Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi may have met in the most Gen Z of ways, but their courtship quickly took a turn for the old-fashioned. After connecting on Instagram in 2021, "we were friends for a bit," Millie shared in a November 2022 Wired interview . "And then, what can I say?" Well, a lot more would've been welcome, especially since the Stranger Things star got engaged to Jon Bon Jovi 's model son barely five months later, but that's where Millie left it at the time.
The 20-year-old actress and 22-year-old model have since filled in more blanks: DMing led to FaceTiming, and that led to finally meeting in person, with Jake extending the ancient chivalrous gesture of picking Millie up from the airport. "bff <3," Jake captioned a June 3, 2021, photo of them, quite possibly having just left an arrival terminal. And three years later, they're married! The couple reportedly exchanged vows in a private ceremony last weekend, though they've been hinting at a bigger celebration to come.
"As soon as we spoke I knew he was going to be a huge part of my life," Millie recalled to The Times of London in an interview published Aug. 27. "I ran to my mum and said, 'I really, really like him!' After we met we knew we never wanted to leave each other's side.
" Who says you can't just know ? "You can't pinpoint why," Millie said. "It's just the feeling of knowing that that's the person you want to spend the rest of your time with. I think so much of life is overthinking.
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