Carmen Diaz And Benji Madden: Wedding Woes

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden tied the knot on 5 January 2015 in a Jewish ceremony at Diaz's Beverly Hills home. The couple, who met in May 2014, have since welcomed two children: a daughter, Raddix, in December 2019, and a son, Cardinal, in March 2024.

Diaz and Madden's wedding mishap

Actress Cameron Diaz and Good Charlotte musician Benji Madden's wedding ceremony in 2015 was not without its mishaps. The couple, who had a whirlwind seven-month relationship before getting married, exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home. However, their wedding guests were left laughing after a mishap with the rings. The couple had chosen Nicole Richie and Joel Madden's five-year-old son, Sparrow Madden, to be the ring bearer. Unfortunately, Sparrow dropped one of the wedding bands, causing the audience to chuckle. As Benji and his brother Joel, who was the best man, got on their hands and knees looking for the ring, the guests broke out into full laughter.

And that wasn't the only hiccup during the ceremony. The lights reportedly went out just seconds before Cameron was due to make her entrance!

Despite these minor setbacks, the couple's wedding was a beautiful and heartfelt celebration attended by close friends and family, including Christina Applegate, Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Lionel Richie, Judd Apatow, and more.

Cameron and Benji's relationship has gone from strength to strength since their wedding. They welcomed their first child, a daughter named Raddix Madden, in December 2019, and their second child, a son named Cardinal Madden, in March 2024. In a recent interview, Cameron gushed about her husband, saying, "I love being married. The best thing that ever happened to me is finding my husband and our partnership and his friendship and all that."

Diaz's thoughts on marriage and Madden

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have been married since January 2015 and have two children together. Diaz has described Madden as her best friend and best partner in everything. She has also said that she loves being married and that her husband is the best thing that ever happened to her.

Diaz has also shared how Madden has helped her become the most authentic version of herself. She said that he taught her to value herself more and that she learned how to go all in with their marriage. She also said that she wouldn't have learned as much about herself if she hadn't gotten married.

Diaz and Madden first met at an event attended by Madden's twin brother, Joel Madden, and his wife, Nicole Richie. Diaz was surprised that Madden was in her social circle but that they had never formally met. Richie introduced the pair, and they started dating in May 2014. They got engaged seven months later and tied the knot in a low-key ceremony in their Beverly Hills home.

In a 2016 interview with Harper's Bazaar, Diaz said that getting married was the biggest thing she had done in her 40s and that it opened her up in different ways. She also said that she never thought she would get married until she met Madden.

In a March 2022 interview on the Rule Breakers podcast, Diaz said that Madden taught her to value herself more. She explained that she had been receiving a lot of validation from elsewhere and other ways before she met him. With their marriage, she learned how to go all in and that nothing else comes before their relationship.

Diaz and Madden welcomed their first child, a daughter named Raddix, in December 2019. In April 2020, Diaz opened up about her experience as a new mother during an Instagram Live with Who What Wear CEO Katherine Power. She said that being a mother is the best part of her life and that she feels lucky to be doing it with Madden.

In July 2020, Diaz appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and said that her daughter is the best thing that ever happened to her and Madden. She also shared that Madden writes songs for their daughter and that she thinks he should release a children's album.

In January 2022, Madden dedicated a sweet social media tribute to Diaz to mark their seventh wedding anniversary. He wrote, "Today, 7 years married. Always dreamed of having a family like this. Happy, peaceful, consistent, loyal and unconditional equally filled with passion and depth." Diaz commented on the post, expressing her love for Madden.

Madden's tribute to Diaz on their anniversary

On their seventh wedding anniversary in January 2022, Benji Madden dedicated a heartfelt Instagram post to his wife, Cameron Diaz. He wrote:

> "Today 7 years married. Always dreamed of having a family like this. Happy, peaceful, consistent, loyal and unconditional equally filled with passion and depth. Calling it a Honeymoon doesn't cover it. Real life. The only real challenge we have is making time go slower cause life goes by fast in the happy lane. Always and forever knowing we are home @camerondiaz Happy Anniversary I love you!"

Diaz commented on the post, saying:

> "I love you more and more every day. Happy, peaceful, consistent, loyal and unconditional. Passionate and deep = OUR LOVE. LOVE YOU FOREVER AND ALWAYS."

In August 2023, Madden marked Diaz's 51st birthday with another tribute on Instagram, calling her his "best partner in everything" and "greatest Mom to our little girl". He wrote:

> "I'm off line mostly these days, just working, painting, making things and doing family life, but I have grown to like my little tradition of coming back on special occasions to show love to my Queen. So today, it's a very Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife, best friend, best partner in everything, ride or die, greatest Mom to our little girl, @Avaline wine boss, family chef, advisor, collaborator and everything else. You do it all. So grateful to have our family and I am one lucky man - I know that seems obvious but it really is nice to say it out loud now and then when you're feeling it."

Diaz replied:

> "There's no one else I would rather do this life with. We are so blessed... I love you with all my heart."

Diaz's comments on their relationship

Cameron Diaz has made several comments about her relationship with Benji Madden over the years. The couple, who tied the knot in 2015, have two children together. Here are some of Diaz's quotes about their relationship:

"I love being married. The best thing that ever happened to me is finding my husband and our partnership and his friendship and all that."

"I do think that marriage, when you can grow with someone, it's very important... I just learned so much about myself. I didn't know these things. I would have never known them if I didn't have my husband to help me."

"I think it's a matter of I just hadn't met my husband. I had boyfriends before, and there's a really, really distinct difference between husbands and boyfriends... He's just my partner in life, in everything... I've never had anyone who supported me so much and gave me so much courage to be myself and to really explore myself. My husband has been able to show me what it's like to ... be an equal. And I've learned so much from him. I look at him every day and he inspires me. I feel so lucky."

"I love being a mother. It's the best, best, best part of my life. I'm so grateful and so happy and it's the best thing ever, and I'm so lucky to do it with Benj and we're just having the best time. I'm thrilled. I can't believe it."

"He's really taught me to value myself a lot more... With our marriage, I learned how to really go all in. You know what I mean? ... Nothing else comes before this. It's not hard to do, because it's the most valuable thing I have."

"I met mine [husband] through my now sister-in-law and brother-in-law. I met them first and then they didn't set us up but we were in the same room because of them, and then we found each other... I was like, 'How come I didn't see him before?' ... They're not the same, they're so different. Even though they're twins, they're very, very different obviously... I saw him walking towards me and I was like, 'Huh, he's hot. I haven't seen him before.' But then when I saw him, like who he was — that's what made me really be like, 'Oh you, you're special. You're the guy. You're the hidden gem in my life.'"

The couple's second child

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden welcomed their second child, a son named Cardinal Madden, on March 22, 2024. The couple shared the happy news on Instagram, writing:

> "We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our son, Cardinal Madden❤️🙏. He is awesome and we are all so happy he is here! He’s really cute. We are feeling so blessed and grateful."

Diaz and Madden's son was born almost four years after the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Raddix Madden, in December 2019.

Diaz has previously spoken about her joy at becoming a mother. "I love being a mother," she said during an interview in April 2020. "It's the best, best, best part of my life. I'm so grateful and so happy and it's the best thing ever, and I'm so lucky to do it with Benj and we're having the best time. I'm thrilled. I can't believe it."

Diaz and Madden tied the knot in January 2015, after a whirlwind seven-month romance. The couple first met in May 2014 and got engaged in December of that year.

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