Vin Diesel and Paloma Jimenez’s Relationship Timeline: From Long-Time Partners to Family of 5
usmagazine.comHis partner in crime! Vin Diesel found his forever family with long-time girlfriend Paloma Jiménez.The couple began dating in 2007, years after the Fast and the Furious actor called it quits with his costar Michelle Rodriguez.
The action stars were first romantically linked in 2001 but their relationship wasn’t confirmed until the following year.Diesel and the model have kept their romance out of the spotlight since the start and the Find Me Guilty actor has always kept the details about his romantic life to himself.
Before the Guardians of the Galaxy star went public with Jiménez he opened up about his decision to remain private.“I’m not gonna put it out there on a magazine cover like some other actors,” he explained in a 2006 interview with Details. “I come from the Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino code of silence.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesWhile Diesel wasn’t advertising his relationship status to the world, he was looking for The One behind closed doors.
In a 2008 interview with Parade, the XXX actor confessed he was looking forward to starting a family after filming his 2005 movie Pacifier, in which he played a former Navy SEAL who became a nanny.“While I was doing Pacifier, it really started to bring out this desire to have a child,” he admitted at the time. “It took a couple years after that to find the right person and to hopefully be mature enough to be a great father which is really all you want to do.”That same year, Diesel and the Mexico native welcomed their first child together, daughter Hania Riley, in April 2008.
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