12 Celebrity Couples Who Prove Opposites Really Do Attract

01of 12NATASHA LYONNE & FRED ARMISENSteve Granitz/WireImageThe couple is going five years strong despite being, asConan O’Brien put it, “polar opposites.““She’s very loud and she likes a lot of noise in the house and I’m very quiet,” Armisen agreed with the host onConan. “We’re very similar, but opposite. She’s very like, ‘I just want noise!’ and I’m like, ‘I just want quiet!’ She likes the sort of feeling of chaos, and I like quiet just all the time.“The actor couple also differs on their ideal getaway destinations. “I went on vacation with her to Hawaii and I did not want to go … I just don’t like the beach. But I made a real show of, you know I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m doing this for you,’ " Armisen added with a laugh.

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NATASHA LYONNE & FRED ARMISEN

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The couple is going five years strong despite being, asConan O’Brien put it, “polar opposites.”

“She’s very loud and she likes a lot of noise in the house and I’m very quiet,” Armisen agreed with the host onConan. “We’re very similar, but opposite. She’s very like, ‘I just want noise!’ and I’m like, ‘I just want quiet!’ She likes the sort of feeling of chaos, and I like quiet just all the time.”

The actor couple also differs on their ideal getaway destinations. “I went on vacation with her to Hawaii and I did not want to go … I just don’t like the beach. But I made a real show of, you know I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m doing this for you,’ " Armisen added with a laugh.

02of 12KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOMDave M. Benett/VF17/WireImage"He’s always trying to get me to hike, [do] yoga, eat vegan,“theAmerican Idoljudge toldEntertainment Tonightabout her actor fiancé, whom she was first linked to in 2016. “There’s a balance. I think when you’re attracted to someone, it’s kind of opposites attract. So I’m looking for that balance, and maybe he’s looking for that, you know, multitask — I’m such a multi-tasker.”

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KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM

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“He’s always trying to get me to hike, [do] yoga, eat vegan,“theAmerican Idoljudge toldEntertainment Tonightabout her actor fiancé, whom she was first linked to in 2016. “There’s a balance. I think when you’re attracted to someone, it’s kind of opposites attract. So I’m looking for that balance, and maybe he’s looking for that, you know, multitask — I’m such a multi-tasker.”

03of 12ASHTON KUTCHER & MILA KUNISAshton Kutcher (left) and Mila Kunis.Splash News Online”[We’re] opposites,” Kunis said of herself and her husband of three years onLive with Kelly and Ryan. “He’s much more logical than I am. He’s also very optimistic and I’m very pessimistic. We’re very much opposites in that. Like, he sees the world and sees all the good in the world and all the good in the people. And I’m like Debbie downer, I’m like ‘That’s not true. Here’s why everything you think is wrong.’ But I think there’s a balance between [us].”

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ASHTON KUTCHER & MILA KUNIS

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“[We’re] opposites,” Kunis said of herself and her husband of three years onLive with Kelly and Ryan. “He’s much more logical than I am. He’s also very optimistic and I’m very pessimistic. We’re very much opposites in that. Like, he sees the world and sees all the good in the world and all the good in the people. And I’m like Debbie downer, I’m like ‘That’s not true. Here’s why everything you think is wrong.’ But I think there’s a balance between [us].”

04of 12ALEXIS OHANIAN & SERENA WILLIAMKarwai Tang/WireImageNow married to one of the most successfultennis playersin history, Reddit co-founderOhanianwas once completely uninterested in the sport. “I’ve never picked up a racket,“he admitted onJimmy Kimmel Live. “I was so ignorant that when we first met, I had never even watched a match on television. Like, I would change the channel. I was such an arrogant football snob, that I changed the channel when tennis was on.” He’s obviously reached fan status these days, but Ohanian still shot down the chance for a personal lesson from themom-to-be. “She’s actually offered to give me lessons,” he said. “Well, I turned them down. Because I wanted to be the only person in the world who had ever turned downSerena Williamsfor tennis lessons, and because I knew there was just no benefit to her seeing me being that bad at tennis.”

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ALEXIS OHANIAN & SERENA WILLIAM

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Now married to one of the most successfultennis playersin history, Reddit co-founderOhanianwas once completely uninterested in the sport. “I’ve never picked up a racket,“he admitted onJimmy Kimmel Live. “I was so ignorant that when we first met, I had never even watched a match on television. Like, I would change the channel. I was such an arrogant football snob, that I changed the channel when tennis was on.” He’s obviously reached fan status these days, but Ohanian still shot down the chance for a personal lesson from themom-to-be. “She’s actually offered to give me lessons,” he said. “Well, I turned them down. Because I wanted to be the only person in the world who had ever turned downSerena Williamsfor tennis lessons, and because I knew there was just no benefit to her seeing me being that bad at tennis.”

