Hit With Asian Persuasion: 14 Celebs Who Have Dated Asian Women
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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage is married to Alice Kim, a woman who used to be a waitress at Kabuki, a restaurant in Los Angeles. The two have a son together, named Kal-El. While their relationship has had rocky moments, the two seem to be happy, despite their 20-year age difference.
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Wayne Brady
After divorcing his first wife in 1995, T.V. personality Wayne Brady married Mandie Taketa, who is a Japanese-American woman from Hawaii. Wayne and Mandie have a daughter named Maile. Despite having been married for almost 10 years, the couple divorced in 2007.
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Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle married Elaine in 2001 and today the couple is still going strong. They have three children together: two sons and a daughter. Despite having a strong marriage, Dave rarely talks about his wife or his kids, thus keeping his family life private.
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Shia Labeouf
Shia LeBeouf and stylist Karolyn Pho met in early 2011 when the two visited an L.A. karaoke club. After dating for nearly two years, the couple broke up and Shia LaBeouf quickly moved onto co-star Mia Goth. Rumor has it that Shia LeBeouf’s role in the movie Nymphomaniac, which involved real sex roles with Mia Goth, is was drove the relationship to an end.
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Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes married his second wife Nakyung Park in 2003 after dating for three years. Nakyung Park was born in South Korea, which Wesley now deems as his second home. The couple has three sons and a daughter together.
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Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook owner and Internet entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg married his long time girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, in May 2012. The couple had been dating for nine years after meeting at Harvard. Despite his ever-growing bank accounts, Mark decided to get married in his backyard.
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David Alan Grier
After divorcing his first wife in 1995, David Alan Grier married museum curator Christine Y. Kim in 2007. The couple have a daughter together, named Luisa, but have since gone their own separate ways. Divorce papers were filed by Christine in 2009 citing irreconcilable differences.
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Hugh Grant
Asian Persuasian can hit in the heat of the night! Apparently Hugh Grant had a very short relationship with Chinese model Tinglan Hong and subsequently had an unexpected and unplanned daughter. Tinglan was 19 years younger than Hugh Grant and even though the baby nor relationship seemed to be planned, both mom and dad seem to be happy and have made efforts to live closer together for parenting reasons.
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Zach Helm
In 2003, Zach Helm and Lucy Liu began dating. The playright and actress seemed to be a good match and were quickly engaged in 2004. By the end of that year, the couple split and just a year later, Lucy found herself with Will McCormack. Neither have yet to marry anyone else.
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John Lennon
John Lennon married Japanese peace activist Yoko Ono in 1969 and unlike many other males, decided to adopt her name and become John Ono Lennon. The couple met while John was still married to Cynthia but apparently the chemistry between them was too much to ignore. The couple remained married until Lennon’s death.
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Owen Wilson
For the longest time, Owen Wilson’ had this mystery pregnant girlfriend who no one knew. It wasn’t until early 2011 that Jade Duell was identified as being Owen’s girlfriend. Jade stayed out of the public eye and has never made any red carpet appearances with him. The couple has a son together, but have ended their relationship amicably.
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Rupert Murdoch
Apparently third time is a charm for news mogul Rupert Murdoch. Rupert is married to Chinese-American Wendi Deng Murdoch, and the couple has been together for 12 years. They met at a company conference in 1997 and married two years later. Rupert and Wendi have two daughters together.
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Kevin James
Funny guy Kevin James is married to Steffiana de la Cruz and though her name sounds Latin, she is actually Filipino. Steffiana made a guest appearance on the show King of Queens in which Kevin James has a main role in, but the two didn’t meet until 2001 when they went on a blind date. They were married in 2004 and have three children.
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James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini, better known as Tony Soprano, is married to Deborah Lin. The couple made their first red carpet appearance in March 2007. The actor and former model married in Hawaii in 2008 after dating for two years.
