Alan Ritchson made a splash in Hollywood within the early 2000s — and his stardom grew with the lead position on Reacher — and his spouse, Catherine Ritchson, has been there by means of all of it.
Alan and Catherine are highschool sweethearts, who’ve their ballet class in Florida to thank for his or her decades-long love story.
“After the millionth time of us sitting subsequent to one another, inches away, tying our footwear — so now it’s tremendous awkward — I used to be like, ‘So I heard you ice skate,’” Alan informed Males’s Well being in February 2024, recalling how he requested his buddy to determine what Catherine appreciated earlier than he acquired the braveness to ask her out.
The actor, who will star in Nicholas Sparks’ Counting Miracles, beamed as he recounted the profitable dialog. “She was just like the sweetest factor on the earth,” he mentioned of his now-wife.
The pair cut up after their first summer time collectively however rekindled their romance just a few years later. The twosome tied the knot in Could 2006 and now share three sons.
Scroll right down to relive Alan and Catherine’s romance:
Excessive College
Alan and Catherine have been 17 and 16, respectively, after they met at a ballet class of their residence state of Florida. “I’ll always remember seeing him for the primary time within the studio. I turned to my buddy Miriam and I mentioned, ‘Who’s that?’” Catherine recalled throughout a September 2023 episode of her “The Highway to Knowledge” podcast. “He, in some unspecified time in the future, got here as much as me and we simply acquired chatting.”
Catherine revealed that Alan broke up together with her on the finish of their first summer time as a teenage couple. Alan insisted that her residing half-hour away and the truth that he “couldn’t afford gasoline” led to the breakup. Catherine, nonetheless, claimed Alan assumed on the time it was “only a fling.”
School
When Catherine was learning on the College of Florida, Alan got here to city for a modeling shoot and the 2 reconnected. The couple has been collectively ever since.
Could 2006
The Strange Angels actor married Catherine.
2012
The couple welcomed their first son, Calem.
2013
Their second son, Edan, was born.
December 2015
Alan introduced the start of their third son, Amory, by way of Instagram. He referred to as his spouse, “The strongest particular person I do know,” and applauded her for making it by means of the being pregnant.
October 2017
“Very pleased with this man and the premiere of his brief movie Tree Home Time Machine,” Catherine wrote by way of Instagram, praising her partner for steering and writing the challenge.
February 2018
“Pleased Valentine’s Day from the Ritchsons,” Alan captioned a household picture on social media. “Hope everybody makes plenty of infants at the moment!!!”
August 2019
“Proud spouse second of @alanritchson for the premiere of Seberg on the Venice Movie Pageant,” Catherine captioned a collection of Instagram photographs honoring Alan’s producing credit score.
Could 2022
The Blue Mountain State alum celebrated his 16-year wedding ceremony anniversary with a social media tribute to his spouse. “We’ve been by means of thick and skinny. Each the thick and the skinny components have been my fault,” he teased. “She did all the great things. She’s very good. She is a mom. They’ll let anybody have youngsters lately. I simply imply normally. She needs to be allowed for certain.”
Alan joked, “Additionally, I by no means dreamed all these years in the past, after we have been getting married, that 16 years later we’d be residing the form of life the place we may afford any automotive on the earth and she or he would nonetheless insist on driving a minivan. However that’s simply who she is. If marriage has taught me something, it’s that you’ll proceed to find out about your partner’s faults and there’s nothing you are able to do about it. You simply must drive the minivan. Since you promised irrespective of how unhealthy it acquired you’d drive a minivan if she made you (till one among you dies).”
July 2022
The household of 5 loved a visit to France, visiting the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and extra landmarks.
Could 2023
Catherine mirrored on the pair’s 17 years of marriage, sharing just a few classes she’s discovered alongside the best way. “Actual love shouldn’t be present in star charts, flirtation, or charming manipulation. In actual fact, actual love isn’t discovered in any respect,” she wrote by way of Instagram. “True, deep, sturdy love is constructed brick by brick. Some days the mortar runs too skinny, different days the bricks aren’t laid completely straight, and there are days when the rain is coming down an excessive amount of for that day’s work to settle effectively. However the effort and intention between every brick is there and it’s actual and its duo of builders are clever in laying every one with care and endurance.”
Catherine added: “As the times, months, and years go you go searching and notice you’ve constructed a kingdom. Some components will lay unfinished; others could have been knocked down and should be rebuilt. However the necessary half is that you simply each maintain constructing by tenderly place every brick with dedication and honor in your coronary heart for each other.”
July 2023
The pair created their very own Instagram reels collection referred to as the “Not Newlyweds” the place they talked about their relationship and all of the highs and lows. In episode 1, Catherine teased Alan for shedding his cellphone that was required to verify in and get their jet skis for a date. She later trolled him for consuming two of their 4 sandwiches for his or her journey earlier than they even arrived.
February 2024
“My lovely bride. Pleased day of affection. You give my life that means and objective past the momentary and entertaining,” Alan gushed by way of Instagram on Valentine’s Day. “You attain previous necessary and stretch my soul in the direction of important. I’ve felt eternity in your lips and recognized ceaselessly in your embrace. I’ll ceaselessly and all the time be your servant.”