Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs' Relationship Timeline
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs May Have Called It Quits Back in 2013, but They Remain on Great Terms. the Pair Met as Costars During the Original Production of...
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs may have called it quits back in 2013, but they remain on great terms.
The pair met as costars during the original production of the Broadway musical Rent in the mid-'90s. They married in 2003 and welcomed a son, Walker Nathaniel, six years later.
The couple announced that they were parting ways in 2013. While both actors have since moved on — Diggs started dating reality star Apryl Jones in January 2022 and Menzel married Rent actor Aaron Lohr in September 2017 — they've continued to make co-parenting their top priority.
"Your child comes first, that's all," Menzel told PEOPLE Now in 2016. "He comes first and you have to get past your own egos and you never talk bad about each other."
Diggs also told PEOPLE: "We were friends to start out with, but especially when you have a kid in the mix, there's no time for any negativity. He's our main objective, he's what's most important for us, so we're still there as a family."
From their first meeting as fledgling Broadway stars to co-parenting their son, here's a complete timeline of Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs' relationship.
1995: Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs first meet
Menzel and Diggs first crossed paths while costarring in the original Broadway production of Rent back in the mid-'90s.
"Rent is literally the gift that keeps on giving," Diggs said during a 2021 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. "I met my baby mama there, it was the beginning of my career. That's where it all started."
December 21, 1998: Taye Diggs brings Idina Menzel to his movie premiere
In December 1998, Diggs showed up to the premiere of his movie The Best Man with Menzel by his side, PEOPLE reported at the time.