{"id":365948,"date":"2025-12-23T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365948\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:03:08","slug":"jason-bateman-reveals-the-secret-to-maintaining-24-year-marriage-with-amanda-anka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365948\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Bateman Reveals the Secret to Maintaining 24-Year Marriage With Amanda Anka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Bateman spilled his secret to a long Hollywood marriage, explaining to Esquire<\/a> that his wife of 24 years, Amanda Anka, started as a close pal \u2014 and has luckily remained one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI married a friend as opposed to a girlfriend, that was a big one for me,\u201d he said. \u201cYou break up with girlfriends, [but] I found I didn\u2019t break up with my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Ozark actor, 56, revealed he was chummy with Amanda, 57, for more than a decade before she agreed to date him in 1998. Now the parents of two teen girls often appear attached at the hip, from red carpets to Cabo vacations with shared bestie Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSince I only wanted to get married once,\u201d Jason said, \u201cI thought, \u2018Find someone I\u2019m sexually attracted to that\u2019s also a friend\u2019\u2026 She said yes and we haven\u2019t looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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