Whereas Anneliese van der Pol and Johnno Wilson’s Raven’s Residence characters weren’t endgame, the actors discovered a particular connection in actual life.
Van der Pol reprised her That’s So Raven position of Chelsea Daniels within the 2017 Disney Channel spinoff, wherein Chelsea was a single mother elevating son Levi (Jason Maybaum). Chelsea’s ex-husband, Garrett Grayson, was performed by Wilson.
“I believe it was most likely an excellent factor that I didn’t actually watch That’s So Raven rising up. I believe I used to be a little bit too outdated. I had simply missed it, which was good as a result of then I used to be not as nervous to speak to [Anneliese] on set,” Wilson stated throughout an October 2023 episode of van der Pol’s “Big Name B*tches” podcast. “And instantly, we simply hit it off.”
Based on Wilson, about “midway by” his first week on set, he wished he “may ask Anneliese out” on a date regardless of courting one other lady on the time.
A number of months later, Wilson ended his preexisting relationship earlier than asking van der Pol out on a date on the Raven’s Residence season 1 wrap social gathering. After 5 years of courting, they received engaged.
“We received collectively, and we’ve by no means seemed again. I’m so comfortable. I like him a lot,” van der Pol gushed on the October 2023 podcast episode.
Scroll all the way down to look again at van der Pol and Wilson’s full relationship timeline:
Early 2017
The actress and Wilson met after they had been solid as exes on Raven’s Residence. Based on van der Pol, Wilson was “form of flirting [her] up” in between takes. (The TV pilot aired on Disney Channel in July.)
“[My preexisting relationship] was on the outs for an extended, very long time,” Wilson stated on “Huge Identify B*tches” in October. “I used to be coming in [to film] for 3 weeks over an 8-month interval after I would see Anneliese, and we simply had an excellent rapport. … However then, after the third episode, I didn’t see her for a number of months, and in that point I broke it off [with my ex].”
October 2017
Two months later, Wilson was invited to the Raven’s Residence season 1 wrap social gathering and reconnected with van der Pol.
“I used to be searching for [Anneliese], and she or he was fully avoiding me,” Wilson added on the 2023 podcast episode. “I used to be like, ‘Hey Anneliese,’ and she or he goes, ‘The place’s your girlfriend?’”
Van der Pol, in the meantime, was nervous since she “actually favored” Wilson however thought he was in one other relationship. Wilson instructed her that he was single “immediately.”
March 2020
Van der Pol took their romance Instagram official almost three years later. “He’s my ex-husband and I HATE him, however apparently YOU love him … so right here ya freaking go. THE WHOLE VIDEO … 🙄🤣,” van der Pol wrote by way of Instagram, sharing a video of Wilson taking part in with facial filters.
August 2023
Van der Pol often joked about her relationship — and a possible engagement timeline — by way of TikTok. In August, she enlisted Wilson to recreate a scene from That’s So Raven. The pair lip-synched a second from season 3 wherein van der Pol’s Chelsea mistakenly referred to as her then-boyfriend Danny by the title “Randy.” Wilson took on the position of Danny.
December 2023
Wilson proposed on December 23 in entrance of a embellished Christmas tree.
December 2024
One yr after getting engaged, van der Pol and Wilson tied the knot on the courthouse in Santa Barbara, California.
“The one factor that was necessary to me was that the exchanging of our vows and our dedication to one another be non-public,” van der Pol stated in an interview with People on the time. “My mom is now not with us, and we didn’t need to stress anybody else out about journey, lodging, and so on. We’re 40 and in love in order that’s lots for me.”
June 2025
van der Pol and Wilson introduced that they had been anticipating their first youngster collectively, a child lady.
‘WE’RE HAVING A BABY,” they introduced by way of Instagram. “We’re thrilled!”
Van der Pol additionally instructed People, “We’re having a lady! I’ve two sisters and I couldn’t be happier to carry one other lady into the sisterhood.”
“After all, you simply desire a wholesome youngster, and a boy would’ve been thrilling too, however there’s one thing a couple of lady on this time that I’m simply so pleased with,” she added. “I don’t need her to be a performer or care if she’s a health care provider … however she shall be a feminist.”
Fellow Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano, of Even Stevens and Kim Doable, celebrated the expectant dad and mom’ announcement, by writing by way of Instagram: “Child lady LETS GO!!!!”