Netflix's Wednesday: These two cast members are married to each other, did you know?

Fans of the popular Netflix show Wednesday were shocked to learn that two actors who play side characters are hitched in real life. So now we can be sure that the Addams Family isn't the only one with unexpected couples.

We are talking about Fred Armisen (the excited Uncle Fester without any hair!) and Riki Lindhome (cheerful therapist Dr. Valerie Kinbott) -- for real!

This information didn't come from an announcement or an Instagram post but from a 2024 Vanity Fair article that revealed their secret June 2022 wedding. They tied the knot just a few months after wrapping up filming in Romania.

On Reddit, Wednesday fans lost it as a post on r/WednesdayTVSeries went viral, with over 1,300 upvotes as of the time of writing. It read, "Not me just finding out now that Dr. Kinbott is married to Uncle Fester."

And yeah, same here!

How did Fred Armisen and Riki Lindhome go from co-stars to co-parents?

According to Vanity Fair, Lindhome and Armisen had been friends for 15 years before things got serious on the set for Wednesday.

But the way it went down was not what you'd expect. Lindhome was about to become a mom through a surrogate when she realized she had feelings for Armisen. She told him how she felt two weeks before her baby Keaton entered the world in March 2022. Talk about timing!

What happened after that is something you'd only see in a Tim Burton movie. Armisen was shooting in Europe, so he didn't meet the baby immediately. But once he did, he was all in. He didn't even wait long before saying yes to becoming a dad. Then, just a few months later, the couple had a secret wedding. They popped into a courthouse, said their "I dos" in three minutes flat, grabbed some ice cream, and called it a wrap. And they got hitched on a Wednesday, too!

No black veils or fancy shindigs here, love, just a sundress from Macy's and some rings that arrived late. We bet even Morticia would give it a thumbs up!

The bald head fooled Wednesday fans!

On Reddit, people were shocked, some tickled pink, and some memed. One fan wrote, "That's who Fester is?! I didn't recognize him bald!" It seems Armisen's bald look threw off some. Another gushed, "So cute, I had no idea!"

Some people couldn't help but feel sad because Lindhome's character passed away in Wednesday's first season. One of them wrote, "Now I'm even more b--med that she died. This would have been so cute in the show."

And then some just went full-on funny: "It's finally me and you, and you and me—just us, and your Uncle Fester." You'll get the reference if you remember Garfunkel and Oates ft. Kate Micucci from back in the day!

The love story between Armisen and Lindhome fits the bill for a show about wild twists and spooky love. Can you imagine? Two buddies who make us laugh end up together during a teen supernatural show in Romania. They don't just get a little lovey-dovey; they come out with a baby and a marriage.

It's so out there, even Wednesday Addams would crack a smile!

So while everyone's waiting for Wednesday Season 3 to drop, we've got a little love wrapped up. It's like when Uncle Fester surprises us with his light bulb gag. Love has a habit of zapping us in the most unexpected ways!

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You can watch this unintentional matchmaker of a show on Netflix!

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