Anne Hathaway dreamt of a marriage like her parents, but instead of finding a reliable partner, she unknowingly dated a fraudster for four years.
The relationship was followed by a public breakup filled with pain and broken trust. After the chaos and scandal, Hathaway met the man of her dreams, who she knew was different from their first meeting.
The actress and her beloved husband have been married for ten years. Hathaway’s husband changed her life and made her feel fulfilled every day.
Anne Hathaway is a successful actress who has been married for over ten years to her beloved husband, Adam Shulman.
However, before she was married, she dated her ex for four years, and they broke up because it turned out he was a fraudster.
All through her dating life, Hathaway has her own rules that she follows. According to the actress, she tries not to date where she works as it makes her life easier.
She added that anyone she’d give a chance in love had to be pretty extraordinary. Hathaway also revealed that her parents are her role models when it comes to love:
“My parents have been married more than 25 years, with all the glory and the pain you can imagine, but they’ve stayed together. I want a strong marriage like that.”
Hathaway seemed to have found her extraordinary person as she is married to Shulman, an actor and jewelry designer who stole her heart. The “Get Smart” actress met her husband in 2008 at the Palm Springs Film Festival via mutual friends.
The jewelry designer was so smitten by Hathaway that when they got engaged, he designed the actress’s engagement ring himself.
Shulman worked with Kwiat, a diamond jewelry company, to bring the engagement ring to life. Greg Kwiat, owner of the company, said Shulman “had a very strong vision for he knew Anne would love.”
Fans believe that Hathaway’s husband looks like William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s wife was also called Anne Hathaway, and she died in 1623. Upon her death, Shakespeare wrote, “Life is too short to love you alone in one, I promise to look for you in the next life.”
Fans feel Hathaway’s and her husband’s love is a reincarnation because of the uncanny resemblance between Shulman and Shakespeare and the words the legendary poet wrote when his wife died.
This alleged reincarnation has excited fans, who believe the two Hathaway are connected. However, before Hathaway met her dream man, who looks like Shakespeare, she went through a troubling phase in her love life.
Hathaway dated Italian-born Raffaello Follieri for four years. The actress told the media that when she met Follieri, it was love at first sight. “He is sooo good-looking … He looks like a God,” she said.
In Hathaway’s eyes, Follieri was also a successful man. At 25, he started his company, the Follieri Group, whose objective was to help the Catholic Church sell its real estate properties amidst the financial fallout from the child sex-abuse scandal.
Follieri used deceptive measures to gain investors’ money for his company. He then used these investors’ money to fund his lavish lifestyle. However, this was not the only scandal Follieri was caught up in.
Follieri, who ran the Follieri Foundation, was caught up in another scandal when the New York State’s Attorney General’s office started investigating his charity, which funded vaccination programs in developing countries.
“The Devil Wears Prada” star had once served as the director of the charity’s board before she left the position. This previous responsibility made many people link her to Follieri’s scandal. Hathaway was bombarded by questions relating to the foundation, but her representative commented on her behalf:
“Since she is no longer associated with the foundation, why would you expect her to be familiar with all of this.”
The scandal surrounding Follieri was not his last, as he was also sued by a former business partner for bouncing a $215,000 cheque. When this issue occurred, Follieri and Hathaway separated briefly.
Aside from the business scandals surrounding Follieri, the ex-couple are said to have fought a lot, especially when Hathaway was on set. The actress heard rumors that her then-boyfriend was flirting with other women while she was away filming. A friend revealed that Follieri would only visit the actress on set for a short period of time:
“He was very caught up in his social life and making connections in New York, and stories would get back to Anne about his late nights and carousing, usually with models in the immediate vicinity.”
The actress stood by Follieri for over a year when his scandals broke out. However, Hathaway soon realized she was dating a con man who had lied to her during their time together.
Hathaway was also caught in the middle of the scandals when Follieri was indicted. The actress was forced to hand over thousands of dollars worth of jewelry that her then-boyfriend had gifted her.
The lovely couple works as a perfect duo. Hathaway confessed that her husband has helped her keep her acting and real life separate.
Authorities also seized the actress’s private journals as part of their investigation. Hathaway then made the decision to end her relationship with Follieri when she felt the chaos was damaging her reputation. A source said:
“It’s heartbreaking for her to dump him, and she’s devastated that it’s come to this, but she really didn’t have a choice. His scandals were hurting her reputation.”
Follieri served four and a half years in jail, and upon release, he was deported to Italy, where he lives now. Meanwhile, Hathaway moved on with life and is married to Shulman.
Hathaway opened up about meeting Shulman. The two met amidst the Follieri investigation when the FBI was still all over the actress. She noted that they met when she was still getting over her experience with Follieri, but she gave her husband a chance:
“I knew from the second I met him that he was the love of my life. I also knew that I couldn’t have met him at a worse time… I took my trust out for a ridiculous joyride with him… And he has never hurt me.”
