Marcus Mumford channeled his inner “Ken-ergy” after attending the 2024 Oscars with his wife, Carey Mulligan.
On Sunday, March 10, the couple attended the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. Mulligan, 38, was nominated for Best Actress for her role as Felicia Montealegre Bernstein in the Bradley Cooper film. Teacher. While the award ultimately went to Emma Stone for her portrayal of Bella Bexter in poor thingsthe actor was still a winner in the eyes of her husband.
In a video posted to TikTok, the Mumford and Sons frontman was seen carrying Mulligan in his arms to the song's “I'm Just Ken.” Barbie movie playing in the background. He Promising young woman The star laughed as her husband carried her down the hallway, dodging the traffic of oncoming Oscar attendees.
Throughout the video, Mulligan's white tulle skirt, a recreation of an archival Balenciaga dress from 1951, swung behind them.
Since it was posted on March 11, Mumford's video has been viewed on TikTok more than one million times. In the comments, fans quickly gushed over the couple and the “I Will Wait” singer’s kind gesture toward his wife.
“What a sweet husband!” commented one viewer on TikTok.
“Is this literally too much to ask?” another person pleaded.
“Goals,” wrote a third user, while someone else commented: “Who said chivalry is dead?!”
Others couldn't help but recognize Mumford and Mulligan's fairytale love story, which began when they were children together at camp.
“I'll never forget them being childhood pen pals,” said one fan.
Another TikToker commented: “You are the perfect couple with the most beautiful love story.”
While Mulligan and Mumford have kept the details of their relationship private, the couple married in 2012 on a farm in Somerset, England. According FashionThey first met at a Christian youth camp when Mulligan was 12 and he was 10, and remained pen pals.
During an appearance at Intelligent podcast from last December, the salty burn The star admitted that her future husband wasn't “boyfriend material” when they met as children.
“I wrote in my journal that he was the kindest, kindest person I had ever met, and I gave him a nine and a half out of 10,” he told co-hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. “I also wrote that he was definitely not boyfriend material. Not that I ever had a boyfriend at the time, but I decided he wasn't one.”
The couple welcomed their first child together, Evelyn Grace, in 2015. Their second child, Wilfred, was born in 2017. In October, Mulligan revealed to Fashion that they had welcomed their third child, and then confirmed to Entertainment tonight that it was a girl.
“Oh, she's great. Excellent. Good baby, 10 out of 10, so far,” she told the outlet in November.
In addition to his viral TikTok, the “Grace” singer took to Instagram to spotlight his wife on Oscar night by sharing a series of black-and-white photos and videos from the star-studded evening. The first photo showed Mumford and Mulligan posing side by side as the folk singer kissed her on the cheek, while another image saw him gazing lovingly at the actor in her Balenciaga dress.
“I'm proud of my wife,” he captioned the post.
