Love Stories: A controversial beginning of decimal romance by Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld

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Sitcom legend Jerry Seinfeld and his longtime wife Jessica's relationship was once embroiled in controversy and a cheating scandal. The famous couple, who have been together since 1998, now have three children and will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary this year on Christmas Day. But it wasn't always a smooth cruise for the happy couple. Their paths first crossed in 1998 at a gym in New York. At the time, Jerry was a bachelor looking for a partner. But Jessica? She had just returned from her honeymoon with her new husband, Eric. READ Love Stories: How Johnny Ruffo's girlfriend Tahnee Sims 'saved' him when his cancer battle started

Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld met at a gym in 1998. ()

Jessica, later known as Jessica Sklar, was training at the Reebok Sports Club in Manhattan when the Seinfeld star approached her and asked her out. Jerry, 44 at the time, was unaware of his newlywed status, and Jessica, 26, was reportedly keeping her mouth shut at first that she was recently married. Jessica, who works in public relations, recalled trying to dodge her future husband in a New York Times article about their relationship. "He came back and said something funny and I really had to laugh," she wrote. She finally told the actor about her marital status. “I told him I didn't think now was the right time to be in a relationship with anyone,” she told Jerry. Jessica later revealed that she and Eric were not happily married. They were struggling before they tied the knot, and Jessica once described their relationship as "irreparably broken." READ Love Stories: How Neil Patrick Harris' persistence won over her husband

Just two months after meeting Jerry, Jessica filed for divorce from Eric and continued dating her new boyfriend. Paparazzi footage later surfaced of the couple kissing in public, which was the final nail in the coffin for Jessica's first marriage. Eric, now Jessica's ex-husband, told Page Six that he was blindsided by his ex-wife's infidelity. "I was manipulated, misled, and completely unprepared by Jessica's infidelity," he said in 1998. READ Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's royal love story

"Jerry and Jessica have no respect for decent values. They deserve each other." Their relationship soon became tabloid fodder when Jessica was rumored to be dating an NBC producer. A little over a year after they first met, Jerry proposed to Jessica. According to People, the news came as a shock to friends, family and fans. The Seinfelds have two sons and a daughter. ()

"I knew they broke up, and you'd at least expect to hear they got back together before you got 'engaged' — but that's Jerry. He likes to take a step forward," former Seinfeld producer Peter Mehlman told the broadcast. Soon, the world warmed to the idea of ​​Jerry and Jessica's love. "Jerry and Jessica are perfect together," Jerry's sister, Carolyn, told People after the engagement news. "I was manipulated, misled, and completely unprepared by Jessica's infidelity"

After the couple got married on Christmas Day in 1999, the glare of the intense media spotlight on their relationship seemed to fade. They decided to keep their wedding a secret - they told the guests to wait by their phones a few hours before the wedding. Jerry and Jessica had their first child, a daughter named Sascha, in 2000. They also share sons Julian and Shepherd. Now, after nearly 23 years of marriage and co-parenting juggling, Jerry says the secret to happiness is laughter, unsurprisingly for the sitcom comic man. Jerry and Jessica say that laughter is the key to a good marriage. ()

"That's really been the bond we had from the day I met him," Jerry told Closer Weekly in May 2020. "We always have fun and laugh and he has a great sense of humor. He's very quick and sarcastic and all the qualities I love. He's very sharp. He catches all the wrong." Jessica has since spoken to Jerry about the controversial beginning of her decades-long marriage. In a candid article for the New York Times in 2007, the author and philanthropist admitted that her first marriage was a mistake. “I was a 26-year-old boy trying to gracefully correct an error in the judiciary,” he wrote. "But I haven't even explained to some of my own family yet about the breakup of my marriage or the dysfunctional relationship that preceded it." And in 2004, Jessica claimed that her current husband was not the reason her first marriage broke up. "I met Jerry at the end of the most difficult time of my life. I made the painful decision to end a five-year relationship that began at the age of 21 and ended in a short marriage," she told Vogue. . "Jerry was neither the cause nor the result of the breakup, but his friendship gave me strength and resilience in a time of desperate need and formed the basis of my happiness for years to come." to for your daily dose of 9Honey