💖 “WE JUST HIT IT OFF.” — STANLEY TUCCI REFLECTS ON THE LOVE STORY THAT DEFIED EXPECTATIONS💖K2

“We had a lot in common, even though we had nothing in common,” he said of his wife, who is the sister of his “Devil Wears Prada” costar Emily Blunt.

Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt in Los Angeles on April 30, 2026.Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty

Stanley Tucci is reflecting on his marriage.

The Spotlight star discussed marrying Felicity Blunt, the sister of his Devil Wears Prada costar Emily Blunt, during an interview with Jenna Bush Hager on her podcast Open Book. Tucci, who was married to social worker Kathryn Spath from 1995 until she died from cancer in 2009, said that he initially didn’t think that he’d ever tie the knot again.

“I wasn’t sure that I would ever remarry,” Tucci, 65, said on the podcast. “I never thought I would have children again. And when I met her, it just sort of made sense, even though there is this age gap of 21 years. And obviously, I knew her family, or I knew her sister was one of my best friends. And we just hit it off.”

Tucci and Felicity first crossed paths at The Devil Wears Prada‘s premiere in 2006. They were reintroduced at Emily Blunt’s wedding to John Krasinski at George Clooney’s house in Lake Como, Italy, in 2010, and they began dating shortly thereafter and eventually married in 2012.

The couple welcomed a son together in 2015 and a daughter in 2018. Felicity is also stepmom to Tucci’s three children from his previous marriage.

“We had a lot in common, even though we had nothing in common,” Tucci told Hager. “And it just sort of stuck. But I think she changed my life in the sense that she gave me a sense of security. She gave my children a sense of security. And she’s fun. Like, she’s fun to hang out with.”

Tucci went on to praise Felicity’s worldview and intelligence. “She’s incredibly positive, which I am not always,” he said on the show. “I mean, her mind is incredible. Her capacity to take in information, not just from a book, but from the world and process it, and turn it into something else is just extraordinary. She’s pretty cool.”

Felicity, who works as a literary agent, is also partially responsible for Tucci’s career transition from actor to tastemaker and food-forward TV host, as she filmed a video of him showing off his bartending skills in the middle of the pandemic that instantly went viral.

“I did that [first negroni demo] as an in-house thing for our agency — where my wife works [as a literary agent], and where I am represented here in London,” he told PEOPLE. “And she said, ‘Would you do a little cocktail thing, just for the Curtis-Brown people? It would be fun, cheer people up.’ So I did. And then she said, ‘Well, maybe put it on your Instagram.’ And then the world changed.”