Rita Wilson posted a touching tribute to her husband Tom Hanks on their 35th anniversary: 'Love is everything'
- Rita Wilson shared a touching photo with Tom Hanks to mark their 35th wedding anniversary.
- "35 years of marriage. April 30 1988. Love is everything," she wrote.
Actor Rita Wilson shared a sweet post on Instagram to mark her 35th wedding anniversary with her husband, actor Tom Hanks.
On April 30, Wilson posted a photo of the couple with a cake that had "happy anniversary" written on it in frosting. In the caption, Wilson wrote: "35 years of marriage. April 30 1988. Love is everything."
The post received over 140,000 likes, and congratulatory comments from many of Hanks and Wilson's celebrity friends.
Writer Cheryl Strayed wished the pair a happy anniversary, as did actors Jennifer Garner and Julianne Moore, and former First Lady of California Maria Shriver.
Wilson and Hanks have one of the longest-lasting relationships in Hollywood
Wilson and Hanks met on the set of the ABC sitcom "Bosom Buddies" in 1981. Hanks was married to his college sweetheart Samantha Lewes at the time, but they finalized their divorce in 1987.
After Hanks separated from Lewes, he started dating Wilson, and the couple married in 1988, going on to have two children together, Chet and Truman.
Their marriage is one of the longest-lasting in Hollywood, as Insider's Talia Lakritz reported.
Wilson told The Guardian in 2022 that she and her husband are not the same people that they were when they first met over three decades ago: "Marriages are multiple relationships, really, between two people who are always changing," she said.
Her advice to others who would like to emulate their longstanding relationship?
"You have to allow each other to evolve and grow; you need communication and curiosity," Wilson said. "Stay interested in your partner, and make sure to really listen."
Speaking to Oprah Winfrey in 2001, Hanks said that the success of their relationship came down to "a matter of timing, maturity, and our willingness to have an intimate connection," Lakritz reported.
"When I married Rita, I thought, 'This is going to require some change on my part,'" he said.
"I won't deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn't magic — the way it's shown in movies. In real life, our connection is as concrete as me sitting here. Not that marriage doesn't come close to being hell in a handbasket sometimes. But we both know that no matter what, we'll be with each other — and we'll get through it," he added.