05of 12JOHN LEGEND & CHRISSY TEIGENRachel Murray/Getty"We were always different,” the songwritertold PEOPLE. “I was always a little bit more buttoned up, and she was always more brash and free.” Legend went on to admit that Teigen’s outspoken nature took a bit of getting used to. “I would get a little nervous at first with some of the things she would say, because I didn’t know how people would react. I usually played it more safely,” he shared. But ultimately, Legend said, the spouses of four years found strength in their differences: “I think she’s brought me out of my shell a bit, and made me enjoy life a little bit more. It’s been fun to grow together in that.”

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JOHN LEGEND & CHRISSY TEIGEN

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“We were always different,” the songwritertold PEOPLE. “I was always a little bit more buttoned up, and she was always more brash and free.” Legend went on to admit that Teigen’s outspoken nature took a bit of getting used to. “I would get a little nervous at first with some of the things she would say, because I didn’t know how people would react. I usually played it more safely,” he shared. But ultimately, Legend said, the spouses of four years found strength in their differences: “I think she’s brought me out of my shell a bit, and made me enjoy life a little bit more. It’s been fun to grow together in that.”

06of 12BLAKE SHELTON & GWEN STEFANIKevin Mazur/WireImageSheltontoldBillboardthat he and his fellowThe Voicecoach-turned love “could not be, on paper, any more different.” The country singer even admitted to not knowing that the rocker’s hit song “It’s My Life” was hers when it came on the radio. “I thought, ‘Man, that sounds like Gwen.’ And sure enough, the DJ said it was No Doubt. I was like, ‘What the f—?’ I didn’t know that was her song. I’m still learning, I guess,” he confessed.

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BLAKE SHELTON & GWEN STEFANI

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SheltontoldBillboardthat he and his fellowThe Voicecoach-turned love “could not be, on paper, any more different.” The country singer even admitted to not knowing that the rocker’s hit song “It’s My Life” was hers when it came on the radio. “I thought, ‘Man, that sounds like Gwen.’ And sure enough, the DJ said it was No Doubt. I was like, ‘What the f—?’ I didn’t know that was her song. I’m still learning, I guess,” he confessed.

07of 12DAX SHEPARD & KRISTEN BELLSteve Granitz/WireImageThe actors have both talked about their mismatched yet somehow perfectly complementary personalities. In 2015, Bell toldGood Housekeepingthat their relationship is “the Paula Abdul video ‘Opposites Attract’ personified.” According to Bell, their different attitudes actually helped them build a healthy relationship. “I loved slamming doors – I wanted a dramatic exit! But he, having worked through a variety of emotional issues to get sober, said, ‘This isn’t going to work. This isn’t how I’m going to communicate for the rest of my life.’ When someone doesn’t fight back and goes, ‘I don’t want to do this,’ that threat is real. It makes you reevaluate your behavior. The way Dax and I argue now — and we argue a lot; we disagree on almost everything! — is so healthy,” she explained.As for Shepard, headmitted to the mag, “When I met her and her friends, I was suspicious of their unbridled happiness. I thought, ‘Something stinks here; they’re in a cult.'” Cleary, the actor learned to appreciate Bell’s upbeat nature.

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DAX SHEPARD & KRISTEN BELL

The actors have both talked about their mismatched yet somehow perfectly complementary personalities. In 2015, Bell toldGood Housekeepingthat their relationship is “the Paula Abdul video ‘Opposites Attract’ personified.” According to Bell, their different attitudes actually helped them build a healthy relationship. “I loved slamming doors – I wanted a dramatic exit! But he, having worked through a variety of emotional issues to get sober, said, ‘This isn’t going to work. This isn’t how I’m going to communicate for the rest of my life.’ When someone doesn’t fight back and goes, ‘I don’t want to do this,’ that threat is real. It makes you reevaluate your behavior. The way Dax and I argue now — and we argue a lot; we disagree on almost everything! — is so healthy,” she explained.

As for Shepard, headmitted to the mag, “When I met her and her friends, I was suspicious of their unbridled happiness. I thought, ‘Something stinks here; they’re in a cult.'” Cleary, the actor learned to appreciate Bell’s upbeat nature.

