Actor Christian Bale Didn’t Believe in Marriage for Years. Then He Met His Muse, Sibi, and Immediately Married Her in Las Vegas
We often hear that parents’ divorce is traumatic for children, even if they’re splitting up after many years of marriage. This can lead to serious consequences, one of which is children’s disillusionment with marriage itself, resulting in a reluctance to start a family of their own for fear that it will fall apart anyway. This was the case with Christian Bale, who had absolutely no faith in marriage after his parents’ divorce. But meeting Sibi Blažić changed everything, and he is now a happy husband and father of two.
The couple met through Winona Ryder.
Christian Bale and Winona Ryder became friends when they worked together on the film Little Women. She introduced him to Sibi Blažić, a model and makeup artist who temporarily worked as Winona’s assistant. At the time, the actor was already preparing for the role of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, but it was still a while before his iconic role of Batman in The Dark Knight.
Christian was against marriage and children, but Sibi changed his mind.
Until Christian met Sibi, he had absolutely no plans of getting married or having children. The reason being that the actor’s parents, Jenny James and David Bale, divorced in 1991 after 19 years together, which had a deep impact on Christian and made him lose faith in the very idea of marriage. But all that changed when he met Sibi. The actor fell so much in love that he could no longer imagine life without her.
They went to Las Vegas to get married as soon as possible.
Christian and Sibi rarely share details of their personal lives with the public, but it’s clear that their meeting was love at first sight. They immediately knew that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together, so in 2000 the lovers traveled to Las Vegas and got married. To everyone’s surprise, yesterday’s hardened bachelor Christian Bale became a happy husband to Sibi Blažić.
Surprisingly, the actor’s father, David Bale, also soon decided to give marriage a second chance. He married journalist and social-political activist Gloria Steinem. When asked in an interview what he thought of his father’s second marriage, Christian said that he and Sibi were looking forward to spending time with the newlywed couple.
They became happy parents of two children.
After meeting Sibi, Christian not only regained faith in marriage but also reconsidered his attitude toward fatherhood. After the wedding, the couple started to think about starting a big family. In 2005, Christian and Sibi had their first child, daughter Emmeline. Nine years later, in 2014, their son Joseph was born.
In subsequent interviews, Bale said that fatherhood was “the best thing ever” and confessed that he is incredibly proud of his family and doesn’t want to part with them for even a second. Christian has also given his children cute nicknames. In his 2019 speech during the Golden Globe Awards, he called daughter Emmeline and son Joseph “banana and burrito.”
Christian is good at surprises, but Sibi is not far behind him.
Christian has a special reputation in the acting world. He often transforms himself physically in order to play his characters more convincingly. For instance, Bale lost a lot of weight for his role in The Machinist, became overweight for his role in Vice and spent long hours at the gym to create the perfect Batman body. Sibi supported every step of her husband’s career and, by her own admission, fell in love with many of his characters. She particularly liked Trevor Reznik from The Machinist.
However, Sibi herself is good at surprising her husband. In addition to being a model, makeup artist, and assistant, she has also tried her hand at being an understudy and even doing stunt work. For instance, she worked with her husband in The Dark Knight Rises where, according to Christian, she “was a stunt driver — she was chasing me through the city in Batman.” He also revealed that Sibi can do 180-degree turns in the car, which freaked Bale out a bit.
They keep their personal lives private, but sometimes can’t contain their feelings.
In addition to his physical transformations, Christian is known for being secretive about his personal life. He explains that he aims to embody the characters on screen without revealing any aspect of himself. Here, too, his wife has his back. According to Christian, Sibi likes to lead a private life and he is in complete agreement. However, in some situations, Bale finds it difficult to keep quiet.
Christian periodically shares in interviews how happy he is to be Sibi’s husband and father of two. He also admits, that his wife reveals a different side of him. She makes him feel very soft when he is around her. So much so, that sometimes he wants to cry from happiness.
Christian believes he owes much of his success to his wife.
Bale often talks about how he wouldn’t have achieved such success in his acting career if his wife Sibi hadn’t supported his endeavors. He notes that she and their children regularly visit him on set, which is very important to Christian. And in a speech at the Golden Globe Awards, he said he “wouldn’t be working without her.”
Christian Bale and Sibi Blažić got married in Las Vegas in 2000, shortly after they met. Although it’s usually thought that such reckless acts don’t lead to an ideal family, they’ve been together for 22 years. Their story proves, once again, that even if one is disillusioned with the idea of marriage, it’s still possible to meet true love and give yourself a chance to be happy.
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