Adam Brody Moves Wife Leighton Meester to Tears, Gives Her a PassionateNobody Wants This-StyleKiss at Critics Choice Awards

Mar. 15, 2025

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attend the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.Photo:Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock

Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock

Adam Brodyknows just what to say when it comes to wifeLeighton Meester.

After winning the award for best actor in a comedy series at the 2025Critics Choice Awards, the 45-year-old actor shared a few sweet words dedicated to theGossip Girlalum, 38, which quickly brought her to tears.

“My darling, darling, darling wife, Leighton, thank you,” said Brody at the conclusion of his speech. “Thank you for sharing this life with me, and this journey with me. Thank you for our family. [I ] love you with all my heart.”

The camera then cut to the actress in the audience, who could be seen getting emotional midway through Brody’s speech. She also blew a kiss to him from the audience, whichThe O.C.star swiftly returned from the stage.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attend the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Brody took home the award over his fellow nominees, Brian Jordan Alvarez forEnglish Teacher,David Alan Grier forSt. Denis Medical,Steve Martin forOnly Murders in the Building,Kayvan Novak forWhat We Do in the Shadowsand Martin Short forOnly Murders in the Building.

The pair reportedly purchased their five-bedroom, six-bathroom Pacific Palisades home in 2019, according toArchitectural Digest. The couple tied the knot in 2014 and sharetwo children— daughter Arlo, born in 2015, and son, whose name has not been revealed, born in 2020.

Just days before Days before the fires, Meester and Brody had a date night at the 2025Golden Globes, where they stepped outcoordinated looks.

In December 2024,The O.C.alum opened up about his life with Meester, tellingStylist, “Despite the state of the world, I feel like I’m living my best life.”

“I have a beautiful, dreamy family life. I have a good work-life balance and get to spend a lot of time with my kids,” he shared. “I’m in that really great period of middle age where I’m old enough to have seniority and work security but also still have enough of my body to be active and do all the things I want to. I’m a lucky guy.”

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See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 30th annualCritics Choice Awardsas they’re broadcasting live on E! from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the following day on Peacock.

source: people.com