It’s not surprising that Patrick has found his own happily ever after. In real life, he’s enjoyed a two-plus decade romance with wife Jillian Fink. The pair have been married since 2009, but like any couple, they’ve endured their ups and downs — making them all the more relatable.
Patrick and Jillian almost called it quits in 2015, but after some serious soul-searching and marriage counseling, the couple was able to set their relationship back on track. “Our marriage was not something I was prepared to let go of,” the Bridget Jones Diary star told People in 2016. “I didn’t feel like we had done all the work. And we both wanted to do that work. That’s where it started.”
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Meet Cute & Marriage
The pair’s relationship started professionally back in 1994 when Patrick booked his future wife as his hairstylist. At the time she thought the booking was a joke and was then stunned when the Fast Times At Ridgemont High hunk showed up at her LA salon, Delux.
“I was shocked,” she admitted to People in 2002. “But at the same time, I was happy because he was so cute.”