Standing together? Matthew Morrison and Renee Puente have been together for more than a decade.
The Glee star introduced himself to the model at a Grammys party in 2011.
“I sang backup for a guy named Don Ho in high school, and spent summers in Hawaii. So when I heard her speak, I said, ‘Howzit, sistah?’ and she laughed,” he recalled to The New York Post of meeting the Hawaii native. “The rest is history.”
Morrison had previously been linked to former costar Lea Michele, Kristen Bell and Olivia Munn. He was also briefly engaged to Chrishell Stause in 2007.
“Honestly, [Renee] loves the fact that I went through all that — a lot of relationships, some one-night stands,” Morrison told The Post. “I learned a lot about who I was and, more importantly, the person I wanted to be with. My wife came into my life at such a great time.”
After proposing in 2013, Morrison and Puente wed in October 2014.
“I teared up … when she was saying her vows to me,” the actor told People. “Both our vows were very us and filled with heartfelt sentiments but also some comedy.”
He added at the time that they were on a “two-year plan” to expand their family, explaining, “We want to enjoy this moment and enjoy being husband and wife by ourselves because once that happens, it’s kind of not about you anymore.”
The twosome went on to welcome a son in 2017 and a daughter in 2021. Controversy rocked the spouses in May 2022 when Us broke the news that Morrison was leaving So You Think You Can Dance amid season 17.
“Having the opportunity to be a judge on So You Think You Can Dance was an incredible honor for me,” he said in a statement at the time. “Therefore, it is my deepest regret to inform you that I will be leaving the show. After filming the audition rounds for the show and completing the selection of the 12 finalists, I did not follow competition production protocols, preventing me from being able to judge the competition fairly. I cannot apologize enough to all involved and I will be watching alongside you all on what I know will be one of the best seasons yet.”
A source subsequently told Us that messages the musician sent to a female contestant “were deemed inappropriate and broke protocol” for Fox and led to his firing.
“The messages contained sexual innuendos and were flirty to the extent he was overstepping boundaries,” the insider said. “He didn’t have sex with the contestant, but she complained to producers about him because the messages made her feel uncomfortable and awkward and then they took it to HR.”
In June 2022, Morrison took to Instagram to share his side of the story. “It’s really unfortunate to have to sit here and defend myself and my family against blatantly untrue statements made anonymously,” he said in the video, reading the alleged text out loud. “I will read to you the one message that I wrote to a dancer on the show: ‘Hey, it’s Matthew. If you don’t mind, would love to get your number and talk you through some things.’ The end.” He added that he contacted the contestant in order to help get a choreographer friend a job on the show.
Immediately following his post, Puente reshared her husband’s video via her own account, defending the actor, deriding the gossip and thanking fans for their support. “To all those who have shined love and light in our lives through this… thank you 
To all the rest- sending Love & Light,” she wrote alongside the clip.
Scroll through for Morrison and Puente’s relationship timeline:
“When he came up to me, I had no idea who he was,” Puente told MarthaStewart.com about meeting Morrison at a Grammys party. “I just started laughing because it was so adorable to see this cute white boy talking pidgin.” Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock
He popped the question. "An incredible night of love. I'm going to marry my best friend! Happy day for me and Renee Puente,” the actor tweeted at the time. Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock
The couple exchanged vows in Hawaii on October 18. "I was always that girl who dreamt of her wedding until I got older, and then I didn't want to get married anymore,” she told MarthaStewart.com. “But Matthew changed my world." Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Puente gave birth to son Revel in October. “We were just having a conversation and talking about how we want to revel in our child, just revel in love,” Morrison told Us about his son’s name in 2018. “It’s not really a typical name, but it’s not so weird.” Courtesy of Matthew Morrison/Instagram
The pair hit the Oscars together. Courtesy of Matthew Morrison/Instagram
Morrison and Puente announced in October that she suffered a miscarriage six weeks into her second pregnancy. “I just went through one of the most vulnerable, raw, massive, confusing, just phenomenal experiences that a woman could ever endure,” she said via Instagram. “Matthew and I have been so intentionally trying to get pregnant and calling our child … I’m trying to call in my child that I know is waiting for us. And I want to just open my life and my arms to this human. And so on our second cycle of calling this child in, we got pregnant. And it was among just such extraordinary intention and love. I miscarried. I found out at four weeks and began the cycle of miscarriage on my sixth week and that’s a whole conversation that I would love to have, but the point of today is to tell you how meditation helped guide me through this journey and this experience." Paul Zimmerman/Shutterstock
“Take some time to remember what's most important in life,” he wrote via Instagram as he quarantined with his wife and son amid the coronavirus pandemic. Courtesy of Matthew Morrison/Instagram
After announcing Puente was pregnant in April, she gave birth to daughter Phoenix on June 28. Courtesy of Matthew Morrison/Instagram
“The team!” Morrison captioned a family selfie. Courtesy of Matthew Morrison/Instagram
After news broke that Morrison was fired from So You Think You Can Dance in May 2022, a source told Us that he sent "inappropriate" text messages to a female contestant. “The messages contained sexual innuendos and were flirty to the extent he was overstepping boundaries," the insider said. "He didn’t have sex with the contestant, but she complained to producers about him because the messages made her feel uncomfortable and awkward and then they took it to HR." Adam Rose/FOX
“It’s really unfortunate that I have to sit here and defend myself and my family against blatantly untrue statements made anonymously,” the Broadway vet stated in an Instagram video shortly after the allegations came to light. “I have nothing to hide, so in the interest of transparency, I will read to you the one message that I wrote to a dancer on the show: ‘Hey, it’s Matthew. If you don’t mind, would love to get your number and talk you through some things.’ The end.” He added that he texted the contestant “because we both share a mutual respect for a choreographer” that he’s known for many years. “I was trying to help her get a job as a choreographer on the show," he explained, before denouncing the gossip. Courtesy of Matthew Morrison/Instagram
Puente reposted her husband's video on her own account. "It’s been a wild ride… My husband has finally been given an opportunity to speak his truth,” she captioned the video. "He has done so with such grace and integrity in a situation that is complex and incredibly complicated.” After echoing the Glee alum's comments about the toxicity of gossip, the Hawaii native encouraged her followers to “stop perpetuating hate and shame. Period. NO ONE DESERVES IT.” She concluded her post with a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh. "Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free," she wrote. “We let go and go into freedom. To all those who have shined love and light in our lives through this… thank you 🙏🏽🌞 To all the rest- sending Love & Light.” Invision/AP/Shutterstock
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