Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody reveal secret to marriage: 'Not easy'
These two Hollywood legends are seasoned.
Mandy Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, put their relationship onscreen while playing versions of themselves in their new TV series, 'Seasoned.'
The idea for the show originated when 'The Princess Bride' star, 72, and Grody, 78, became unlikely Tiktok stars during the 2020 COVID pandemic.
'During the pandemic when everybody was terrified, including us, it surprised us that what was being captured could offer any kind of comfort to people,' Grody said, referring to how their videos went viral. The couple currently has over 2 million TikTok followers.
8 Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody attending the Tony Awards party at the Hilton Hotel in New York, June 8th 1980.
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8 Mandy Patinkin with his wife Kathryn Grody at their Video interview with the New York Post on June 11, 2025.
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8 Mandy Patinkin in 'The Princess Bride' in 1987.
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'So that felt like a service that was helping other people and helping us get through it. And we found a lot of joy and pleasure in it, and led to working in the 2020 election, which felt even more significant,' Grody, a writer and Broadway star, added. 'The pleasure of working together did make us say 'yes' to anything.'
Co-created by Ewen Wright and their real-life son, Gideon Grody-Patinkin, 'Seasoned' premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, and is currently looking for a buyer (it was originally set to air on Showtime, then got dropped amid reshuffling).
The show follows Patinkin and Grody playing exaggerated versions of themselves (a la 'Curb Your Enthusiasm') as they have various comedic misadventures – such as not being able to get a table in a New York City restaurant, even when Patinkin name drops his past roles to the oblivious hostess.
8 Mandy Patinkin (center), Kathryn Grody and their son during 'Snow White' Anniversary Premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in 1987.
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8 Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody in 'Seasoned.'
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The 'Homeland' star and Grody have been married for over four decades, since 1980. They met doing a play called 'Split' at the Ensemble Studio Theater in NYC in 1978.
'I wouldn't ask her out until the play was over, because I got burned once, with somebody I was working with. When the play was over, we went out for the first brunch on Sunday at the Black Sheep Tavern at Greenwich and Washington Street on the corner,' Patinkin recalled to The Post.
The 'Yentl' star walked in carrying flowers that he'd bought on his way over.
8 Mandy Patinkin with his wife Kathryn Grody and 'Seaoned' co-creators Ewen Wright and Gideon Grody-Patinkin.
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'I handed them to her and I said, 'I'm going to marry you.' And she said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. You're an actor, and a baby and you're gonna get hurt.''
Their son Gideon told The Post that he attributes their relationship success to 'having time apart' and having interests and work that give them 'space from each other.'
Grody agreed that it helped that the couple was in 'different realms.'
'I did not have any interest particularly in television or movies,' she said. 'I think it helped that we really weren't at all competitive. I was very lucky, because I had a husband who enabled me to do an Off-Broadway play and be with my kids.'
8 Mandy Patinkin (L) and Kathryn Grody attend the 66th Annual Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on June 10, 2012 in New York City.
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8 Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in a 2014 episode of 'Homeland.'
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Patinkin revealed what he thinks is the secret to their relationship's longevity, too.
'I believe that when you meet someone, however old you are, whoever it is that you meet, look for that feeling that you can't explain, that you have no words for. Because the s–t will hit the fan down the road. And you will never forget that feeling when you're alone, quiet, and calming down from your fury. And that feeling will be the glue of your foreverness.'
The Emmy-winning actor added about his wife, 'That's what we have. I'd never met anyone like her. And I knew it. And we've made it through a lot, and we're going to have a lot more to make it through. It's thrilling to me – that I have her to get through it with. Because it's not easy sometimes.'
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