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Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden Welcome Baby No. 2!
What’s the secret to Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden’s nearly decade-long marriage? One word: therapy.
The Charlie’s Angels star, who tied the knot with the Good Charlotte guitarist in 2015, sat down with Benji’s twin brother and bandmate Joel Madden to discuss how their sessions help strengthen their relationship.
“Therapy is a big thing in our family, thank God,” she said on the Dec. 10 episode of Joel’s Artist Friendly podcast. “It’s what we depend on, so you have that commitment to work on it.”
Cameron, 52—who shares daughter Raddix, 4, and son Cardinal, 8 months, with the 45-year-old—explained that the practice helps them avoid doing “the same thing over and over again” by talking through their issues.
“Why didn’t it work? How can I make it work? What’s my part? What’s the other person’s work?” she continued. “Let’s be self-aware and go into the next attempt a little bit more equipped to hopefully come out with a different outcome.”
And when the going gets tough, Cameron and Benji focus on the bigger picture.
“Both people are not 100 percent every day,” she continued. “Even if you’re mad at each other and don’t want to see each other, sick of each other, it’s still 100 percent commitment to the marriage and to the partnership and getting things in the family. If it’s not 100 percent, it just doesn’t work if one person’s at a deficit.”
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The My Best Friend’s Wedding star—who stepped away from acting for a decade—previously discussed how she and Benji balance their professional endeavors ahead of her return to the screen in the action comedy Back in Action, set for release in January.
“My husband, he’s just the best,” she said during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in October. “He was just like, ‘You've been supporting us and building the family.’ And supporting him in his businesses. He's like, ‘It’s time for us to support you and let mommy ascend and do her thing.’”
For a closer look at Cameron and Benji’s love story, keep scrolling.
December 2014: Engagement Rumors
One month before tying the knot, Cameron Diaz flashed what appeared to be an engagement ring from Benji Madden.
Jan. 5, 2015: Married!
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Jan. 27, 2015: Courtship to Courtside
The newlyweds were all loved up watching the Lakers play the Wizards in L.A.
March 2015: Wearing His Love
April 2016: Cameron Opens Up
The There's Something About Mary star opens up on Andy Cohen's Radio Andy show about how she and Benji met.
"The first thing I said when I first met my husband was, 'He's hot,'" she says. "How come I didn't know this before? We had never been in the same circle."
Cameron adds that they formally met when she hosted a dinner party at her house with his brother Joel Madden and sister-in-law Nicole Richie. Joel asked if he could invite Benji. Cameron says, "Then I saw him again. Wait a second, still hot!"
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June 2016: We Are Family
Nicole Richie's dad Lionel Richie, husband Joel Madden, sister-in-law Cameron and brothers-in-law Josh (on the left) and Benji showed up to support her Harlow 1960 x REVOLVE launch.
June 2018: Back to Italy
August 2019: Cameron Reflects on Marriage
"Getting married to him was the best thing that ever happened to me," she tells InStyle about Benji. "My husband's the best. He's the greatest human being, and he's my great partner. Marriage is certainly hard, and it's a lot of work. You need somebody who's willing to do the work with you, because there's no 60-40 in marriage. It's 50-50, period. All the time."
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January 2020: Oh, Baby!
Cameron and Benji announce on Instagram that they have welcomed a baby girl, Raddix Madden.
August 2023: Birthday Love
"I'm off line mostly these days, just working, painting, making things and doing family life, but I have grown to like my little tradition of coming back on special occasions to show love to my Queen," Benji wrote on Instagram. "so today, it's a very Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife, best friend, best partner in everything, ride or die, greatest Mom to our little girl, @Avaline wine boss, family chef, advisor, collaborator and everything else."
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March 2024: A Bigger Brood
The couple announce the arrival of their second child, a son named Cardinal Madden.
"He is awesome," they share in a joint Instagram post, "and We are all so happy he is here!"
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