Milo Ventimiglia Secretly Marries Model Jarah Mariano

Milo Ventimiglia is a married man!

The This Is Us alum, 45, secretly tied the knot with model girlfriend, Jarah Mariano, a rep confirms to PEOPLE. Us Weekly was first to report the news. Troy Williams of Simply Troy planned the affair. According to the outlet, the actor and Mariano, 38, exchanged vows official earlier this year in a private ceremony attended by family and close friends.

Fans were first tipped off about Ventimiglia’s romance with Mariano in 2022 after Instagram account Deuxmoi first revealed they were an item. When a follower asked who he was dating, Deuxmoi posted the question on their Instagram Story with a photo of Ventimiglia and Mariano in their bathing suits together.

In the image, which was first posted by @johannacyn, the couple each had their hands on a bottle of champagne as they stared into each other’s eyes. “welcome to the hood @jaharm + mi,” the caption read, suggesting that the two had moved to a new neighborhood together.

More recently, in June 2023, Deuxmoi spotlighted their romance again, with one follower asking if they were married after Mariano was spotted wearing a “big ole diamond ring and band.”

Ventimiglia has been notoriously private about his relationships, telling PEOPLE in 2017 that he prefers to keep his personal life out of the spotlight due to his respect for his craft.

“I try to minimize myself so people can see the character and can really dive into the work,” he explained. “I try and remain as anonymous and invisible as I can so it doesn’t take away from the experience of the men that I play. I don’t know how interesting my life is any more than anyone else’s.”

In a separate interview with PEOPLE about the topic, Ventimiglia said, “I feel like there’s a currency to your personal life and your performance — your acting, your work. If that personal life starts to outweigh what the work is, then your work suffers.”

“Your actual performance suffers because the audience won’t see the character, they’ll see you. And then you’re just playing yourself, but you’re playing a version of yourself that’s not yourself,” he continued. “I have a life, but nobody needs to know about it. Because I’m just the same as anyone else.”

But that doesn’t mean the actor won’t share what he’s looking for in a partner.

During an episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in February 2023, Ventimiglia said he looks for “honesty, authenticity, intellect” in a partner.

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Ventimiglia also described himself in bed with three words: “Not wearing much.” He later revealed that he’s a big cuddler, rating himself a 20 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the cuddliest.