Keri Russell is opening up about why she and partner Matthew Rhys don’t plan to tie the knot despite being together for nearly 13 years. “We have kids, so that’s forever,” she insisted on the Wednesday, October 8, episode of the “Dear Chelsea” podcast. “To me, [marriage is] antiquated.” Russell, 50, and Rhys, 51, started seeing each other in late 2013 while playing Soviet sleeper agents on the acclaimed Cold War drama series The Americans. They welcomed a son, Sam, in May 2016. (Russell also shares two children — son River, 19, and daughter Willa, 13 — with her ex-husband,...
Keri Russell Addresses Whether She and Matthew Rhys Will Get Married
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Oct 9, 2026 • 1 hour ago
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