Tina Fey Jokes That People Were ‘All Wrong’ About Her Marriage to Jeff Richmond as the Couple Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Fey revealed how she and Richmond marked the special occasion as she appeared on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on Monday, June 1

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• Tina Fey spoke about her upcoming 25th wedding anniversary during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, June 1
• Fey revealed that she and her husband, Jeff Richmond, had already celebrated the occasion with a “quiet” Los Angeles getaway, enjoying time by the pool

• The couple met in the mid-’90s at Second City in Chicago, before marrying in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in 2001

Tina Fey and her husband, Jeff Richmond, are celebrating 25 years since they tied the knot.

When Fey, 56, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, June 1, Fallon, 51, started by congratulating her on her upcoming wedding anniversary.

“So you all were wrong,” she joked to the studio audience, adding, “Everybody who said we weren't going to make it.”

Fallon then asked Fey how she and TV producer Richmond were celebrating the milestone, and she explained that they'd extended a recent trip to Los Angeles and had enjoyed a “quiet” weekend at a hotel. “Did nothing, sat by the pool,” she added of their mini-break.

Fey continued, “At one point, we said, ‘Do you want to walk around a mall?' and I was like, ‘Yes,' ” adding, “Walk around a mall with no kids, not go into Hollister, just do what you want.”

She joked, “You want to look at these wide shoes … for an hour? Do it, do it. This is love.” 

“It was awesome,” Fey concluded.

Fey and Richmond got together long before she found fame, meeting in the mid-'90s when they were both working at improv theater Second City in Chicago. In 2003, Richmond told The New Yorker that when he first saw Fey, he saw her potential right away. 

"I don't want to say she was funny 'for a woman,' but there were so many talented men there at the time, and then suddenly there was Tina, who was so funny — and she was at home with all those boys on the stage," he said.

The pair tied the knot in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in 2001, seven years after they began dating. They then moved to New York City to pursue their careers in the entertainment industry. 

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In September 2005, their daughter, Alice, was born, and their second daughter, Penelope, joined the family in August 2011.

Despite their preference for privacy, in January 2024, the couple stepped out together at the N.Y.C. premiere of the Mean Girls movie musical adaptation after co-writing the musical theater adaptation of the hit 2004 movie.

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