Freeform’s Cruel Summer is known for its toxic relationships — but its cast has faired much better when it comes to their offscreen love lives.
The teen thriller, which debuted in April 2021, told a story over three years: 1993, 1994 and 1995, and followed kidnapped Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt) and Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), who was accused of taking over Kate’s life after she goes missing.
While the anthology series is filled with high-stakes drama and complicated dynamics, the characters’ real-life counterparts have been far less problematic. Barrett Carnahan — who played Aurelia’s brother Derek Turner on season 1 of the show — dated his wife, Nina Kubicki, for over a decade before the pair tied the knot in June 2020. “Ten years ago I took a shot in the dark and sat next you on a bus.
One of my favorite things to do is close my eyes, vividly remember that moment, then open them to look at this image. My favorite thing to do,” the One of Us Is Lying alum wrote via Instagram in January 2021 alongside a photo of his bride from their wedding day.
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