Leighton Meester has been brought to tears at the Critic’s Choice Awards after her husband, former The OC star Adam Brody, delivered a speech to remember.
The actor took to the stage after scooping the award for best actor in a comedy series for his role in Netflix hit Nobody Wants This.
But it was at the end of that speech that he turned his attention to his former Gossip Girl star wife sitting in the audience.
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“My darling, darling, darling wife, Leighton, thank you,” he said looking at the actress, who appeared to be visibly holding back tears.
“Thank you for sharing this life with me, and this journey with me.
“Thank you for our family. [I ] love you with all my heart.”
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As cameras panned to his wife of a decade, she blew her proud husband a kiss before they reunited back at their table where she was seen wiping tears from her face with her napkin.
Brody also acknowledged another woman in his life during the emotional speech, his Netflix co-star Kristen Bell.
“Thank you for your talent. Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for your belief in me,” he said.
It’s Brody and Meester’s first public appearance since they lost their home in the Californian wildfires – the most destructive fire to ever hit the city.
Photos of their home, which they bought back in 2019, in flames surfaced as the deadly fire hit the Palisades.
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They were just two of many celebrities who lost their homes in the fires, including Billy Crystal, Ricki Lake and Paris Hilton.
The couple have been married for 10 years and share two children together, daughter Arlo, nine, and a four-year-old son whose name has not been made public.
In 2023, Brody revealed he met Meester at a deli in LA.
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“That’s when I saw her, and, yeah, I was smitten instantly, he explained during an episode of the Podcrushed podcast. “And I was, you know, smitten for a long time. I didn’t get to know her for many years after.”
But they didn’t get together until about a year after they filmed The Oranges.
It was in 2014 they made their red carpet debut as a couple.
“So much of who I am is her, and who she is is me,” he explained on the podcast. “We’re fortunate to love each other like we do.”
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