Benji And Joel Madden Shared Rare Comments About Their Wives Cameron Diaz And Nicole Richie, And Now My Heart Is Going To Explode
Well, you might not know that the twin emo pop-punk trailblazers are happily married husbands of two superstar women — Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie.
Benji and Cameron have been married since 2015, and they share two children: daughter Raddix, 5, and son Cardinal, 11 months.
Nicole and Joel have been married since 2010, and they share two children: daughter Harlow, 17, and son Sparrow, 15.
Can we take a beat to recognize how badass these Madden children's names are? Raddix? Sparrow? Cardinal? Harlow?
In an appearance on the eternal smoke show Rob Lowe's SiriusXM's Literally! With Rob Lowe Show, Benji and Joel shared super comments about their marriage to two of Hollywood's most fabulously relevant women.
Rob started the discussion by saying, "All three of us married to strong women. When you think about all of our similarities, [they're] like core stuff about how we view life, how we view success, what we want to do with our time, how we wanna invest in others, and what's important to us. A lot of people have different values."
Rob has been married to Sheryl Berkoff since 1991. They have two sons, Matthew Edward, and actor John Owen Lowe.
Benji agreed with Rob's assertion that they're all married to strong women. "I think also too, when you think about the powerful women that are just these forces of nature – I think all of our wives are interesting in the fact that they also don't want to be with a pushover guy," he added. "They still need a strong counterpart, but you have to also not have the ego."
Joel chimed in, "We all respect our wives. They are absolutely our counterparts, and we all have a healthy fear of our wives. I don't know if I ever thought someone could keep me. It's not that I was a relationship guy, but then I met Nicole and she absolutely runs the show. But we are partners."
Joel continued, "So there's aspects that I run, but there's a whole part of my life that would not work if she wasn't there running it. And she gave me a way deeper, richer life because of the aspects of my life that she oversees, and vice versa. I think we work together, but she's strong. I respect her and fear her a little bit."
"It's more than just a part of your life," Benji included. "It's a whole foundation. Like Cameron, when we met, it was like the world just went like this [right side up.]"
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Rob jumped in, saying, "They're formidable. You don't wanna fuck with them. I want no part of running a foul of any of our three wives."
Ugh, I'm obsessed. Get you a twin pop-punk rockstar that talks about you on podcasts like the boys of Good Charlotte talk about their wives.
🎶 These girls like these boys...
Like these boys like these girls... 🎶
🎶 The girls that are mommies...
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Like boys who... are the fathers of their children??🎶
Nevermind. I tried to make my own version of Good Charlotte's 2002 hit " Girls & Boys" work.
If you want to hear the brothers and Rob have a great conversation about male friendships, music, and more about their wives — check out the full interview here.
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