Secretly married! John Corbett, 60, reveals he wed blonde bombshell Bo Derek, 64, eight months ago: 'After 20 years we did it'
John Corbett and Bo Derek were secretly married last year.
The actor, 60, shared the news while on The Talk on Tuesday that he has already wed the stunning blonde bombshell, 64, who is best known as the exotic beach beauty from the 1979 film 10.
'Around Christmas time, we got married. Bo and I got married,' said the actor who was promoting his role as Grady Bello on the TV show Rebel.
Mr and Mrs Corbett: John Corbett and Bo Derek were secretly married last year. The actor, 60, shared the news while on The Talk on Tuesday that he has already wed the stunning blonde bombshell, 64. Seen in 2015 in NYC
John also showed the host his wedding ring.
'We got married, and this is probably the first time – we’re pretty private people, we didn’t make an announcement,' added the actor, who has also appeared on Sex And The City.
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'All our friends and family knew. But this is the first time either one of us have said something publicly about it, because really we haven’t had the opportunity.
'After 20 years we decided to get married. We didn’t want 2020 to be that thing that everyone looks back at and hated… let’s get one nice thing out of it,' he said.
Christmas I do: 'Around Christmas time, we got married. Bo and I got married,' he said. Seen in November 2019
In August 2020 Derek revealed why she and Corbett had not yet wed.
'I think when you’re beginning a young family and you’re going to have children and set up this new family tree branch, it’s obviously a wonderful commitment and it’s meaningful,' she explained to Fox News.
The siren shared: 'But for us in our lives, it hasn't been yet.'
Longtime love: In August 2020 Derek revealed why she and Corbett had not yet wed. 'I think when you’re beginning a young family and you’re going to have children and set up this new family tree branch, it’s obviously a wonderful commitment and it’s meaningful,' she explained to Fox News; pictured together in 2018
Before she met her current beau she thought she would never find love again, having lost her husband John Derek to heart failure in 1998.
However she explained that when she met Corbett she felt 'just an attraction, a comfort. He makes me laugh all the time. He’s full of life, full of joy.'
Bo shared: 'I became attracted to him and I still am. We take things day by day and I think we are still there. We’re starting to get a little more settled,' she quipped.
Although John Derek directed several of her films - including Tarzan, The Ape Man and Bolero - it was Blake Edwards who directed 10 which made her a star.
Her side: She felt 'if you're beginning a young family and you’re going to have children and set up this new family tree branch, it’s obviously a wonderful commitment and it’s meaningful'; seen in February 2020
Amid a cast that included Blake's wife Julie Andrews as well as Dudley Moore, Bo made a splash while strutting her stuff across the beach in a swimsuit.
'It was one of those moments where a fairy godmother comes in, taps you on the forehead with her magic wand and changes everything,' Bo reflected.
'People say I’m an icon, whatever that means. I wouldn’t call myself that. I don’t take it personally. But I played a part that certainly became iconic for sure.'
John Derek was 30 years Bo's senior and became smitten with her when she was 16 years old acting in his film Fantasies in Greece.
Throwback: Bo rose to fame in 1979 as a blonde bombshell strutting her stuff in her swimsuit across the beach in the Blake Edwards sex comedy 10
Although he was married to Linda Evans and had children older than Bo, he began a relationship with her and stayed with her in Germany until she turned 18.
Once Bo was legally an adult in the United States, he divorced Linda and made Bo his fourth and final wife, according to his obituary in the Independent.
He not only managed her but also directed her in films such as the romantic comedy Ghosts Can't Do It, which featured Donald Trump in a Razzie-winning cameo.
Throwback to 1981: Bo met her current man a half-decade after the death of her first husband John Derek (right), who was 30 years her senior and directed her in multiple films
Although their movies together were not taken seriously, the couple lived in luxury at a ranch until his death at the age of 71.
'I’ve always been a fairly optimistic person, but it was a huge change, an enormous loss. The air just gets sucked out of the room when you lose your partner. So I wallowed in that for a while,' Bo told Fox News.
'I didn’t expect to end up with anyone again. Some women want to pair up again right away. I didn’t. I remember consciously fashioning myself after some girlfriends that I have [who] are single and led very full, fantastic lives with friends and family and projects that they do. And that gave them happiness.'
John Corbett told Today a few years ago that he met Bo after his agent friend Norby Walters fixed them up as Oscar party dates.
'I’m grateful for the life I was given. I feel very good about the decisions I’ve made,' said Bo to Fox News looking back at her career.
'They weren’t always the most successful business decisions as far as money in the bank, but I had a blast making films and having my career on my own terms. And that business has been very good to me. And it has opened so many doors for me.'
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