Ben Stiller's Wife Christine Taylor Opens Up About Their First Date in 1999

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Christine Taylor is revealing new details surrounding her first date with her longtime husband Ben Stiller.

The 53-year-old Zoolander actress described how she and Ben, now 59, had to keep a low profile the first time they went out together in 1999. “Ben and I went on our first date and Ben was Ben Stiller.

There’s Something About Mary had come out, and it was huge. He attracted attention wherever he went,” Christine told Kristin Davis on a recent episode of the “Are You a Charlotte?” podcast. Keep reading to find out more… “I laugh now because I got it without him having to say it, and it was his way of not wanting to offend me.

He was just like, ‘Hey, I love the Valley. I don’t go to a lot of restaurants in the Valley. Like, are there any good restaurants that you like over here?’” she explained. “What I was reading was like, ‘This is a first date.