Stars Who Played Matchmaker for Their Friends: Taylor Swift, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nicole Richie and More

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Stars Who Played Matchmaker for Their Friends: Taylor Swift, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nicole Richie and More

Playing Cupid! Over the years, many stars have revealed that they helped sparks fly between their mutual friends. Hailee Steinfeld, for her part, explained the advice that she gave pal Sophie Turner, who was interested in getting to know Joe Jonas more. "I will say, I did get that text from Sophie being like, 'So tell me about Joe,' and I was like, 'Go for it,'" the singer said during a radio interview with Nova 96.9 in 2018. One year later, Steinfeld set the record straight about how much of an impact she actually had on her friends' growing romance. "I definitely got the, 'So tell me about Joe Jonas' call," the Dickinson star said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2019. "Sophie and I have been friends for years, she's one of my favorite humans. And Joe, same. Joe and I worked together a couple years ago, and he is also a wonderful person, and it worked! So yeah, I'll take credit for that, sure!" The Game of Thrones actress and the musician sparked romance rumors in 2016 before going public with their relationship at HBO’s Golden Globes afterparty the following year. Two years later, the pair secretly married after attending the 2019 Billboard Music Awards and followed that up with a second wedding in Sarrians, France, that same year. “They are madly in love. She’s young but mature and comes from a small English town, so it’s not that unusual,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly after they got engaged. “They are really good together and his friends and family love her and vice versa.” Turner and Jonas welcomed their daughter, Willa Jonas, in 2020 after choosing to keep most of the pregnancy private. Four months after Willa's arrival, a source told Us that the duo were looking forward to having more children. "They are really excited to expand their family," the insider shared in December 2020. "Having the baby has made them really close and want to have a large family together.” Jesse Tyler Ferguson was another celebrity who proudly took credit for his successful love connection between Modern Family costar Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello. “I’ve never talked about it, I was waiting for them to say it and then they finally sort of mentioned that I was the one who put them together, so now I will admit that I helped with that,” Ferguson admitted on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2015. Ferguson explained that Vergara and Manganiello met when the actress was still engaged to Nick Loeb, but it didn't take long after her breakup for the How I Met Your Mother alum to make a move. "When she broke up with her fiancé at the time, Joe – like immediately, the moment it was out in the world – called me and was like, ‘I need her number,’” the Montana native shared at the time. “And then I called Sofia and I was, like, ‘Can I give Joe your number?’ And she was, like, ‘Ay, no!' but, like, wanting me to give the number. So I did the number exchange and he took over from there!” Vergara and Manganiello started dating in July 2014 and were engaged by the end of the year. The couple tied the knot in November 2015 at The Breakers Palm Beach resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Two years later, the Magic Mike actor opened up about how he knew his relationship with the Hot Pursuit actress was meant to be. “We realized very early on that we each had to put the other person's happiness and well-being ahead of our own,” he explained to Hola! USA magazine in 2017. “Once you realize that kind of trust has manifested, you hang on for dear life. Or in my case, you go and buy a ring.” Vergara, for her part, also reflected on how their relationship seems to work so well. “He is so funny and ever since we met, that has been really important,” she noted at the time. “We even talk to each other all the time in this little voice that we made up, like a couple of dorks. Whoever heard us, would say, ‘What’s their problem?’” Scroll on for more celebrity couples that found one another when a celeb friend played matchmaker: [podcast_block]

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Stars Who Played Matchmaker for Their Friends: Taylor Swift, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nicole Richie and More

