Samantha Greenstone and Jacob Hoff officially tied the knot.
Greenstone, 37, and Hoff, 31, took their relationship to the next level as they married on Nov. 25 in Boca Raton, Fla. during an intimate wedding ceremony. The pair spoke about their "pure love story" with the New York Times in a feature published on Dec. 6, giving backstory on their unconventional romance which they have documented with their followers on social media through the years.
“I am gay, and as a gay person, you can keep your identity as that even if your relationship doesn’t match that,” Hoff explained. “We have a monogamous relationship. It’s beyond a visual lustful connection. It’s a soulful connection.”
Both Greenstone and Hoff work as actors and first met at callbacks for Fiddler on the Roof in Escondido, Calif. in November 2015, where he first heard Greenstone's performance.
“From the lobby, I heard Samantha’s cackle at the end of the song and instantly thought whoever just made that sound is an immaculate human,” he recalled to the publication.
They both landed roles in the show and quickly developed a close friendship, which eventually blossomed into deeper feelings for one another. Greenstone noted she was "living in utter confusion" over her feelings for Hoff and went to an energy healer for advice, who claimed they "share a spiritual umbilical cord."
“There was a spark and It felt like this magnetism that was so powerful," Greenstone explained. ‘’It was like someone had found the words to explain our connection and package it in a way that made me finally understand what we had between us.”
Greenstone texted Hoff later that day and eventually confirmed that they both had deeper feelings for one another. They made their relationship official in July 2017 and got engaged in December 2023.
Since their engagement, the pair have been open about their relationship on social media and questions people have about their romance. One of the major misconceptions they have addressed is that they're in a "lavender marriage."
"A lavender marriage is when one partner is heterosexual and one partner is homosexual and the homosexual partner enters the relationship to cover up the fact that they are gay," Greenstone explained in a TikTok posted on Nov. 22.
Hoff clarified, "That's not what's going on here," noting "there's no covering up" the fact that he's gay. Instead, they explained that they're in a "mixed-orientation relationship."
In another video posted to Instagram on Aug. 27, Hoff spoke about why he decided to marry a woman despite identifying as gay, explaining, "Samantha is the person I'm connected to spiritually [and] she's my soul partner."
"I want to spend the rest of my life with her and that oftentimes transcends just plain old sexuality," he continued. "We are attracted to each other, we're intimate but it's just on a different level. It's a soulmate connection."
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