The Trudeaus: From meet-cute to moving on<\/p>\n
Sparks between Sophie Gr\u00e9goire and Justin Trudeau were first lit long before politics \u2014 or adulthood \u2014 ever entered the picture. As children, Gregoire was classmates with Trudeau’s youngest brother, Michel, and often hung out at the Trudeau home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had this really cool pool with a trapeze and ropes \u2014 we\u2019d play Tarzan for hours,\u201d she told Maclean\u2019s in 2005. \u201cWe would hide in the closets to have our first kiss.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fast forward a few decades, and fate threw them back together when they co-hosted a charity event in 2003. But this time, timing wasn\u2019t on their side. After the event, Trudeau reportedly ghosted Gregoire. <\/p>\n
\u201cI got the email, and I said, \u2018Nice. Okay. Good.\u2019 And I didn\u2019t answer it,\u201d he later admitted. \u201cI didn\u2019t delete it, I just decided, \u2018No, I\u2019m better off not starting anything that I\u2019m not willing to go through with.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
When they finally did go out, their first date ended with dinner, karaoke, and a classic Trudeau moment \u2014 he famously walked into a pole on the way home, as People reported.<\/p>\n
The couple wed in 2005 at Montreal\u2019s Sainte-Madeleine d’Outremont Church. \u00a0CBC News reported that as she entered the church, she told the crowd outside, “I’m the luckiest woman in the world.”<\/p>\n
They went on to have three children: Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Hadrien. After 18 years together, they announced their separation in August 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt hurts deeply. You know, marriage is \u2018success.\u2019 Separation and divorce are \u2018failure,\u2019\u201d Sophie reflected on Next Question with Katie Couric earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Before marriage and after <\/p>\n
Before she was Canada\u2019s most-watched political spouse, Gregoire was already carving out her own lane. Fluent in three languages \u2014 French, English, and Spanish \u2014 she worked as a reporter and correspondent for CTV\u2019s eTalk, building a strong media career long before her marriage put her under the global lens.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s also been open about her personal battles. \u201cAddictions are biochemical imbalances of the brain. Eating was my only way of controlling my life, or so I thought,\u201d she said in a 2011 interview with Erica Diamond, discussing her recovery from bulimia nervosa.<\/p>\n
Today, Gregoire channels those experiences into advocacy for mental health and emotional well-being, partnering with the Canadian Mental Health Association and speaking on self-acceptance and resilience.<\/p>\n
Her 2024 book, Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other, dives into that very theme \u2014 exploring connection, emotional strength, and the courage to love without clinging.<\/p>\n
Lakshana is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist with over a decade of experience. She covers a wide range of stories\u2014from community and health to mental health and inspiring people features. <\/p>\n
A passionate K-pop enthusiast, she also enjoys exploring the cultural impact of music and fandoms through her writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trudeaus: From meet-cute to moving on Sparks between Sophie Gr\u00e9goire and Justin Trudeau were first lit long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-80246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}