Playing Cupid! Over the years, many stars have revealed that they helped sparks fly between their mutual friends. Hailee Steinfeld, for her part, explained the advice that she gave pal Sophie Turner, who was interested in getting to know Joe Jonas more. "I will say, I did get that text from Sophie being like, 'So tell me about Joe,' and I was like, 'Go for it,'" the singer said during a radio interview with Nova 96.9 in 2018. One year later, Steinfeld set the record straight about how much of an impact she actually had on her friends' growing romance. "I definitely got the, 'So tell me about Joe Jonas' call," the Dickinson star said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2019. "Sophie and I have been friends for years, she's one of my favorite humans. And Joe, same. Joe and I worked together a couple years ago, and he is also a wonderful person, and it worked! So yeah, I'll take credit for that, sure!" The Game of Thrones actress and the musician sparked romance rumors in 2016 before going public with their relationship at HBO’s Golden Globes afterparty the following year. Two years later, the pair secretly married after attending the 2019 Billboard Music Awards and followed that up with a second wedding in Sarrians, France, that same year. “They are madly in love. She’s young but mature and comes from a small English town, so it’s not that unusual,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly after they got engaged. “They are really good together and his friends and family love her and vice versa.” Turner and Jonas welcomed their daughter, Willa Jonas, in 2020 after choosing to keep most of the pregnancy private. Four months after Willa's arrival, a source told Us that the duo were looking forward to having more children. "They are really excited to expand their family," the insider shared in December 2020. "Having the baby has made them really close and want to have a large family together.” Jesse Tyler Ferguson was another celebrity who proudly took credit for his successful love connection between Modern Family costar Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello. “I’ve never talked about it, I was waiting for them to say it and then they finally sort of mentioned that I was the one who put them together, so now I will admit that I helped with that,” Ferguson admitted on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2015. Ferguson explained that Vergara and Manganiello met when the actress was still engaged to Nick Loeb, but it didn't take long after her breakup for the How I Met Your Mother alum to make a move. "When she broke up with her fiancé at the time, Joe – like immediately, the moment it was out in the world – called me and was like, ‘I need her number,’” the Montana native shared at the time. “And then I called Sofia and I was, like, ‘Can I give Joe your number?’ And she was, like, ‘Ay, no!' but, like, wanting me to give the number. So I did the number exchange and he took over from there!” Vergara and Manganiello started dating in July 2014 and were engaged by the end of the year. The couple tied the knot in November 2015 at The Breakers Palm Beach resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Two years later, the Magic Mike actor opened up about how he knew his relationship with the Hot Pursuit actress was meant to be. “We realized very early on that we each had to put the other person's happiness and well-being ahead of our own,” he explained to Hola! USA magazine in 2017. “Once you realize that kind of trust has manifested, you hang on for dear life. Or in my case, you go and buy a ring.” Vergara, for her part, also reflected on how their relationship seems to work so well. “He is so funny and ever since we met, that has been really important,” she noted at the time. “We even talk to each other all the time in this little voice that we made up, like a couple of dorks. Whoever heard us, would say, ‘What’s their problem?’” Scroll on for more celebrity couples that found one another when a celeb friend played matchmaker: [podcast_block]

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Anna Wintour: Bradley Cooper and Huma Abedin

The legendary Vogue editor introduced the Star Is Born actor and Abedin ahead of the 2022 Met Gala that May.

“Bradley and Huma have been dating for a few months now,” a source told Us Weekly in July 2022. “They have a lot in common and their friends are very excited to see where this relationship goes.”

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Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Sacha Baron Cohen: Courtney Cox and Johnny McDaid

The Friends alum and McDaid first connected with the help of some celebrity friends.

“Ed [Sheeran] said, ‘Can I have some friends over this week?’ and I said of course,” Cox recalled during a March 2022 appearance on The Howard Stern Show. “He invited Johnny, Gary Lightbody, both of them from Snow Patrol, Taylor Swift … some great musicians and they all came over and I had a fun group anyway: Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher, Jennifer [Aniston] was there, it was just one of these fun weekends. This is worse than not getting nominated [for an Emmy for Friends] … and I remember seeing Johnny and going, ‘Oh wow, he’s really intense, he’s got those eyes.’ And he was playing the piano and I thought, ‘He’s really, really handsome.’”

The Scream actress recalled that the Borat star served as her wingman before Harry Styles chimed in, further encouraging McDaid to ask her out.

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Andrew East: Jana Kramer and Ian Schinelli

"I go to the party and I see this guy in an orange shirt and I was like, 'Oh man, he is cute, but obviously, he's probably married.' I don't really pay much attention to it," the One Tree Hill alum recalled during a January 2022 episode of her “Whine Down” podcast. "But long story short, Andrew [East] came over to me and was like, 'Hey, there's a guy here I want you to meet.'"

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Maria Shriver: Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger

Pratt and Schwarzenegger sparked dating rumors in June 2018 after spending time together on a picnic in Santa Barbara, California. Us confirmed their relationship several days later and a source revealed that it was actually Schwarzenegger's mother who "set them up."

“Her family really likes him,” the insider added at the time.

The Parks and Recreation actor, who split from ex-wife Anna Faris the previous year after eight years of marriage, announced that he and Schwarzenegger were engaged in January 2019. Six months later, the couple tied the knot in a ceremony in Montecito, California.

The duo announced their daughter Lyla's birth in August 2020.

"We are beyond thrilled to announce the birth of our daughter, Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt,” the Guardians of the Galaxy actor captioned a photo of his newborn’s hand. “We couldn’t be happier. Both mom and baby are doing great. We are extremely blessed. Love Katherine and Chris.”

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Hailee Steinfeld: Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas

Although Turner reached out to her friend for more information about Jonas, Steinfeld was surprised to learn that her role went further than that. 

