American actress Cameron Diaz and Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden are one of Hollywood\u2019s most grounded celebrity couples. Their love story, spanning over a decade, is known for starting quickly, growing quietly, and remaining deeply private. Despite meeting only briefly before feeling a strong connection, they built a solid bond that has lasted through the years.<\/p>\n
How they met<\/strong> \u201cJoel said, \u2018Hey, can my brother come over?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Of course, it\u2019s family, we\u2019re having a barbecue\u2019 and then [Benji] walked in the door and I was like\u2014you! You!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The start of their romance<\/strong> \u201cI met them first, and then they didn\u2019t set us up, but we were in the same room because of them, and then we found each other.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Engagement and marriage<\/strong> \u201cBenji always tends to fall in love easily, but this time it\u2019s for real, and he landed a great girl. They obviously both make each other incredibly happy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The couple married shortly after, on January 5, 2015. Their wedding was a surprise, intimate ceremony under a large tent in the backyard of Cameron\u2019s Beverly Hills home. It had Jewish-inspired elements and around 90 guests. To keep the event private, Cameron told guests it was a pre-Golden Globes party. She later described marriage as \u201cpretty awesome\u201d in Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em>.<\/p>\n Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden\u2019s story is a reminder that celebrity love can be both passionate and quietly enduring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" American actress Cameron Diaz and Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden are one of Hollywood\u2019s most grounded celebrity couples. Their love\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":91516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3435],"class_list":["post-91515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-cameron-diaz"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCameron and Benji first met at a dinner party Cameron hosted in May 2014. She was friends with fashion designer Nicole Richie and her husband, Joel Madden\u2014Benji\u2019s twin brother. Benji came along with Joel and Nicole, and when he walked in, Cameron immediately felt a spark. She recalled in Elle<\/em>:<\/p>\n
\nAt that barbecue, Cameron and Benji felt an instant attraction. Nicole Richie jokingly claimed credit for bringing them together on Watch What Happens Live<\/em>, though Cameron explained in a 2021 interview on the Anna Faris Is Unqualified<\/em> podcast:<\/p>\n
\nTheir connection grew fast. Just seven months into dating, they got engaged. Rumors began in October 2014 when Cameron was spotted with a diamond ring, and the engagement was confirmed around Christmas that year. A source told Us Weekly<\/em>:<\/p>\n