Ethan HawkeHe is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and actor, as well as a Tony Award-nominated performer. Beyond his 30+ year career, he’s also a novelist, director, and singer. Hawke’s talents are endless and have kept him in the public eye all these years. Hawke is not the only thing that interests you. aren’t His marriage to Ryan Shawhughes is well-known. So, who is Ethan Hawke’s wife? Learn more about their unconventional relationship.
Ryan was still married to Uma Thurman when Ethan Hawke first met him.
While you may not know Hawke’s current wife, you definitely know his ex. Ethan Hawke was married from 1998 to 2004 Pulp Fiction icon, Uma Thurman. Thurman and Hawke met on the set for their 1997 movie. Gattaca. Hawke was very taken with Thurman, but Thurman wasn’t quite as certain about their match. The Kill BillHawke offered star two marriage proposals, but she declined both of them before she accepted to be his wife. It seems like the third time was the charm.
Hawke and Thurman are parents to two children. Their daughter, Maya, caught her parents’ acting bug and is best known for her role as Robin in Stranger Things. As the daughter of Quentin Tarantino’s muse, she also appeared in Once Upon a Time, Hollywood. The famous couple’s son, Levon, is also getting ready to follow in his family’s footstepsAs he is scheduled to appear in season 4 of Stranger ThingsAlongside his sis.
Did Hawke cheat on Thurman
As Hawke and Thurman’s marriage was crumbling, rumors surfaced that Hawke was having an affair. But, it turned out that the BoyhoodActor insists their split wasn’t because of infidelityNot the problems of being in a relationship with another actor who is successful,
“You know you’d come up with these rules: ‘One person works, the other person doesn’t. Well, then somebody’s always out of town,””Hawke stated this in an interview. “Then I’m living in a hotel room taking care of my kids while you’re off on a film set six hours a day doing what you love. Do that for nine months and see what a good mood you’re in.”
Despite Hawke’s insistence, Rumours continued to swirlHe cheated on Thurman while he was their nanny.
“I met Ryan through my literary agent, and she was indeed one of Maya and Levon’s nannies during a film shoot,”He said The Guardian. “After a short period of working for me, Ryan went back to Columbia to get her degree. There were never any scandalous thoughts or actions back then. In the years that followed, my marriage disintegrated due to many pressures, none of which were remotely connected to Ryan.”
Hawke and Shawhughes tied the knot in 2008
Hawke claims that Shawhughes met him in a public park one year after he split from Thurman. He asked her out.
“I know people imagine some kind of Sound Of Music type love affair, but the truth is by the time Ryan and I were falling in love, it had been a long while since I had employed her,”The actor said The Guardian. “I was very cautious during that period of my life and desperately wanted to stay single—I definitely never wanted to get married again. But sometimes life happens to you. Now, I love Ryan tremendously.”
He did it again. The Dead Poets Society Actor and his ex-nanny “I do”2008
Even though Hawke insists that his love for his new wife didn’t start with an affair, he’s still not pro-monogamy. Hawke shared a lot about himself five years after his marriage to Shawhughes. His views on fidelity. “People have such a childish view of monogamy and fidelity,”Hawke explained. “‘He’s cheated so he’s bad, she’s cheated so she’s bad’, as opposed to a recognition that our species is not monogamous.”
He also shared his monogamy views and what they mean for him in his current marriage. “My relationship with my present wife is thrilling to me and I’m committed to it. But neither she nor I know what shape the future will come in,”He said. “Sexual fidelity can’t be the whole thing you hang your relationship on. If you really love somebody you want them to grow, but you don’t get to define how that happens. They do.”
They keep their relationships pretty private
In 2023, Hawke and Shawhughes will reach an impressive milestone: they’ll be celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary. While the couple prefers to keep their relationship private, it seems like they are a perfect match. While they’re seldom seen in public, Shawhughes supports her hubby at his premieres. Now, the couple has Two daughtersClementine is 14 years old and Indiana is 11 years old. We hope that this family lives happily ever after, despite their privacy.