The actress said she felt Shulman was a good person, and she also wanted to make her experience with Follieri an exception and not a rule in her life.
Shulman and Hathaway had a friend in common, and after the two met, the actress confided in this friend, “I am going to marry that man. I think he thought I was a little nut, which I am a bit, but I’m also nice.”
Despite falling head over heels for Shulman, Hathaway admitted that she still had trust issues. She noted that she had to learn to forgive herself and let go of the person she had become due to her past relationship:
“It was scary. But as the days wore on, it kept on getting better and better. I found that the love I found for him made me more trusting of everyone.”
When Hathaway met Shulman, she made it known to the media that she had found someone she liked. The actress said she was single but had met a fine guy:
“This guy I know in L.A. is kind of doing it for me right now. When I think of sexy, I think of him.”
Unfortunately, when they met, Hathaway could not make a move on Shulman because he had a girlfriend. The actress, who said she had no problem making the first move when she sees a man she likes, took the initiative when she heard Shulman was finally single:
“Then when I found out six weeks later that he didn’t have a girlfriend, I was like, we should throw a party. We should invite Adam.”
Hathaway and Shulman got married in September 2012 after dating for four years. The couple had a lowkey and casual wedding with over 150 guests who were friends and family. The actress’s A-list companions were not in attendance.
The actress’s wedding ceremony was nature inspired. She wore a custom Valentino gown with minimal accessories. She complemented the look with a vintage-inspired headband and a simple veil.
The 40-year-old beauty said she and her husband, who she has been in a union with for over a decade, had a very strong connection from the day they met. She noted that their bond gets stronger each day. Hathaway added that Shulman was so gentle and present:
“I think the accepted narrative now is that we, as women, don’t need anybody. But I need my husband. His unique and specific love has changed me.”
Hathaway, who is deeply in love with Shulman, said the actor helped her regain her sense of trust and changed her ability to be in the world comfortably.
Hathaway and her husband have been blessed with two children. The couple welcomed their first child Jonathan Rosebanks on March 24, 2016, and their second boy, Jack Shulman, was born in 2019.
When the actress was pregnant with her second child, she was spotted being picked up by her husband after a night out. Shulman clearly took good care of his pregnant wife. He has also opened up about being a great father.
Shulman said he enjoyed being his kids’ father. He noted that he found every aspect of fatherhood amazing, including the dirty job of changing diapers. The jewelry designer also said Hathaway amazed him as a mother. “Every day makes me appreciate her more,” he revealed.
Hathaway also opened up about motherhood. The actress said she stayed at home with her first child during the Covid-19 pandemic. She noted that mothering him was pretty easy because he was gullible and believed everything his parents told him.
The actress was pregnant with her second child when shooting “The Witches.” She said his two sons get along well. She hilariously revealed that when she tells her sons Santa is watching their every move, they share everything without a fuss:
“Now Jack’s big enough to wrestle with, and that’s brought a new element to their relationship that’s really cute.”
The lovely couple works as a perfect duo. Hathaway confessed that her husband has helped her keep her acting and real life separate. She noted that when her job took over her life during the filming of “Serenity,” Shulman was always their keep her in check:
“I’m just really grateful I had my husband there to remind me where our life ended and where she began and helping to keep that clear for me.”
The “Intern” star said that before she met Shulman, she was doing a good job in keeping herself and her life safe but with her husband, she got all the help she needed to have an ideal existence.
Hathaway and her husband have worked together on several projects. At first, the actress wasn’t sure she should work with Shulman, but she noted that she ended up enjoying the experience:
“But I loved working with him. He’s really good at this, and he’s a wonderful producer. And I feel like I actually learned a lot from him in the process.”
The mother of two also shows affection to her husband publicly. In one red carpet scenario, Hathaway reached out affectionately to touch Shulman’s beard and to help him look well-groomed in front of the photographers.
The actress revealed in an interview that her husband liked to tease her. She noted that during the early days of the lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, her husband would tease her for the weird safety measures she came up with.
Hathaway said she put tape over all light switches and door knobs, which her husband found hilarious and would make fun of her. The actress also noted that her husband didn’t do anything weird during those scary days:
“Ugh. He’s so perfect. I know I shouldn’t say that; it’s too much pressure. But he’s a really easygoing guy, so he usually hits the bullseye pretty right. I’m the one that spins out a little bit. I’m very lucky I married him.”
Hathaway loves the life she has created with her husband and the family they are building together. When asked if she was open to having more kids, the actress said she didn’t really know yet.
“The Hustle” star added that sometimes she was sure she wanted more kids, but at times the world scared her so much that she was grateful and satisfied for the two healthy boys she had already been blessed with.
