Dick Van Dyke, 96, feared fans would think wife, 50, was a ‘gold digger’
14.03.2022 - 18:51
/ nypost.com
Closer magazine, the “Mary Poppins” legend bluntly stated: “I thought there would be an outcry about a gold digger marrying an old man, but no one ever took that attitude.”Van Dyke — who has a reported fortune of $50 million — first met Silver at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the time, he was 81 and she was just 35.Silver — who was working as a make-up artist at the event — also spoke with Closer, recalling the moment she first laid eyes on her now-husband.“He said, ‘Hi, I’m Dick.’ The first thing I asked him was, ‘Weren’t you in ‘Mary Poppins’? We got along immediately as friends, so it didn’t feel like he was so much older than me,” she told the publication.The pair’s friendship subsequently turned romantic and they wed in February 2012.Van Dyke and Silver celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary last month, and it seems they’re still as loved up as the day they said “I do.”“We share an attitude,” Van Dyke cooed of his wife.
“She can go with the flow. She loves to sing and dance, which we do almost every day.
She’s just delightful.”Silver subsequently chimed in: “He is the most perfect human being. I’ve never met anyone so happy, so genuine, so amazing.
He’s just like a happy pill.”Last month, the couple showed off their fun-loving relationship in a video posted in honor of Valentine’s Day.The pair were seen dancing to a cover of the 1958 Doris Day song “Everybody Loves a Lover” performed by Silver’s band, Arlene & the Vantastix. The video went viral online, with fans remarking on the fact that Van Dyke could still bust a move in his mid-nineties.
Back in 2019, Van Dyke shared his secrets to staying in great shape, telling Closer: “I’ve always been an exerciser and still am. I go to the gym three days a
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