Have Adam Brody and Wife Leighton Meester WatchedGossip GirlorThe O.C. Together? We Finally Have the Answer

Mar. 15, 2025

Adam Brody as Seth Cohen on ‘The O.C.’, Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf on ‘Gossip Girl’.Photo:Alamy, CW Network/Kobal/Shutterstock

Alamy, CW Network/Kobal/Shutterstock

Adam BrodyandLeighton Meestermay have starred in two of the most iconic coming-of-age shows of the early 2000s, but that doesn’t mean they’ve watched them together.Meester, 38, starred as Blair Waldorf onGossip Girl, and Brody, 44, played Seth Cohen on theO.C.Speaking toInStylerecetnly,Brody was asked if he and his now-wife ever “reminisce together or go back and rewatch the shows.““We don’t watch it,” he admitted, while acknowledging that may change in the future.“Who knows, whenour kidsare older, if they want to, then maybe we’ll take that trip with them.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Brody added that the couple does discuss their time on the shows, however, telling the magazine: “But, we certainly talk about it. Not the characters — I mean, occasionally — but more about the experiences.““We do have a lot in common,” he continued. “In some ways, almost nobody could understand it more than her and vice versa. And a lot of people involved were the same people, so there’s just a lot of overlap.“Brody and theGossip Girlstartied the knotin 2014. Since then, the couple has welcomed two children together: daughter Arlo, 9, and a son, 4, whose name has not yet been revealed.Adam Brody and Leighton Meester in 2022.Noam Galai/GettySpeaking about their decade-long marriage in a recent appearance onToday with Hoda and Jennato promote his new Netflix series,Nobody Wants This, Brody chalked up the couple’s success to listening and being with “someone good."“Be lucky and be in love with someone who’s great and then just kind of listen to them,” he shared.He continued: “If you’re with someone great, you’re on third base. Not that it doesn’t take sacrifice and humility and you have to grow together and you have to be willing to grow, because you’re not going to be able to stay 100 percent right where you are. But if you’re with someone wonderful, I think you’re on third base.”

Adam BrodyandLeighton Meestermay have starred in two of the most iconic coming-of-age shows of the early 2000s, but that doesn’t mean they’ve watched them together.

Meester, 38, starred as Blair Waldorf onGossip Girl, and Brody, 44, played Seth Cohen on theO.C.

Speaking toInStylerecetnly,Brody was asked if he and his now-wife ever “reminisce together or go back and rewatch the shows.”

“We don’t watch it,” he admitted, while acknowledging that may change in the future.“Who knows, whenour kidsare older, if they want to, then maybe we’ll take that trip with them.”

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Brody added that the couple does discuss their time on the shows, however, telling the magazine: “But, we certainly talk about it. Not the characters — I mean, occasionally — but more about the experiences.”

“We do have a lot in common,” he continued. “In some ways, almost nobody could understand it more than her and vice versa. And a lot of people involved were the same people, so there’s just a lot of overlap.”

Brody and theGossip Girlstartied the knotin 2014. Since then, the couple has welcomed two children together: daughter Arlo, 9, and a son, 4, whose name has not yet been revealed.

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester in 2022.Noam Galai/Getty

Noam Galai/Getty

Speaking about their decade-long marriage in a recent appearance onToday with Hoda and Jennato promote his new Netflix series,Nobody Wants This, Brody chalked up the couple’s success to listening and being with “someone good.”

“Be lucky and be in love with someone who’s great and then just kind of listen to them,” he shared.

He continued: “If you’re with someone great, you’re on third base. Not that it doesn’t take sacrifice and humility and you have to grow together and you have to be willing to grow, because you’re not going to be able to stay 100 percent right where you are. But if you’re with someone wonderful, I think you’re on third base.”

source: people.com