They Followed Their Hearts! See Celebrity Couples Who Fell in Love at First Sight

Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre

You didn’t have to ask Idris Elba if he thought wife Sabrina Dhowre — whom he married in 2019 — was The One, because he already knew. “I met someone that opened me up,” the Dark Tower star revealed on The View in July 2019. “It was love at first sight.”

Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks

When Garth Brooks first met Trisha Yearwood, he was married to his first wife, Sandy Mahl — but that didn’t stop him from thinking he’s finally found The One.

“I had been married [to Sandy] for 13 months when I met [Trisha],” he previously explained to Closer Weekly. “When someone asked, ‘What did you think of [Trisha]?’ I said: ‘I felt like I just met my wife.’ Which was weird!”

John Travolta and Kelly Preston

John and Kelly’s love story is a little like Garth and Trisha’s. In June 2018, the actress appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen and revealed she “kind of” fell in love with John the first time she met him. The only dilemma was Kelly was still married to her ex-husband, Kevin Gage.

“Well, I was not that happily married, let’s put it that way. I was really with the wrong person,” she said. After the pair got divorced in 1987, Kelly took a little time off from dating before she tied the knot with John in 1991. They were together for 29 years until her death in July 2020.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo

We don’t know what it is about Andy Cohen, but he can get anyone to dish about their personal life. During an appearance on WWHL, supermodel Behati Prinsloo opened up about her first meeting with the Maroon 5 crooner Adam Levine — and it sounds like they had an instant connection.

“He got my information through a mutual friend,” she said. “He was trying to get a girl for a music video. I couldn’t do it, but we started emailing. It was like weeks and weeks. And then finally, I went to L.A. for a job, and we met. And it was honestly less awkward. We felt like we knew each other. It was kind of love at first sight, because we had that constant back and forth.”

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt had no doubts in their mind that they were made for each other! As soon as the Quiet Place star saw The Office alum while having lunch with a friend, she knew he was destined for her.

“We were discussing how much I was enjoying being single and then [my friend] goes, ‘Oh, my God, there’s my friend John.’ And that was it,” Emily recalled to People in 2018. After that first encounter, the couple didn’t waste any time getting to know each other and tying the knot.

“We were engaged within 10 months, but I think we probably knew before that,” Emily added.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Once Michael Douglas laid eyes on Catherine Zeta-Jones, he was very direct in his approach. “I looked at her, and I said, ‘Catherine, I’m going to be the father of your children,'” he recalled at the Deauville Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “The first time I met her! You think that went over big?”

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied

Meant to be! It didn’t take Natalie Portman long to know that she was smitten with Benjamin Millepied. Once she caught him struggling to park his car on the street, she immediately fell for the French dancer.

“He parked backward on the street, like, I saw him — we were on a first floor studio — and he parked like, the wrong direction,” she said on Watch What Happens Live. “And I was like, ‘OK, that fits.’”

The Black Swan actress was also asked if it was love at first sight and she happily replied, “pretty close.”

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi

They’ve been married since 2008, but if Portia de Rossi had her way, it would have probably been sooner.

“Ellen took my breath away,” the model once recalled to The Advocate about meeting wife Ellen DeGeneres for the first time. “That had never happened to me in my life, where I saw somebody and experienced all of those things you hear about in songs and read about in poetry. My knees were weak.”

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves

When Matthew McConaughey first met wife Camila Alves, he felt like time had stopped. “Out of the corner of my eye, this sort of aqua-green figure went floating across the frame about 20 feet in front of me,” he told People in 2016. “My eye went up and I remember what came out of my mouth. I didn’t say ‘Who is that?’ I went, ‘What is that?’ As l was trying to get that’s attention across the room, I went in my head, ‘This is not the kind of woman you call over across the room, McConaughey. Get your ass out of your chair and go get her.’ Which I did.”

The couple later wed in 2012.