Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley are defying Hollywood odds after they recently celebrated three decades of marriage. The 65-year-old actress took to her Instagram to share a sweet photo of the pair as they celebrated their anniversary. "30 years of bliss," she captioned the selfie of the couple. Pfeiffer also took to her Instagram to share a romantic photo of the pair as they posed in front of Christmas lights. She captioned the photo, "Lit up trees this time of year never cease to fill me up with the magic of the holiday season."
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The pair first met in 1993 after being set up on a blind date by a friend. The actress was previously married to Peter Horton from 1981 to 1988. Pfeiffer opened up about her hesitations to meet Kelley while appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Kimmel" in 2022. "I was kind of nervous ... and I'd had a couple of bad blind dates and I had sworn off of them, and my best friend said, 'Please, just this last time, meet this guy, David Kelley,' and I said, 'OK,'" Pfeiffer told Kimmel. "I thought it was a good idea to do like a bowling party. And he and my sister were just chatting it up because she's very charming and really good socially," Pfeiffer continued. "I'm not so good. And he's a little bit shy, we're both a little bit [shy]." She continued, I say to my best friend ‘I think I should set Dedee up with him. They seem to be really hitting it off.' My friend said, 'Don't you dare. I will kill you. I am sitting across from your next husband.' We hadn't spoken two words. I don't know how she thought that, but it didn't start off great." The pair began dating shortly after and tied the knot in November 1993, less than a year after they met.
When Pfeiffer and Kelley first met, the actress was already in the process of adopting her daughter Claudia. "The adoption process was already in motion when he and I met. So, when she came, he and I had only been together for about two months," Pfeiffer told Good Housekeeping in 2007 via People magazine. The actress believes that the unconventional circumstances ultimately strengthened their relationship. "So, we had this child with us right away, and most people don't have that," she said. "But I really got to see [Kelley] in a situation that certainly would separate the boys from the men. Obviously, he really rose to the occasion. We both got to see each other as parents before we progressed in our relationship together and, in a strange way, it took the pressure off as a couple." She continued, "It was sort of perfectly timed. I mean, it's a real testament to the kind of person he is but also to the fact that sometimes the traditional way of doing things isn't always the best way."
