Richard Marx and Wife Daisy Fuentes 'Earned' Their Love: 'We Had to Wait a Long Time to Find Each Other' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Daisy Fuentes and Richard Marx in Miami in November 2019.Photo:John Parra/Getty

John Parra/Getty

ToRichard Marx, a successful relationship is built on a foundation of feeling “like we earned” the love that we receive.

The singer-songwriter, 61, tells PEOPLE ahead of his co-headlining performance withRick Springfieldat the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville that after nearly a decade of being married to his wife, Daisy Fuentes Marx, he’s confident that the strength of their love lies in the genuine appreciation they both still have for one another.

“We had to wait a long time to find each other,” Richard, who hosts the new podcast and YouTube seriesStories to Tell, adds. “We are best friends, but we never, ever take each other for granted or lose sight of the fact that we are in love and that we’re lovers. So romance and seduction and all of it, even after we’ve been married almost 10 years, but we’ve been together almost 12 years.”

The singer and Daisytied the knoton Dec. 23, 2015 in Aspen, Colo. The couple thenposted to Instagramon Christmas Day to share news of their nuptials with the world, alongside an image of the happy couple in a snow-covered background.

“On December 23rd, 2015 the magnificent @daisyfuentes gave me the honor of becoming my wife. #Aspen,” Richard wrote alongside the snapshot at the time.

Richard Marx and Daisy Fuentes in Los Angeles in June 2022.Tiffany Rose/Getty

Tiffany Rose/Getty

A decade on from their big day and Richard maintains to PEOPLE, “I’m still absolutely bonkers for her, and she makes me feel like the most awesome, handsome, talented … we lift each other up.”

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Richard Marx and Daisy Fuentes in Beverly Hills in October 2019.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

“We are the biggest cheerleaders for each other,” he continues. “And I think that that’s really important is to, if you’re going to go down a journey with someone, it’s got to be somebody you really are rooting for. I want nothing but the best for her, and I know it’s the same in return, so I just feel like we got really lucky finding each other.”

source: people.com