Chris Evans Had 2 Wedding Ceremonies With Alba Baptista
Chris Evans attends the Apple Original Films' "Ghosted" New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 18, 2023 in New York City.
Chris Evans has finally publicly confirmed that he’s a married man and couldn’t be any happier about it. The Gray Man star, 42, took the stage over the weekend at New York ComiCon and confirmed he married Portuguese actress Alba Baptista, 26, last month. He was seen at the event wearing a gold band on his ring finger for the first time.
Double Dose of Weddings
“I got married,” a blissful Evans told the roaring crowd at the Javits Center. “It was really, really great.” He even said the two had two ceremonies. “We had one on the East Coast. We did one in Portugal. My wife’s Portuguese.” As the crowd continued to scream for the news, Evans added, “Yeah, yeah! Go Portugal!” Getting back to their weddings, the former Captain America star says, “They were wonderful and beautiful. It’s a lot! Planning for a wedding. For those of you who are married, it takes a lot out of you.”
After the double doses of wedding ceremonies, Evans said that now he and his new wife have “been enjoying life, gearing up for autumn” — his favorite season. As a Massachusetts native, it is of no surprise Evans enjoys the changing of the leaves. As we recently reported, the actor opened up about how he prefers a quieter life now that he’s in his 40s. Not long after he finished his contractually obligated Marvel performances, he left Los Angeles. Evans told GQ last month that he wanted to get far away from the city he associates with “Pavlovian anxiety,” so he returned home to Massachusetts. It “takes me back to a place when life was not just simpler—that’s too reductive—but to a time where I was more pure, I guess; where my ego and my insecurities weren’t such a dominant force that I had to push against.”
Low-Key Ceremony
As we previously reported, Evans and the Warrior Nun actress had a very low-key ceremony, which was held at a private estate in Cape Cod. Guests were required to sign NDAs and had to give up their phones during the ceremony. The guest list included some of the actor’s Marvel co-stars, including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Jeremy Renner. The romance between the couple was confirmed last November Just days after People named him 2022’s Sexiest Man Alive.
Evans will next be seen in Pain Hustlers, co-starring with Emily Blunt, Catherine O’Hara, and Andy Garcia. The Netflix film premieres on October 27. Watch the trailer below:
Chris Evans Is People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2022: See His Hottest Photos
Chris Evans has been dubbed People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2022. The Captain America alum follows last year’s fellow Marvel hero, Ant-Man, the ever-sexy ever-youthful Paul Rudd. Evans even noted that in his Instagram post today (November 8), “I think we can all agree that it’s damn near impossible to follow in Paul Rudd’s footsteps in any capacity, but I’ll do my best.”
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Evans, 41, says the news will delight one person close to him: his mom. “My mom will be so happy,” he told the publication for the feature. “She’s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about.” The Boston native added that he doesn’t feel comfortable discussing his sexiness, saying with a laugh, “This whole thing is tough to be interviewed about. It feels like a weird form of humble bragging.” That won’t go over well with his group of friends, though, which the actor said the title of sexiest man “will just be a point of bullying,” he jokes. “It’s ripe for harassment.”
Just don’t ask him to use the word “sexy” in a sentence about himself. “It is something that as I become old and saggy I can look back on and say ‘I remember then…'” he adds. “I’m lucky to be in the discussion in any capacity.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the Lightyear star revealed that he has been thinking about a future outside of acting — one that includes marriage and fatherhood. “That’s absolutely something I want,” he says. “Wife, kids, building a family. When you read about most of the best artists, whether it’s actors, painters, writers, most of them [admit] it wasn’t the work they made [that they are most proud of], it was about the relationships, the families they created, the love they found, the love they shared. So it’s also something through my long 41 years that also rings true. Those things are the most important. I love the idea of tradition and ceremony, I had a lot of that in my life so the idea of creating that, I can’t think of anything better.”
As far as what he values most in a relationship, Evans told People, “I don’t like to argue, I don’t like to raise my voice, or any forms of manipulation. I find a certain level of humility sexy but that doesn’t necessarily mean physically at all. I just think it’s very wise to recognize that you might not know [everything]. It’s wise to recognize you could be wrong. It’s wise and mature to be able to say ‘I’m sorry I made a mistake,’ to be vulnerable and not always be looking for the argument or take things to an argumentative place. That takes a lot of maturity and I find that very sexy.”
The Gray Man star added that he will keep that part of his life as private as possible. “Some things you want just for you, or just for my family and my friends.” He did reveal, however, that he can be quite the romantic, revealing that, “I think declarations of love are great. I love love. I’m a bit of a sap like that. I like being sentimental, I cry pretty easily. At a good song, nice sunset, yeah, my emotions are bubbling.”
With 22 years of acting below his belt, Evans feels like he can finally slow down a bit. “The most enjoyable aspect of my career right now is feeling secure enough to take my foot off the gas,” he says. “I feel like I have a bit more freedom to take time away from the industry and still find projects that will satisfy my creative appetite when I return.”
Take a look below at Chris Evans through the years, looking sexy at every stage.
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