08of 12RUPAUL & GEORGES LEBARRuPaul Charles/InstagramBelieve it or not, the pop culture icon’s love of nearly 25 years isn’t at all interested in Hollywood life. “He’s a great guy, but he doesn’t care about show business at all. He couldn’t care less,” RuPaulrevealed about his husbandonHollywood Today Live. While the star is busy onDrag Race, LeBar runs a 60,000-acre ranch in Wyoming and South Dakota. “Most of the time, he’s on the ranch … but when we have a chance to do anything he doesn’t want me to come there. We want to go somewhere fabulous,” he said. “God bless you, Wyoming, but it’s very boring, and it’s the most isolated place on earth.”

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RUPAUL & GEORGES LEBAR

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Believe it or not, the pop culture icon’s love of nearly 25 years isn’t at all interested in Hollywood life. “He’s a great guy, but he doesn’t care about show business at all. He couldn’t care less,” RuPaulrevealed about his husbandonHollywood Today Live. While the star is busy onDrag Race, LeBar runs a 60,000-acre ranch in Wyoming and South Dakota. “Most of the time, he’s on the ranch … but when we have a chance to do anything he doesn’t want me to come there. We want to go somewhere fabulous,” he said. “God bless you, Wyoming, but it’s very boring, and it’s the most isolated place on earth.”

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JOE MANGANIELLO & SOFIA VERGARA

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10of 12JOSÉ “PEPE” BASTÓN & EVA LONGORIAPascal Le Segretain/amfAR15/WireImage"He’s a very private man so he hates when I talk about him. But I want to yell from the highest mountaintop about everything that goes on with us,” Longoria told PEOPLE of herthen-fiancé in 2015. And their differences go beyond the spouses’ feelings on privacy. “We call him ‘Mr. Fancy Pants’ because he always has a pocket square and a suit,” Longoria told PEOPLE Now in 2016. “He’s super stylish. He loves fashion way more than I do!”

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JOSÉ “PEPE” BASTÓN & EVA LONGORIA

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“He’s a very private man so he hates when I talk about him. But I want to yell from the highest mountaintop about everything that goes on with us,” Longoria told PEOPLE of herthen-fiancé in 2015. And their differences go beyond the spouses’ feelings on privacy. “We call him ‘Mr. Fancy Pants’ because he always has a pocket square and a suit,” Longoria told PEOPLE Now in 2016. “He’s super stylish. He loves fashion way more than I do!”

11of 12SWIZZ BEATZ & ALICIA KEYSAngela Weiss/AFP/GettyKeys was totally not into her now-husband of seven years when they first encountered each other. “Honestly, I didn’t really like him that much. I thought he was too ostentatious,“she shared withMarie Claire U.K.“Swizz will have the fastest car, the biggest jewelry, the loudest jacket; everything with him is really over the top. I used to see him and think, ‘He is so annoying,’ " she added. Over time, the low-key singer realized the two actually had a lot to offer one another. “I think we’ve taught each other a lot,” she told the mag. “He’s taught me to live more fully and I think I’ve taught him to live more deeply.”

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SWIZZ BEATZ & ALICIA KEYS

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Keys was totally not into her now-husband of seven years when they first encountered each other. “Honestly, I didn’t really like him that much. I thought he was too ostentatious,“she shared withMarie Claire U.K.“Swizz will have the fastest car, the biggest jewelry, the loudest jacket; everything with him is really over the top. I used to see him and think, ‘He is so annoying,’ " she added. Over time, the low-key singer realized the two actually had a lot to offer one another. “I think we’ve taught each other a lot,” she told the mag. “He’s taught me to live more fully and I think I’ve taught him to live more deeply.”

12of 12CARL THOMAS DEAN & DOLLY PARTONGlobe Photos/ZumaParton toldPEOPLEin 2015 that being different than her love is actually the secret to their 50-plus-year marriage. “They say that opposites attract, and it’s true,” she said. “We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun. I never know what he’s gonna say or do. He’s always surprising me … He wants to be mostly around the house. He knows I’m just the opposite. I can’t go enough places. I can’t do enough things. He loves that. He’s independent. He doesn’t need me in his face, and it’s the same with me. But when we’re together, we have enough things in common that it works.”

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CARL THOMAS DEAN & DOLLY PARTON

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Parton toldPEOPLEin 2015 that being different than her love is actually the secret to their 50-plus-year marriage. “They say that opposites attract, and it’s true,” she said. “We’re completely opposite, but that’s what makes it fun. I never know what he’s gonna say or do. He’s always surprising me … He wants to be mostly around the house. He knows I’m just the opposite. I can’t go enough places. I can’t do enough things. He loves that. He’s independent. He doesn’t need me in his face, and it’s the same with me. But when we’re together, we have enough things in common that it works.”

source: people.com