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Your Full Guide to Property Brother Jonathan Scott & Zooey Deschanel’s Relationship History
Both in the entertainment industry, New Girl star Zooey Deschanel and HGTV’s Jonathan Scott are in whole other realms of the TV landscape, yet their relationship just makes sense. Deschanel even admitted to PEOPLE, “Our personalities are so compatible. It’s just that we’re from different worlds.”
Often sharing snapshots of their romantic endeavors, fans of the two and onlookers alike have been obsessed with this duo since they started dating. But how did it all start? What’s next for them? Swooon is breaking down the couple’s relationship history, including how these two met!
How did Jonathan and Zooey meet?
Scott opened up to TODAY and said that he waited his “whole life to find Zooey.” The two actually met when Deschanel was 39, and Scott had just entered his 40s.
Stumbling upon each other in 2019 during a Carpool Karaoke segment, it didn’t take long before they realized their potential. They went Instagram official on October 20, 2019. Weeks later, they made their red carpet debut at the Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards.
In 2020, Deschanel sweetly marked the anniversary of the day they first met. “One year ago today I met this kind, caring, hilarious, generous, creative, nerdy, handsome and all around incredible human,” Deschanel wrote on Instagram alongside photos of herself and Scott.
A year later, the couple bought the house of their dreams in Los Angeles and renovated it to their liking. They occasionally show glimpses of their home, such as the holiday post Scott shared on Instagram.
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When did they get engaged?
The Property Brothers star got down on one knee across the pond in Scotland at Edinburgh Castle. Enlisting the Elf alum’s kids, Elsie and Charlie, to make the moment even more special, it was a no-brainer for Deschanel to say “yes” to Scott.
Since August 2023, the two have been happily engaged. Scott stated to Reveal that he knew early on that Deschanel was “the one” for him. “Eight months into our relationship, I already knew Zooey was the yin to my yang, the PB to my J. We were on parallel paths toward the happiness we’d been seeking our whole lives,” he said.
Were Jonathan and Zooey married before?
Yes, both of them had been married to other people prior to getting together. Scott tied the knot to longtime girlfriend Kelsy Ully in 2007. Just three years later the former couple decided to separate. Their divorce was finalized in 2013.
Deschanel famously announced her relationship with Scott a week after revealing that she was a getting divorced from her second husband, Jacob Pechenik. They were married from 2015 to 2020. Her first marriage was to Ben Gibbard, which lasted from 2009 to 2012.
Do they have kids?
They don’t have any kids together. Deschanel, however, has two children from her marriage to Pechenik. The exes maintain a good relationship in order to raise Elsie and Charlie. Scott does have a great bond with them as he often refers to them as “our kids.”
When are Jonathan and Zooey getting married?
There are no official plans set in stone yet, but Scott recently said that 2025 will be the year they are going to plan their upcoming nuptials.
“We know that the most important thing for us is to be surrounded by our loved ones,” he told PEOPLE. “And we’re not planning to do a crazy, extravagant wedding. It’s going to be pretty intimate.”
Scott and Deschanel have emphasized wanting a smaller ceremony but are planning to host a second event with even more friends. “We will probably throw another party just for friends here locally,” the 46-year-old HGTV presenter admitted.
