Danny DeVito, 80, and Cheers star wife, 77, reveal bizarre marital arrangement as they look happy at event
The 80-year-old Taxi alum and the 77-year-old Cheers alum are still legally married to each other despite separating in 2012, getting back together in 2013, and separating for the second time in 2017 after 35 years as husband and wife.
Danny and Rhea were even listed together, rather than as individuals, in the honorary committee list on the Alliance for Children's Rights official website.
It was love at first sight for Perlman, who originally met DeVito in 1971 after watching his performance as a demented stable boy in the off-Broadway play The Shrinking Bride.
The four-time Emmy winner moved into the Oscar-nominated producer's Manhattan apartment two weeks later, and she went on to have a five-episode stint as his Taxi character Louie De Palma's girlfriend Zena Sherman between 1979-1982.
The 5ft former couple went on to have 42-year-old daughter Lucy, 40-year-old daughter Gracie, and 37-year-old son Jake along with two-year-old granddaughter Sinclair and nine-month-old grandson Carmine.
'We are still married,' Rhea confirmed on the Wiser Than Me podcast in 2023.
'And we are still very good friends and we see each other a lot. And our family is still the most important thing to both of us.'
Perlman cautioned: 'It was very difficult at first. And there were a lot of reasons that we separated, which I'm not gonna go into. But it took time for us to come to this somehow pretty decent understanding and relationship with each other.'
In 2019, Danny told People they were still 'very close' saying: 'We're friends. We're happy. Everybody's happy.'
On Wednesday, the amicable exes hit the Beverly Wilshire stage together to present Ghosted alum Ally Walker and FX chairman John Landgraf with the Champions for Children Award from the foster care organization.
Grammy-winning R&B songstress Andra Day performed a stirring rendition of her 2015 hit Rise Up.
The night served as a mini-reunion for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as DeVito posed alongside creator-star Rob McElhenney and castmate Kaitlin Olson, who served as the charity's co-hosts.
The Emmy-winning actor resumes his role as multi-millionaire Frank Reynolds in the eight-episode 17th season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which premieres July 9 on FXX/Hulu.
Danny also guest-starred as Frank in the January 8th crossover episode of ABC's mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary, which was titled 'Volunteers.'
And Rhea was last seen guest-starring as Judy in the March 28th episode of Hulu sitcom Mid-Century Modern as well as a role in Apple TV+ showbiz series The Studio.
Danny and Rhea were even listed together, rather than as individuals, in the honorary committee list on the Alliance for Children's Rights official website
It was love at first sight for Perlman, who originally met DeVito in 1971 after watching his performance as a demented stable boy in the off-Broadway play The Shrinking Bride
Rhea confirmed on the Wiser Than Me podcast in 2023: 'We are still married. And we are still very good friends and we see each other a lot. And our family is still the most important thing to both of us'
Perlman cautioned: 'It was very difficult at first. And there were a lot of reasons that we separated, which I'm not gonna go into. But it took time for us to come to this somehow pretty decent understanding and relationship with each other'
In 2019, Danny told People they were still 'very close' saying: 'We're friends. We're happy. Everybody's happy'
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