Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor Reveal That They Were Each Other’s ‘Rebound Relationship’: ‘We Weren’t Taking It Seriously’

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 From rebounds to real love! Although Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have been married for more than two decades, the duo revealed that their relationship started out casually.“We were both each other’s, I would say, like, sort of rebound relationship a little bit,” Taylor, 51, shared during the Monday, January 30, episode of her podcast “Hey Dude … The 90s Called!” on which Stiller, 57, made a guest appearance.The Zoolander actor echoed his wife’s sentiments. “We weren’t taking it seriously,” he explained, adding that the twosome met while making the 1999 TV pilot Heat Vision and Jack, which Taylor guest starred in and Stiller directed.“We had a fun time making the show and then Christine and I connected and then I went off to do a movie [Keeping the Faith] in New York and I invited her to come hang out,” the Along Came Polly star recalled.Taylor chimed in: “I ended up going and staying the entire summer.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesPrior to his relationship with the Brady Bunch Movie actress, Stiller dated several actresses including Jeanne Tripplehorn, Calista Flockhart and Amanda Peet.

Taylor, for her part, dated Neil Patrick Harris from 1987 to 1988. The How I Met Your Mother alum, 49, publicly came out as gay in November 2006.

Two years later, Harris said that his relationship with Taylor helped him come to terms with his sexuality.“She’s the coolest, nicest chick ever.

She’s an absolute catch, and I thought, ‘If I’m not going to feel the super sparks with her … it probably means I’m gay,’” the Gone Girl actor said during an April 2008 appearance on “The Howard Stern Show.”Despite starting out as each other’s respective rebounds, Stiller and Taylor tied the knot in 2000, one year after