Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott realized early on in their relationship that the world thought they were an unlikely pair. “When we first started dating, Zooey posted a picture of us together, and the first comment right below was, ‘Why the hell is she with a Property Brother?!’ I was like, ‘Excuse me— rude,’” Scott, 45, recalls with mock indignation.'
“Why wouldn’t I be with you?” Deschanel, 43, chimes in. “Our personalities are so compatible. It’s just that we’re from different worlds.”
Outsiders might not have understood their romance right away—she’s a leading lady beloved as Jess on New Girl and now on Apple TV+’s Physical, and he’s a home-makeover show host with a legion of followers from the HGTV crowd. But four years on they’ve overcome much more than their doubters: They became inseparable while quarantining together during the pandemic, tackled a yearslong renovation of their dream house and seamlessly blended their families.
As they cozy up in the solarium of their Los Angeles home in September, just a few weeks after Scott proposed at a castle in Scotland, it’s obvious why they’re a match: They are perfectly in sync, all playful banter and lovestruck grins. They share a willingness to be goofy and have no interest in posturing as overly cool. In fact they embrace just the opposite: “We identify as nerds, we’ll have you know,” says Deschanel.
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