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Rashida Jones reveals that she and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig are married “in the eyes of God.”
In an interview with the New Yorker48 years old Parks and Recreation The star opened up about her long-term relationship with the Vampire Weekend frontman, whom she has been dating since 2016. She clarified that she and Koenig may not be legally married, but they call each other husband and wife.
“We’re not married,” Jones said. “We just call each other that. But we are who we are in the eyes of God!”
“My parents got married when my dad had his first brain aneurysm and my sister was six months old, because of rights issues,” she continued. Jones is the daughter of iconic producer Quincy Jones and model Peggy Lipton. “I’m sure we’ll get married at some point, but we’re basically just doing it.”
The office The alum also reflected on whether she embodied the role of a rock star girlfriend, joking that she had outgrown certain basic aspects of that lifestyle.
“Vintage fur coats and bus life? No. I’m too old for bus life. But I’m very proud,” she said, adding that she supports Koenig’s art. “He takes a lot of time to make his albums, which is lucky for me, because it means he’s home most of the time. This is our second tour cycle actually, so we’ll see how far I go with Rock Wife.”
A decade ago, Jones opened up to The Guardian On how she felt about getting married and having children. At the time, she said: “I had this fantasy of being a princess – the white horse, being saved from my life, which is ridiculous. What do I want to be saved from? My life is wonderful!”
“But it’s a weird thing that’s been culturally instilled in me: that’s the only way to be successful, that’s the only thing that counts for a woman,” Jones continued. “I’m happy, but the fact that I’m not married and I don’t have kids, it’s taken me a long time to get to a point where I’m actually okay with that, where I don’t really feel like some kind of loser.”
In April of this year, Koening sat down for an interview with People Amid the release of Vampire Weekend's fifth studio album, Only God was above us. At the time, the 40-year-old frontman clarified why he calls Jones his wife despite not being legally married, stating that they were “married in the eyes of God.”
Jones and Koenig were first linked after being spotted together at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Then, on August 22, 2018, they welcomed son Isaiah, now 5 years old.
“I think having those things on both sides makes you realize that I’m not a child or an old man. I’m an adult,” he told the outlet. “We’re the adults now. We’re the people. I don’t know. In some ways, it’s interesting that that corresponds to the last five years, but it definitely makes me feel older in a deeper way or something.”
