Elijah Wooden not too long ago turned a father for the second time.
The actor revealed throughout a dialog with the Wall Avenue Journal for the publication’s “My Monday Morning” sequence that he and his longtime companion Mette-Marie Kongsved quietly welcomed a child lady final 12 months. He defined that with two babies at dwelling, he has no alternative however to begin his time without work very early, getting up “A while between 5:30 and 6:30.” He went on to clarify, “We have a 3-year-old son and a 14-month-old daughter, and she or he wakes us up fairly early. I like getting up early, I like beginning the day.” After waking up his children, Wooden then will get to work making them a breakfast of “oatmeal with varied spices, peanut butter and fruit—banana, apples, blackberries. I additionally actually like in a single day oats or muesli with yogurt, and I typically eat that with them.”
Wooden and Kongsved have been collectively for nearly six years, and beforehand welcomed their son Evan in 2019. The couple first met once they labored collectively on the 2017 movie I Do not Really feel at House in This World Anymore, however did not make their first official public look till February 2019 once they attended the Rodarte vogue present collectively. Kongsved, who’s a film producer, was beforehand married to director Evan Louis Katz, however they separated in 2016. The Lord of the Rings star additionally shared that he is loving the brand new perspective that parenthood has dropped at their relationship. “You are consistently being challenged, in one of the simplest ways,” he stated. “It is as a lot my very own private progress as it’s about my kid’s progress.” And he additionally defined why he prefers to maintain his household out of the highlight, which incorporates not disclosing his new daughter’s title and holding his Instagram account set to non-public. “I wished to have the ability to share images that I did not essentially need to share with the world,” he informed the outlet. “An account that is public-facing would actually change what I share. It is not like I am sharing something that I would not need to exit, however I am a comparatively non-public particular person.”
Again in February 2020, Wooden introduced their son’s start throughout an look on Late Evening With Seth Meyers, explaining that he and his companion discovered they had been going to be dad and mom on Christmas Eve 2018. “I haven’t had a cigarette since then,” he stated. “And that evening, I discovered we had been pregnant. On Christmas Eve.” Over time, the actor and the Danish producer have sparked engagement rumors, particularly after Kongsved was noticed in 2019 sporting a diamond ring on her left hand, nevertheless, it’s unclear if they’ve gotten legally married.