"No! Are they saying that? I will totally take credit for that if they are saying it," she explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2019 about rumors that she played matchmaker.

The duo went on to get married in May 2019 and welcomed their first child the following year.

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Brandon Jennings: Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson

During Keeping Up with the Kardashians' 10-year anniversary special, the reality star admitted that she met Tristan Thompson through her friend Brandon Jennings.

"I was put on a blind date with Tristan and that's how [we met]," she said in the 2017 episode. "Brandon Jennings, who is a basketball player and a friend of mine and Malika [Haqq]'s, was like, 'You're such a good girl, I want to introduce you to someone.' I was at the Bel-Air hotel, and [Tristan] came to the dinner. I didn't want to go on a blind date, so Brandon kind of ambushed the blind date. We just connected."

Kardashian and Thompson first sparked romance rumors in September 2016. They welcomed their first child together, daughter True, in April 2018. After the athlete cheated on the new mom multiple times, including with Kylie Jenner's former best friend Jordyn Woods, the duo called it quits in 2019.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Us broke the news that Kardashian and Thompson were back together after isolating together with their little one in August 2020. Less than a year later, the duo decided to go their separate ways for good.

"They broke up a few weeks ago," a source detailed to Us in June 2021. "They remain amicable toward each other and will continue to coparent. Things just didn't work out."

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Chloe Grace Moretz: Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara

"I asked every person I met since day one, 'Find me a boyfriend!' Like, especially new friends too," Trainor told Chelsea Handler on her Netflix show in 2016. "Chloë Grace Moretz is a friend of mine, and day one of meeting her, I was like, 'You know anybody that I could date? Or love? Whatever,'"

The Carrie actress noted that she knew Sabara, who was "the nicest guy in the world" and it was a match made in heaven.

The pair tied the knot in December 2018 and three years later, they confirmed that they welcomed their first child together. 

“This sweet baby boy’s due date was Valentine’s Day. We got to meet him Monday, Feb 8th! We are SO IN LOVE," the songwriter wrote via Instagram in February 2021.

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara

“I knew Joe through people and we had done benefits together, and I knew Sofia from working with her, and we were at a party together and I just introduced them,” Ferguson said on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2015. 

Vergara got honest with Vanity Fair about her initial feelings when her costar wanted to give her number to her future husband.

"The day that I sent the press release [announcing the breakup], Joe immediately contacted Jesse Tyler Ferguson, like, 'Please, please, please tell her I want her number.' And I'm like, 'Jesse, no, he's too handsome,'" she shared in April 2015. "Then, after two days of Jesse trying to convince me, I'm like, 'OK, give him my number.' I'm thinking, I'm in New Orleans shooting, and he's in L.A. Nothing's going to happen. But we started talking a lot, and then he showed up in New Orleans. Since then, we've been inseparable."

In June 2021, Vergara and Manganiello celebrated the seventh anniversary of their first date.

“Feliz first date anniversary @joemanganiello,” she gushed via Instagram. “7 años luuuv uuuuu.”

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Nicole Richie: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden

"I'm going to take responsibility for everything!" Richie said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in July 2014 about playing matchmaker to her brother-in-law and Diaz. "I am a devoted sister-in-law."

Although she didn't share too many details on the connection, the actress and the musician got married in January 2015 at their Beverly Hills home after less than one year of dating. The couple announced in January 2020 that they welcomed their daughter, Raddix.

"We are so happy, blessed and grateful to begin this new decade by announcing the birth of our daughter, Raddix Madden. She has completely captured our hearts and completed our family," the pair shared in their Instagram statement at the time.

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Taylor Swift: Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn

Sheeran may have known Seaborn for quite some time, but it was through his friend Swift that they found their happily ever after. The musician shared that it was during the "Folklore" singer's iconic Independence Day parties in Rhode Island that the duo reconnected.

"My relationship started on the fourth of July," Sheeran detailed during a joint interview for his and Swift's "End Game" music video in 2018. Swift then asked her friend, "Where? Whose house? Whose house?" to which Sheeran answered, "Taylor's house."

"I was like, 'Taylor, can she turn up?' and you were like, 'Yep' and then here we are," he added.

Sheeran and Seaborn announced their engagement in January 2018. The "Thinking Out Loud" singer confirmed their nuptials the following year on his song "Remember the Name."

"[I actually wrote it] before me and Cherry got married and I knew that we'd be married by the point that the song came out," he told Charlamagne Tha God in July 2019. "[I thought] someone's gonna hear that and be like, 'Oh, they're married!' I didn't know how that would be construed, but obviously, it's already come out."

Us confirmed Seaborn's pregnancy in July 2020 and the following year, the pair welcomed their daughter, Lyra.