David Letterman and his girlfriend of 13 years, Regina Lasko, were married by a justice of the peace in Teton County Montana on March 19th. Regina was a production manager on The Late Show, and gave birth to their son Harry on November 3 2003, sparking rumors the pair were secretly married before his birth. Dave delivered the news at a Late Show taping on Monday.
Dave shared that the path to matrimony, or at least the courthouse, wasn’t smooth. Their truck got stuck in mud on the way.
“So now we think: Well, somebody’ll come,” he said. “No, nobody … comes along. Nobody comes along. It’s Thursday afternoon, who’s coming along, Zorro? No, nobody – so I get out of the truck and I walk two miles back to the house into a 50 mile per hour. It’s not Beverly Hills, it’s Montana, for God’s sakes. And the whole way, I’m thinking: See, smart ass, see, see, you try to get married, this is what happens.”
When he arrived back with the other car to pick up Lasko and Harry, his son asked if they were still going into the town. “And I said, ‘Yes, we are,’ ” recounted Letterman, “and he gets very upset because mom had told him if I wasn’t back in an hour, the deal was off.”
These two seem to share the same quirky sense of humor!
Letterman, 61, says he began dating Regina, 48, in 1986, but I think this is a joke about the length of their relationship as Wiki says he was dating the head writer of The Late Show Merrill Markoe until 1988. Other sources suggest they began dating in 1989 or 1996. They moved in together in 2001. As Regina also worked on the show he might mean that they’ve known each other since 1986. Or maybe they were dating – Dave and Regina are furiously protective of their private life and son, particularly following an attempted kidnapping attempt of Harry, and the exact details of their relationship are unclear.
Dave was married from 1969-1977 to Michelle Cook.
Dave rarely shares details of his private life, but has on a few occasions spoke about how much he enjoys parenthood and his love of his son. It’s wonderful that they took him to their wedding and shared that experience with him. Congratulations to the happy couple!
Note by Celebitchy: It seems like more than a coincidence that Letterman married his girlfriend very soon after he gushed on the air to Julia Roberts that he always wanted a chance with her. Roberts reminded him that he’s been with the mother of his child longer than she’s been married, and maybe she helped him realize it was time to make it official.
Photos are of Letterman with Regina Lasko and their son, Harry, in Rome in April, 2007. Credit: Venturini/Bauergriffinonline
I was surprised when I read this. I thought this guy would hold out forever and be one of those guys that would never marry. I guess there’s a first time for everything. 😛
I thought he would hold out forever too, but I’m glad they made it official. It’s pretty cute actually 🙂
The comment Regina made makes me think that Dave wasn’t the only one holding out for all of these years.
CB, Julia Roberts was on Letterman’s show 2 days before he married. I honestly don’t think that this insignificant banter with Julia made him make up his mind on the 18th and marry his girlfriend the very next day (and made Regina Lasko accept his proposal so quickly).
I, for one, am glad that he’s not with some ridiculously young woman who looks like a Barbie. Regina is age-appropriate and looks like a normal person. That says a lot for Dave in my book.
Lara, I agree. I have to laugh at the idea that Julia Roberts would actually have that much influence over someone!
Yeah, I wouldn’t give Julia Roberts any credit. Dave Letterman and Julia Roberts have always put on a bit of a flirty show for the audience, it’s just what they do together. David Letterman and his now wife have obvioulsy had their personal reasons for not marrying all these years, and whatever reasons they had for making the decision to go for it now had nothing to do with Julia Roberts!!
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