Long earlier than he met actor Lisa Bonet, identified for her roles in “The Cosby Show” and “High Fidelity,” Momoa already had emotions for her. The actor instructed Esquire in 2019 that when Bonet was starring in “The Cosby Show” all through the Eighties, she was his final childhood crush. Despite this and the truth that the 2 had been arguably in the identical superstar circles, they didn’t meet till many years later.
The actual date when Momoa and Bonet met shouldn’t be precisely identified however is usually reported to be round 2005. In a 2017 interview on “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” the “Game of Thrones” actor revealed he met Bonet at a jazz membership in Los Angeles, and it was love at first sight for him. “We simply occurred to be on the proper place on the proper time . . . I turned to my pal and was like [fakes screaming]. I had f*cking fireworks going off inside, man,” he mentioned recalling the occasion. Bonet, then again, didn’t have the identical expertise, telling Porter in 2018, “I am unable to say it was full-on from the second we noticed one another, however now we have been collectively from the day that we met.” After assembly, the 2 stopped for a late-night chunk to eat and had been collectively from that day on.
In two years, Momoa and Bonet welcomed their first baby collectively, Lola Iolani in July 2007, per The Sun. Not lengthy after, the pair continued rising their household and had one other baby, Nakoa-Wolf, in December 2008. The couple’s kids, together with Bonet’s daughter Zoë, have a robust household bond. Lenny instructed The Times in 2019, “Our households are blended. I really like her husband [the actor Jason Momoa] — he is like a brother to me — and I really like the children. It’s stunning, however it takes work.”
Rumors of Momoa and Bonet getting married had been robust through the years, and the pair formally tied the knot in October 2017. Us Weekly reported on the time that the pair had a non-public ceremony at their residence in Topanga, CA. The two remained married for an additional 4 years earlier than saying their break up in January 2022.
The information of the couple’s separation got here from Momoa’s Instagram account. The submit, which has since been deleted, learn partly (through Today), “We have all felt the squeeze and adjustments of those transformational instances…And so ~ We share our household information: That we’re parting methods in marriage. We share this not as a result of we predict it is newsworthy ~ however in order that~ as we go about our lives we might achieve this with dignity and honesty.”
Rumors that the 2 had been getting again collectively swirled in February 2022, however in an interview with Access Hollywood on the Oscars in March 2022, Momoa denied the reconciliation rumors. When requested about reuniting with Bonet, the actor mentioned, “We’re not again collectively. We’re household, you recognize? We have two stunning kids collectively. We’re not getting again collectively. We’re household perpetually.”