Margaret Qualley Reveals What Happened When Jack Antonoff Proposed
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Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff kept their relationship fairly private right up until their wedding, at which point having friend Taylor Swift at the ceremony drew an enormous amount of attention to the nuptials.
The couple were first linked romantically in 2021, and with their public lives in the entertainment industry, it was only a matter of time before more details came out. They’ve also both weathered public relationships before: Antonoff dated Lena Dunham from 2012 to 2018 and Qualley dated comedian Pete Davidson in 2019 as well as actor Shia LaBeouf.
In 2024, after three years together and a wedding, Antonoff and Qualley are still going strong. Here’s their complete relationship timeline so far.
August 2021
Photographers caught a picture of the couple kissing on Aug. 17, 2021, in New York City. They stopped at an ice cream shop and then walked through the streets of Brooklyn with their arms around one another.
October 2021
Once again, the pair was seen embracing in the streets of New York, this time in Tribeca.
March 2022
On March 13, 2022, Qualley and Antonoff made their first official public appearance together at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards. The actress’ series Maid was nominated for Best Limited Series. Just a few days later, they attended the AFI Awards Luncheon.
April 2022
Qualley accompanied Antonoff to the 2022 Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for Album of the Year for his work as a producer on Taylor Swift’s Evermore. He also wonProducer of the Year in the non-classical category.
May 2022
On May 26, fans noticed a stunning ring on Qualley’s finger as she spoke on a panel for her film Stars at Noon while at the Cannes Film Festival.
Qualley announced in a now-deleted Instagram post that she and Antonoff were engaged, sharing a picture of her bejeweled hand with the caption, “Oh, I love him!”
February 2023
They made a cute couple at the 2023 Grammy Awards, where Qualley wore a hat advertising Antonoff’s band, The Bleachers.
March 2023
Lana Del Rey released a song titled “Margaret” on her ninth album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. Her longtime collaborator, Antonoff, worked on the song, and most fans believe the song is an ode to his partner.
In the first verse, she sings, “He met Margaret on a rooftop, she was wearin’ white / And he was like, ‘I might be in trouble’ / He had flashes of the good life, he was like / ‘Should I jump off this building now or do it on the double?’”
In a post about the song, Antonoff wrote, “‘margaret’ forever and margaret forever, in all forms.”
August 2023
Qualley and Antonoff were married on August 19 in New Jersey to much fanfare. The couple had a star-studded guest list, including Lana Del Rey, Zo? Kravitz, Channing Tatum, Cara Delevingne, and Taylor Swift. Fans swarmed the rehearsal dinner outside local eatery the Black Whale Bar & Fish House. Things got so wild that the Beach Haven police showed up to disperse the crowd.
Fans swarmed the New Jersey venue where Taylor Swift was spotted attending Jack Antonoff’s wedding. pic.twitter.com/7Ybr3QLdAZ
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 19, 2023
September 2023
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Qualley made some rare comments about her relationship, saying, “I am so happy that I found my person...And it’s real. It’s amazing. It’s the best feeling in the world. I’m so excited and so at ease all at once.”
She added, “Until about a month before I met Jack, I never had any furniture...I would always have these shitty little apartments and move around from one place to another with a mattress on the floor and an Ikea lamp. I never made a home at all. I didn’t care; I cared about movies. I would use my sister’s basement in L.A. as a spot to keep my things. But I didn’t invest in that part of my life. It’s really exciting now to be making a home and to have something to care for.”
She continued, “I just want to do everything with Jack. One day, I want kids, and I’m not there yet, and I want to keep doing movies. And that’s about all I know.”
December 2023
Antonoff had similarly warm things to say about his wife during an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers a few months later.
“Someone told me that when you die and when you get married is the only time everyone you love is in a room,” he told Meyers. “And I was like, ‘Oh, that is just a thing someone says, and I perform for a living so I don’t mind if the attention is on me.’ And then as soon as it started, my whole body became wet...I’m looking for jokes, but it was just really beautiful.”
January 2024
On January 17, the Bleachers debuted a new music video starring Qualley.
September 2024
Qualley spoke to The Sunday Times about her relationship with Antonoff and how she wrote in her journal the day she met him that she’d marry him. She recalled his proposal later: “I was so excited that I tackled him and he cut his knee, and I flipped over a chair, but it was cute,” she said.
She also spoke about how they hope to have children in the future. “I’d be thrilled with two. I want one and then I want the other one to have a friend,” she said. “My brother and sister are my best friends, so I can’t imagine not having that.”
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