Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix, 49, recently sparked marriage rumors with his longtime partner Rooney Mara. During a Sunday appearance on the Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso podcast, the Joker star publicly referred to the 39-year-old as his ‘wife’ for the first time while discussing his 2020 Oscars speech.

Joaquin Phoenix shares with host Sam Fragoso this inspiration his oscar acceptance speech This comes from conversations he had with his “mother” and “wife”. Moments later, the 49-year-old confirmed that he was referring to Rooney Mara by name: “Rooney said, ‘That’s what you should say!'” Despite publicly calling Mara his wife for the first time, Phoenix Did not clarify his marital status during the podcast.

Phoenix first met Mara in 2012 while working on Spike Jonze’s drama Her, although they did not begin dating at that time. They reconnected during the filming of Mary Magdalene and made their relationship public in 2017, eventually getting engaged in 2019. Although they have kept their relationship mostly private, Phoenix once revealed in a 2019 interview, “She’s the only girl I’ve ever paid attention to.” Internet.”

Phoenix and Mara welcomed their first child, 4-year-old son, River, in 2020. Earlier this year, The couple revealed that they were expecting their second child.

Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker: Folie à Deux releases in India on October 2.