15. Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle Melton

15. Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle Melton

US Soccer star Abby Wambach is one of the most prolific and successful players ever to represent her country at the sport. Between 2001 and 2015 she pulled on the US jersey 256 times, scoring an incredible 184 goals. She's also no stranger to the idea of same-sex marriage. In fact, she's tied the knot twice! She was an early adopter of the idea, marrying long term partner and fellow soccer player Sarah Huffman in 2013. That marriage ended in 2016 when she met Glennon Doyle Melton, a Christian novelist and activist.

Melton was also married previously, to a former model named Craig Melton with whom she had three children. Wambach and Melton fell in love quickly and intensely and went from confirming their relationship in November 2016 to being married by May 2017. They're still together, which we'll take as evidence that whirlwind romances sometimes can last.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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