How Miles Teller Finally Won Keleigh Sperry After Three Rejections
It looks like persistence really does pay off, especially when you’re Miles Teller. The star of “Top Gun: Maverick” reminisced about how his now-wife, Keleigh Sperry, gave him the cold shoulder not once, but three times during their very first encounter. Fast forward to today, and they’re celebrating over a decade of love and a beautiful marriage since tying the knot in September 2019.
Throwing it back to their 2013 meeting at a post-Grammys bash, Teller noted that he and Sperry had an instant connection, even if she played hard to get initially. “I would say the fact I kept coming back and trying to swoon her, I’ll give myself a pat on the back for that,” he quipped during an interview with E! News. And let’s be real — if he hadn’t braved the rejection, we might not be fawning over the adorable couple today.
Their love story has all the makings of a rom-com, complete with a proposal in one of the world’s most beautiful settings — an African safari in August 2017. Teller described their initial meeting as serendipitous, saying, “I got lucky the valet line was very long,” which gave him just enough time to strike up a conversation with the gorgeous Sperry.
In their five years of marriage, the duo has kept the spark alive, with Sperry playfully proposing to Teller in a viral Instagram video to honor their anniversary last year. He may have taken a few tries to win her over initially, but he clearly has met his match. They’ve collaborated professionally too, showing off their chemistry in Taylor Swift’s 2021 music video for “I Bet You Think About Me” as a couple crashing a wedding. They even starred first in a fun Super Bowl ad together, dancing in their living room with their beloved dog Bugsy.
Despite their ups and downs — they were also hit hard by the California wildfires earlier this year — the couple seems more in sync than ever. As Teller gears up to promote his new movie “The Gorge,” he continues to gush about his relationship with Sperry, calling it the “most beautiful” he’s ever had. Yep, talk about couple goals.
Sources: Celebrity Storm Wire and People Magazine, E! News, The Hollywood Reporter
