All About Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s Relationship

Mar. 15, 2025

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Nate BerkusandJeremiah Brentare a dynamic duo on- and off-screen.

After tying the knot in 2014 at the New York Public Library, the couple has since welcomed two children, a daughter named Poppy and a son named Oskar.

“We are each other’s biggest cheerleader,” Brent, whorecently joined the cast ofQueer Eye, previously told PEOPLE abouttheir long-lasting marriage.

Their first date was antique shopping

It wasn’t until about three years later thatthey reconnected at Rachel Zoe’s birthday partyin New York City. During the party, Berkus approached Brent about going antique shopping, and the rest is history.

“I was sitting in a brown leather chair and we were just talking. And I remember thinking to myself, oh God, what is this? This is not what I thought it was,” Brent recalled of their first date. “There was something about him that, in his presence, I just felt so safe.”

“I would say it was within 15 minutes. I’ll never forget it,” Berkus added. “It wasn’t because of the conversation, it was just this huge energy shift and we both felt it at the same time.”

Nate proposed at Machu Picchu

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Less than a year after their first date,Berkus popped the questionin Peru atop the famed Machu Picchu in April 2013. “I’ve known since our first date that Jeremiah was who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with,”Berkus later told PEOPLE about their engagement.

Their wedding was a historic moment

On May 4, 2014,Berkus and Brent tied the knotat the New York Public Library, becoming the first same-sex couple to hold their wedding at the iconic New York landmark.

They have two children together

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Since tying the knot, the couple has welcomed two children together, a daughter named Poppy and a son named Oskar. Speaking with PEOPLE in May 2022, Brent said he thought he wasnever going to have kids until he met Berkus.

“Within 10 minutes, I wanted to create a life and a family with him,” he explained. “And it was the first time that I really believed that we could and I could. He was the first person that made me feel safe enough to go, ‘Okay, we can do this together.’ "

Theywelcomed their daughter Poppy Brent-Berkusvia surrogate on March 23, 2015. “We are so excited to finally be a family of 3! As anyone with a newborn knows, we have our work cut out for us but couldn’t be happier to be embarking on this life changing journey that is parenthood,” Berkus wrote on Facebook at the time of her birth.

Their son, ​​Oskar Michael Brent-Berkus, was born via surrogate on March 26, 2018. The couple chose the name Oskar to honorBerkus’ former partner Fernando Bengoechea, whodied tragically in the 2004 Sri Lankan tsunami; Oskar was Bengoechea’s middle name.

“We have always honored Fernando’s memory in our relationship. He’s a part of our love story,”Brent told PEOPLE. “It’s such an important chapter in Nate’s life. So the idea that we can honor his memory in a beautiful way was exciting to us.”

As a family, Brent and Berkus have created holiday traditions, including one that revolves around a certain food that Brent makes every year.

“My husband Jeremiah actually has a rotating recipe thing. I am the eater in our house, and I’m in charge of the dishwasher,” Berkus toldGood Housekeepingin December 2024. “One tradition that Jeremiah started over 10 years ago — and we’ve been married 10 years — was that he makes this jalapeño-glazed ham, which is the most delicious thing I’ve ever had. I eat it for days after the holidays.”

They are each other’s biggest cheerleaders

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Being in the same industry,Brent and Berkus always strive to support each otherin their respective careers. “Listen, I’m 13 years younger and I had just started [my career] when we met. Mydesign firm was a complete mess, I was taking on any project I could,” Brent recalled to PEOPLE about his career beginnings. “But I’ve always stayed the course in wanting to make sure that I really carved out my own existence within ours as a family, andNate’s always been the best supporter.”

“I don’t know what works for everybody else, but I do know what works for us is we are each other’s biggest cheerleader. We’re in the same industry, and it could, for a lot of people, be really complicated,” Brent added of their relationship. “But we’ve always supported each other. We also stay out of each other’s way. And we really just like each other.”

Greenwich Village has played a big role in their love story

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Berkus and Brent call New York City their home, with Greenwich Village specifically playing a special role in their love story. The couple first moved into their beloved Fifth Avenue home in 2013, just a year before the designers got married.

In 2016, they sold the apartment and moved to Los Angeles where they renovated a stunning Spanish Colonial villa. However, after three years on the West Coast, they realized their home was N.Y.C.

Though they lived in the West Village for two years after leaving L.A., their Fifth Avenue abode fatefullypopped back onto the market(and they quickly jumped onthe opportunity to buyback their “forever home”).

“Most people let go, but this house for us was so much more than just a home. It was a symbol of a specific time in our life, not only professionally … but I remember sitting in that house and imagining this big life together, whether it was children or writing vows for our wedding or dinner parties,“Brent told PEOPLE about the home’s special significance. “The house had seen ussurvive so much tragedyas well, so there’s all those echoes in there.”

source: people.com