Justin Hartleyis enjoying married life withSofia Pernas.
TheThis Is Usstar, 44, gushed about his wife of seven months during a recent interview withHaute Living, telling the publication that he and Pernas “are so happy.”
“It’s incredible when you’re not forcing things,” he continued. “It doesn’t have to be that hard. You just meet the right person and you just go, ‘Oh, this is amazing. It’s just so wonderful!’ You’re so attracted and so attached to this person. You just love this person so much.”
He continued, “Even though we’ve only been married a few months, it’s hard to remember what it was like without her. When I re-met her, I just knew. It’s so interesting about the human heart and human mind. It’s not a codependency; I’m just at peace with myself. I feel loved and I feel appreciated. I know she feels the same way. We just have a really great relationship and a really terrific family. It’s healthy and it’s wonderful.”
Hartley added that “everything is easier with her in my life.”
Sofia Pernas, Justin Hartley.Miikka Skaffari/Getty
“I learn from her. She speaks five languages,” he said. “She’s brilliant, she’s incredible, she’s fun to look at. Everything about her is amazing — she’s just hilarious. She inspires me to want to be a better man.”
He concluded, “I want to rise to the occasion because she’s so great. She does make me want to be a better person, and [this kind of love] certainly does complete me.”
Hartley also sang his wife’s praises earlier this month at the season 6 kickoff event forThis Is Us.When asked how married life with Pernas has been, Hartley toldEntertainment Tonight, “She’s wonderful. She’s the sweetest, smartest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever met.”
Hartley also spoke about his connection to the 32-year-oldBlood and Treasureactress. “She’s incredible, and I’m madly in love. We’re terrifically happy,” the dad of one said.
Hartley and Pernas, who once costarred onYoung and the Restlesstogether, began dating in 2020 but didn’t make their relationship public untilNew Year’s Eve.
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Hartley was formerly married toSelling SunsetstarChrishell Stause. The pair wed in 2017, but Hartley filed for divorce in November 2019.
During season 4 of the Netflix series, Stause shared she’s moved on. “My ex-husband Justin is remarried to someone I know from back in the day, pretty well, and a lot of things made sense after finding that out,“she saidin a confessional. “I wish them the best. You know, I think that it actually, if anything, it felt good to know that. It felt like a little bit of closure.”
source: people.com
