Millie Bobby Brown Says Her Relationship with Husband Jake Bongiovi ‘Always Felt Right’ to Her

The actress offered insight into her relationship with the model-actor — whom she wed in May 2024 — in a new interview with ‘Vanity Fair’

Millie Bobby Brown with husband Jake Bongiovi in March 2024. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

There’s no big secret to Millie Bobby Brown’s relationship with husband Jake Bongiovi — things have just “always felt right.”

While discussing her choice to wed at a young age — Brown was 20 and Bongiovi was 22 when they tied the knot in May 2024 — in a new Vanity Fair cover story, the Stranger Things star recalled the planning and thought that went into the couple’s “important decision.”

“We talked about our political views, what kind of family we want to build, the kind of home we want to live in, the kind of relationship we’re looking for, the kind of careers we want,” she explained in the interview, which was published Wednesday, Feb. 12.

“It’s such an important decision, and we wanted to make sure we were making the right one,” Brown continued. “I knew I was. It always felt right with him.”

Millie Bobby Brown’s ‘Vanity Fair’ cover.Sølve Sundsbø / Vanity Fair

The Enola Holmes star also discussed what she has learned in her eight months of marriage with the model-actor (who is Jon Bon Jovi’s second-born son), telling Vanity Fair that “loving someone and being in love are two different things.”

“I think I loved a lot of people I was with, like I loved my friends. But he is the first man I’ve ever loved and been in love with,” she said of Bongiovi. “If we’re not fully invested, then what’s the point? We have to be, and we always have been.”

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi.Millie Bobby Brown/Instagram

Brown and Bongiovi, who now live together on a Georgia farm, first sparked romance rumors after they were photographed together in June 2021, nearly three years before they said “I do.” They went Instagram official a few months later in November, sharing a kiss on the London Eye in a sweet photo posted by the actress.

The couple made their red carpet debut while attending the BAFTA Film Awards in March 2022. They followed up the appearance months later by walking the carpet together at the season 4 premiere of Stranger Things in May and, in the fall, looking very much in love at the premiere of Enola Holmes 2.

Though the couple are quite private about their life together, Brown did refer to Bongiovi as her “partner for life” in a January 2023 Instagram post reflecting on the previous year. “Your year babe,” her now-husband responded in the comments at the time. “Love you so much.”

From Left: Jake Bongiovi and Millie Bobby Brown on March 13, 2022.Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

A few months later, in April 2023, the two got engaged in an underwater proposal before celebrating their engagement at a party with friends and family in June.

The following May, the pair officially tied the knot in a secret Italian wedding, which was officiated by Brown’s Stranger Things castmate Matthew Modine. Bon Jovi, 62, announced his son’s marriage before he or Brown did, confirming the couple’s union during an appearance on BBC’s The One Show later that month.

“They’re great,” he said of the newlyweds at the time. “They’re absolutely fantastic. It was a very small family wedding, and the bride looked gorgeous, and Jake is happy as can be.”