{"id":25974,"date":"2025-04-27T18:19:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25974"},"modified":"2025-04-27T18:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:19:33","slug":"two-week-rule-that-is-the-success-behind-robert-downey-jr-s-19-year-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25974","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Two-week rule\u2019 that is the success behind Robert Downey Jr.’s 19-year marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Downey Jr. has been married to his partner for the best part of two decades, and a ‘two-week rule’ has been credited as the couple’s secret.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Downey Jr met Susan Downey in 2003 on the set of\u00a0Gothika<\/em>, with the actor starring in the project alongside Halle Berry.<\/p>\n

Susan, on the other hand, was a producer on the movie through her job with Silver Pictures – but it certainly wasn’t love at first sight.<\/p>\n

The film producer\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter in 2014 how she found\u00a0Downey Jr<\/a>\u00a0‘interesting but weird’. I mean, talk about backhanded compliments.<\/p>\n

Susan also conceded she didn’t want to date the star of the\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0she was working on, but she later agreed to go on a\u00a0date<\/a>\u00a0with the now 60-year-old – and the rest as they say is history.<\/p>\n

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Robert Downey Jr married Susan in 2005 (MICHAEL TRAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Many will wonder how the pair have maintained such a successful marriage, thankfully Susan has revealed all.<\/p>\n

Susan explained that the pair have a crucial rule; they do not go longer than two weeks without seeing each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have a two-week rule, which often feels too long, but we don’t go more than two weeks without seeing each other and the family being together,\u201d Susan\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0People.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately, we prefer to be a traveling circus when we can be,” she continued.<\/p>\n

The couple try to stick with the ‘basic rule’ but sometimes life can be ‘oddly unpredictable’ so they don’t think ‘too far ahead’.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone might get sick, or there might be a shutdown, or this or that. So you just have to have some basic things in place, and then you have to be willing to flow with the rest of it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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The couple follow a ‘two-week rule’ (Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Susan went on to say she was fortunate that her job as a producer doesn\u2019t require her to be in front of the camera so she can be more flexible when it comes to seeing her family.<\/p>\n

Susan added: \u201cThe good news is I’m not in front of the camera, and so as a producer I end up with a little bit more flexibility in terms of location, of where I would need to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really admire and have a lot of empathy for couples who both have to be in front of the camera, because you get stuck and you have to make those choices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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