisingly practical.
“Separate bathrooms,” she said with a laugh.
Teigen, who joined Gellar on the red carpet, wholeheartedly agreed.
She noted that she follows the same principle as husband John Legend.
“You have to keep it sexy and keep it sexy in slightly different ways,” Teigen explained.
She joked that Legend still believes she has “never farted or pooped.”
For Gellar and Prinze Jr. is the rule only part of a relationship built on privacy and authenticity.
The couple has also long avoided the Hollywood spotlight.
Prinze Jr. has openly rejected outside advice, recalling in an interview with the outlet last July that most of the guidance he received came from divorced friends.
“Council is like peanut butter,” he quipped. “I might think it’s delicious, but if you’re allergic, you’re dead.”
The actor also emphasized that their low-key lifestyle has helped them to sidestep the pressures of celebrity culture.
“People don’t see Sarah and I out in the popular places,” he said in his Old podcast.
“We have our restaurants that we like, and they’re not super trendy places where paparazzi hang out. So we’re good at avoiding that.”
Gellar and Prinze Jr. proves that sometimes the simplest rules can make the biggest difference.
For the uninitiated, the couple share two children: Charlotte (16) and Rocky (13).
