Friends turned partners! Laura Prepon and Ben Foster may have married when they were in their late thirties, but the actors met when they were just teenagers.
The Orange Is the New Black alum and the 3:10 to Yuma star share a mutual longtime friend in Danny Masterson, who worked with Prepon for years on That ’70s Show.
The couple — who were first romantically linked in 2016, having been spotted engaging in heavy PDA across the tri-state area — have been married since 2018. They share two children together: a daughter and a son.
In May 2018, the PrepOn cookware founder spoke to Us Weekly about how difficult it is to be a working mom — but how important it is to her, too.
“It’s torture,” the actress told Us at the time about returning to the OITNB set as a first-time mother. “I went back to work at six weeks. I was directing when she was a 4-month-old. But she would be proud if she knew what I was doing.”
Ahead of her son’s birth, Prepon wrote You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood, in which she “shar[ed] all of these different viewpoints … for mothers of all ages,” she told Us in April 2020, noting, “I really did learn so much about that experience I was going through [while pregnant with my second] and how to prepare for the next time and the fact that every situation is different from child to child.”
Prepon gave birth to the couple’s second child, a baby boy, in February 2020, and explained to Us that they would not be announcing their son’s name for a while due to privacy reasons.
“It’s a constant negotiation because we’re so fortunate to do what we love,” she told Us in April of that year. “But part of being in the public eye is how do you negotiate keeping your privacy, how do you negotiate keeping your personal life private?”
Prior to getting together, both Prepon and Foster’s respective love lives made headlines. The former Netflix star dated Masterson’s brother, Christopher Masterson, for years — and even had a five-year romance with a Foster unrelated to her future beau: Scott Michael Foster. (The two called it quits in 2013.) For his part, the Get Over It actor was on and off with former fiancée Robin Wright from 2012 to 2015.
Scroll down to see the complete timeline of Laura Prepon and Ben Foster’s relationship:
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Laura Prepon and Ben Foster: A Timeline of Their Relationship
Friends turned partners! Laura Prepon and Ben Foster may have married when they were in their late thirties, but the actors met when they were just teenagers.
The Orange Is the New Black alum and the 3:10 to Yuma star share a mutual longtime friend in Danny Masterson, who worked with Prepon for years on That ’70s Show.
The couple — who were first romantically linked in 2016, having been spotted engaging in heavy PDA across the tri-state area — have been married since 2018. They share two children together: a daughter and a son.
In May 2018, the PrepOn cookware founder spoke to Us Weekly about how difficult it is to be a working mom — but how important it is to her, too.
“It’s torture,” the actress told Us at the time about returning to the OITNB set as a first-time mother. “I went back to work at six weeks. I was directing when she was a 4-month-old. But she would be proud if she knew what I was doing.”
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Ahead of her son’s birth, Prepon wrote You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood, in which she “shar[ed] all of these different viewpoints … for mothers of all ages,” she told Us in April 2020, noting, “I really did learn so much about that experience I was going through [while pregnant with my second] and how to prepare for the next time and the fact that every situation is different from child to child.”
Prepon gave birth to the couple’s second child, a baby boy, in February 2020, and explained to Us that they would not be announcing their son’s name for a while due to privacy reasons.
“It’s a constant negotiation because we’re so fortunate to do what we love,” she told Us in April of that year. “But part of being in the public eye is how do you negotiate keeping your privacy, how do you negotiate keeping your personal life private?”
Prior to getting together, both Prepon and Foster’s respective love lives made headlines. The former Netflix star dated Masterson’s brother, Christopher Masterson, for years — and even had a five-year romance with a Foster unrelated to her future beau: Scott Michael Foster. (The two called it quits in 2013.) For his part, the Get Over It actor was on and off with former fiancée Robin Wright from 2012 to 2015.
Scroll down to see the complete timeline of Laura Prepon and Ben Foster’s relationship:
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July 2016
Though the actors have known each other since they were teenagers, it wasn’t until 2016 that things took a turn for the romantic. They were not only spotted “making out” over dinner in New York City, a source told Us at the time, but the pair also celebrated the 4th of July together in New Jersey. “She was holding onto Ben and was all over him,” an eyewitness told Us of Prepon and Foster’s PDA. “They were really close, talking and laughing.”
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October 2016
The pair revealed their engagement during their first red carpet as a couple! As the actors made their way through the Girl on the Train premiere, Prepon flashed her diamond ring.
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July 2017
Ahead of the birth of daughter Ella, Prepon gushed about her pregnancy to Us. “I’m creating life and it’s so incredible. I’m so ecstatic for this experience, but you go through so many changes.” Some of those changes include cravings for food she hadn’t thought about since she was a kid. “When I got pregnant all of a sudden I was like, ‘I need a pastrami on rye. I need a Dr. Brown’s black cherry soda. I need mustard and sauerkraut,’” she revealed.
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August 2017
Prepon and Foster became parents for the first time when daughter Ella was born.
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June 2018
Prepon announced via Instagram that she and Foster tied the knot. “Just Married!” she captioned their sepia-tinged wedding photo. “Thank you for all the love and support. Wishing all of us the good stuff!”
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February 2020
The actress announced the birth of their second child, a boy, with a heartwarming photo of her kissing the newborn’s hand. “Welcoming home our new bundle of love,” she captioned the Instagram pic. “Overwhelmed with gratitude.”
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April 2020
The Orange Is the New Black star told Us explained the reason she and Foster haven’t publicly revealed their son’s name. “We make all those decisions as a family because we’re in the public eye,” she explained. “So whenever we do something like that, we have a conversation about it first and make sure that we’re comfortable with it.” She added that the two haven’t discussed it due to the pandemic “[taking] over everyone’s lives.”
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April 2020
Prepon revealed that she suffered a pregnancy loss in 2018 and explained to Us how she handled the “anger at my body”: “I really started holding my body parts and telling myself, ‘I love you,’ saying, ‘I love you arms. I love you head. I love you face. I love you neck,’ going through every single body part,” she told Us. “I would do this talk every day, and I meant it. I truly meant it.”
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June 2020
Prepon admitted that Ella hilariously “marked her territory” when she met her baby brother for the first time. “We brought the baby in and introduced them and … she ran into the [play] tepee, took off all of her clothes, stared at us and just peed on everything,” the actress revealed on Live With Kelly and Ryan.
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August 2021
The New Jersey native, a former Scientologist, noted that Foster never practiced the religion and told People that she hadn’t “practiced Scientology in close to five years and it’s no longer a part of my life.”
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August 2021
The couple that hangs together, stays together. “We meditate daily and I’m really liking it, because it’s something that helps me to hear my own voice and it’s something we can do together,” the star told People about her meditation routine with Foster. They also watch classic movies together, she added: “We pick a director and watch a bunch of their films. I’ll make us a homemade meal and we’ll do our film school and talk about it.”
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February 2022
Prepon frequently shares photos of her children on Instagram, like this image of her holding her son in her arms.
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June 2022
“It’s the balance of public life versus private life and we are private about our personal lives,” the actress told Us. “But I feel like we’re managing the juggle. I mean, we’re just doing the best we can as we can. I’m told it’ll get easier as the kids get older.”
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December 2022
The couple attended the London premiere of Emancipation.
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