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Ben Stiller reveals emotional motivation to rekindle marriage to Christine Taylor after brutal separation

Ben Stiller revealed his parent's relationship motivated him to rekindle with  Christine Taylor during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, three years after separating.

Despite recalling how his mother and father, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, butted heads during their 60-year marriage, the actor explained he was inspired by their commitment to one another to never lose hope on the possibility of reconciliation. Like Ben and Taylor, who have costarred in many projects together, Stiller's parents, who met each other in a casting agent's office, were a husband-and-wife comedy team that made frequent appearances on TV variety shows. Despite recalling how his mother and father, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, butted heads during their 60-year marriage, the actor explained he was inspired by their commitment to one another to never lose hope on the possibility of reconciliation (pictured last month)

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