Emma Stone emerged as the big winner at the 2024 Golden Globes. The actress won the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Musical or Comedy for her role in “Poor Things”.
Tara began her speech by shouting out to her husband, Dave McCarey – a rare sign for a couple who are usually private.
“Dave, I want to start with you very quickly. I love you so much,” Stone said. “Thanks for everything.”
Here’s everything to know about Stone and McCarey’s love story.
Who is Dave McCarey?
McCarey is a writer, director and comedian who has received three Emmy nominations in the category of Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work on “Saturday Night Live.”
In addition to collaborating on the comedy show, McCarey directed the film “Brigsby Bear” starring the “SNL” collaborator and childhood friend. Kyle Mooney. In 2019, he produced and directed the HBO special “My Favorite Shapes” by Julio Torres.
Stone and McCarey launched a production company called Fruit Tree in 2020, with a new thriller book adaptation on HBO Max, per Deadline, per Variety.
What is Emma Stone and Dave McCarey’s relationship story?
It was a match made on “Saturday Night Live.” Stone, a five-time “Saturday Night Live” host, is believed to have met McCarey in 2016, when she starred in a sketch called “Wells for Boys.”
The couple has since been photographed together in 2017, including at the “Brigsby Bear” premiere. By 2019, they were sitting next to each other at basketball games. They made their red carpet debut at the 2019 SAG Awards, where Stone was nominated twice.
Stone confirmed their rumored engagement in a December 2019 Instagram post, in which she and McCarey smiled for the camera, flashing her ring. In 2020, the couple discreetly tied the knot.
The couple has a daughter
Stone and McCarey welcomed a child in 2021.
Stone said, in a 2018 interview with Jennifer Lawrence for Elle, that her conversations around children have changed.
“My perspective on children has changed as I’ve gotten older. I never had a child or anything. As a teenager, I was like, I’m never getting married, I’m never having kids. And then I grew up and I It was like, I really want to get married, I really want kids,” she said.
Stone also commented on fatherhood while promoting his role in “Cruella” in May 2021. In an interview with British host Mark Hayes, she discussed her experience of becoming a first-time mother during the Covid-19 lockdown.
“It’s very, very exciting,” she said. “I feel lucky that the lockdown has been but it’s been a crazy year.”
McCarey has spoken extensively about his friendship with Kyle Money
Although the couple is fairly private about their personal lives, the San Diego native is candid about her friendship with fellow “SNL” cast member Mooney.
Mooney and McCarey said in an interview with BUILD that their friendship dates back to middle school, when they vied for “class clown” status.
The couple attended the University of Southern California together, where they co-founded the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. The group also features fellow “SNL” star Beck Bennett and actor Nick Rutherford.
This article was originally published on TODAY.com
