Are Rhett and Link Friends?

Rhett has shared similar sentiments, like when he captioned an adorable throwback picture of the pair by describing Link as "his best friend all along" who's "funny, smart, thoughtful original, and weird," per Instagram.

What is the relationship between Rhett and Link?

Rhett and Link now live in Los Angeles, California, where together they run a production company named Mythical Entertainment, located in Burbank. Rhett and his wife, Jessie, have two sons. Link and his wife, Christy, have two sons and a daughter.

How did Rhett and Link become friends?

First-grader Rhett McLaughlin met his classmate and to-be lifelong friend, Link Neal, in 1984 at Buies Creek Elementary School in Buies Creek, North Carolina when the two were held in from recess for writing "hel" and "dam" on their desks, misspelled. They spent the time coloring pictures of mythical beasts.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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