BRIAN HARGROVE & DAVID HYDE PIERCE

After keeping his romantic life out of the limelight for years, actor David Hyde Pierce has opened up about his marriage to his longtime partner Brian Hargrove in 2009. The Frasier star spoke candidly in an interview with ABC’s The View. Proudly wearing a wedding band, the actor revealed that he got hitched “very quietly” with Hargrove in California in October 2008.

Pierce and Hargrove, a producer, are legally wed despite the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8 that year. It’s a great thing that the two didn’t need any lawyers anymore at the time since they have made the cut. These challenges also made them stronger together. In 2007, Pierce delivered his speech at the Tony Awards, thanking Hargrove for being a great partner of more than 20 years and for being his inspiration in winning the award.