The girl on the train! While Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser’s characters had a dramatic affair on Mad Men, the duo founded a sweet — but also highly secretive — relationship IRL.
After they met on the set of Mad Men in 2011 (Bledel played Beth Dawes, who got involved with Kartheiser’s Pete Campbell), Us Weekly exclusively confirmed the pair’s low-key romance in June 2012.
“They have been dating for a few months,” an insider shared at the time, noting that the “smart and charming” actor was “nothing like” his scheming TV character.
Less than a year later, Us broke the news in March 2013 that Kartheiser had subtly proposed to the Gilmore Girls actress.
“I’m a very lucky man. I keep saying ‘girlfriend.’ And then I’m like, ‘I mean, my fiancée!'” Kartheiser told Us at the Mad Men season 6 Hollywood premiere that same month.
While the duo continued to keep many details of their engagement — including notes about their early romance — under wraps, their costars confirmed that they’d always been rooting for them.
“I did know he liked her from a very early point. I was a supporter of that union,” the Minnesota native’s Mad Men costar Jon Hamm told Vulture in April 2014. Show creator Matthew Weiner chimed in: “They’re both very down to earth, with a sense of responsibility and strong family ties.”
Soon after, the couple quietly tied the knot in June 2014. “It was a small and intimate family affair,” a second source told Us of the Ojai, California, nuptials. “They wanted something relaxed and beautiful. Ojai was the perfect place.”
And the secrets didn’t stop there! In fall 2015, Bledel gave birth to a baby boy — a huge announcement that the pair kept private throughout the entire pregnancy. The word finally got out when Bledel’s Gilmore Girls costar Scott Patterson spilled the beans during a May 2016 Glamour interview.
“She’s really blossomed as a woman and now she’s a proud new mother and married and happy,” he told the magazine. “We’re comparing notes because my son [Nick, born July 2014] is about a year and a half older than her young son. I’m showing her photos and videos and what to expect. We’re just really enjoying each other’s company.”
Us broke the news in August 2022 that the actor filed for divorce from Bledel after eight years of marriage.
From Mad Men to baby, scroll to see a timeline of Bledel and Kartheiser’s relationship:
Madly in love! Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser first met when the actress landed a multi-episode arc in season 5 on the actor's hit AMC series, Mad Men. Michael Yarish/AMC
Stepping out. The couple made their red carpet debut as a couple at the Macallan Masters of Photography Series launch in NYC. Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage.com
The lovebirds attended the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in L.A. together. Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Happy engagement! Bledel's rep confirmed exclusively to Us Weekly in March 2013 that the couple were headed to the altar. Bledel opened up about their wedding plans while attending the L.A. premiere of her TV movie Remember Sunday the following month. "We're doing it together. We haven't started yet though," she told Us. She added of her round-cut diamond ring: "Vincent picked it out." Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com (2)
The future spouses spent Memorial Day weekend catching rays in Hawaii. Scylla/CHARYBDIS/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
Date night! Bledel and Kartheiser were spotted leaving a movie theater in Hollywood months before getting hitched. AKM-GSI
Kartheiser revealed that the pair started dating after season 5 of Mad Men wrapped. “We were completely professional. We never saw each other out,” he told Vulture. “We never — it was nothing, it was just work.” He also shared why the duo like to keep their relationship so private. "It's something I realized about the most important things in my life," he said. "If I share them with the world and I open that door to their fuming anger that they need to get out or their adoration that they want to flaunt, it lessens it. It cheapens it; it weakens it. And it's magical, love, and all of that is ... profoundly spiritual, and it just doesn't feel right." Michael Yarish/AMC
The pair exchanged vows in a hush-hush ceremony in Ojai, California. "It was a small and intimate family affair," a source told Us. "They wanted something relaxed and beautiful. Ojai was the perfect place. His family flew out from the East Coast." Michael Yarish/AMC
Surprise! Bledel and Kartheiser attended the Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A. just months after quietly welcoming their first child. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
The actress' Gilmore Girls costar Patterson, who played Luke Danes on the show, revealed that the couple had secretly welcomed a baby boy. Their rep subsequently confirmed to Us that their son arrived in fall 2015. Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Kartheiser filed for divorce in New York two months after the duo's eighth wedding anniversary. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
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