Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Shares the Key to His 25-Year Marriage

Jamie Oliverthe secret of 25 years of marriage? All love with a little stress.

“I won’t be the first to say that opposites attract,” the celebrity chef said. Good cleaning in an interview published Tuesday. “We get along very well and truly love each other, but at the same time we are very different. It can create some tension, but it also seems to work and I feel very lucky to have lived for 25 years.”

Oliver first met his wife Juliet “Jules” Norton when they were teenagers. The couple married in 2000 and have five children.

But even after all this time, says Oliver marriage takes workand they are “just struggling like everyone else.”

The most important thing is “not to hold grudges and try to communicate as much as possible,” he said.

Oliver added that “sometimes it doesn't matter who's right or wrong” because at the end of the day, he just wants his wife to be happy.

In a performance in 2021 on the channel “12 questionsOn the podcast, Oliver said his wife, daughters — and the women he works with — help keep his ego in check.

“And they don’t sit around and tell me all day long how great I am, let’s put it that way. They keep me under control, as well as my wife. And now my daughters,” Oliver said.

Talking to People in April, Oliver expressed gratitude to his wife for holding down the fort at home.

“I think it hasn’t been easy and we’ve had a few bumps here and there, but overall so far so good. And probably most of the credit should go to Jules, but I'd like to think I'm a good dad,” Oliver said.

A representative for Oliver did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider after hours.

Oliver isn't the only celebrity to talk about how they maintain strong relationships with their spouses.

Rob Lowe, married to Sheryl Berkoff for more than 30 years, said he goes to couples therapy regularly with her because “it's like taking a car and making sure the engine is running properly.”

Kelsey Grammar said thinking about love as a “contact sport” is key to his 14-year marriage to wife Kate Walsh.

“Sometimes you need to back it up with some action,” said Grammar.