What did Santa give you for Christmas? Apparently, the jolly gift giver bestowed Carson Daly with a present he won’t want to return – a wife.
The Voice host announced on the Today Show that he was officially off the market on Monday morning, telling co-host Savannah Guthrie that he and his longtime partner Siri Pinter made it official last Wednesday night in an intimate, private ceremony that was a surprise to even the couple’s parents. Carson met Siri when they worked together on his late night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly. They have been engaged since 2013.
The 42-year-old TV personality kidded, “I wanted a hoverboard; I got a wife.”
Siri shared a pic from the ceremony, looking elegant in a gorgeous v-neck sheath, on her Instagram account with a caption, “Families come in all shapes and sizes… but all you need is love. This happened yesterday and it was the best day of my life.” Carson tweeted after the ceremony, “Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for the warm wishes. God bless you and your families.”
Carson and food blogger Siri have been together for 10 years and have 3 kids together, Jackson, 6, Etta, 3, and London, 16 months. He stated on Monday’s Today Show that he wanted to wait until the kids were old enough to comprehend what was going on with him and their mother, saying, “It was great that the kids were a little bit older. They actually knew what was going on.” Call me old fashioned, but I’m kind of a “marriage first, kids second” kind of gal, but maybe that’s just me.
But hey, as much as I’ve been grinchy this Christmas, my heart did grow a little bigger after I heard this news. Congrats, you crazy kids.
Here’s the Today Show video with more pictures from the wedding:
You gotta love that expression “making it official”, they’ve been together for a decade, even if they didn’t have children you can’t possibly get more official than that!
Legally, you can.
They have been together for 10 years. Longer than many other relationships. Regardless of the order you do things what matters is finding the right person to share it all with. They seem to have found that. And with the number of people that divorce after doing it the “Right way” as some call it; nice to see people making that commitment when they want to.
They looked so happy and it must have been a shock to their surprised parents.. Happy but shocking.
congrats.
Congratulations! As long as a couple is in a loving committed relationship, I don’t care if children are before marriage. Horse and carriage nonsense is outdated.
I don’t know if a sixteen month old is “old enough to know what is going on”, but it hardly matters. They probably got married when they wanted to, and it’s all good. They make a very nice, handsome couple.
You are killing me with these blasts from the past! 🙂
Yes, I’m loving Corey’s style. It takes an old fogy like myself down memory lane. 😉
I don’t want to sound rude, but its interesting to read some absolutely love it, while it is not my cup of tea at all 🙂
She looks beautiful in the first photo. So happy.
“Marriage first, kids second.” Bah. Committed relationship first, kids second. I don’t know where you live or how old you are, but in my area among people my age and younger there have been few weddings happening for many years. But there are many happy families nonetheless.
A marriage ceremony is wonderful if that’s what the couple wants, but it’s certainly not the norm in my country any longer.
If you’re in a committed relationship, and you decide to have children, or a child comes along unexpectedly before you marry or you just don’t choose to marry at all, that’s one thing. But I think it’s a trend to have a child with the person you’re dating, with no intention of committing to one another, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing. Having a child ties you to another person for life in a way that marriage doesn’t, so it doesn’t make sense to me to have a child with someone you wouldn’t want to be tied to. Obviously, that’s not what happened here, but I think that attitudes have relaxed in a way that is unrealistic. It has nothing to do with shaming mothers for “out of wedlock” children. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to have kids with some random guy you don’t care about because you’re going to be dealing with him for the next 18 years at least.
If you’re dating a guy then chances are you care about him. My sister has 3 kids with a guy and has no intention of getting married, even after 12 years. Who knows, it may not have worked out after the first kid… that doesn’t mean that her intentions were wrong.
O think the biggest issue is getting married and pregnant too young. I personally don’t think people should get married until after 25 at least… and even those who date the same guy from 18 and get married at 22..though its becoming less common — yikes!! i feel like you change so much in your 20s and most people should really shop around a bit and get experience with other people and even genders to see what they really want and do not want. I know some are fine being with one person their whole lives but i look around at the people i went to school with and maybe 3 couples are still together after being high school sweethearts? That’s not a great stat!
+10000, GNAT. Exactly what I would have said, but worded way better.
Agree about the young thing, Lou. I was a totally different person in my late twenties than my early ones.
❤️ Dani
I agree with your first sentence, GNAT. I think it’s the commitment that’s key. Not sure about your second sentence, though – re: it being a trend to have a child with the person you’re dating, with no intention of committing to them. It happens of course but it’s not something I’ve seen much of personally in my close and wider community. Although many are having children without being married they are still in a committed relationship. Anecdotal evidence, I know =).
I haven’t seen any evidence that more people are having children casually, without being in a committed relationship (regardless of a marriage certificate). As you said, the person you have a child with will then be in your life for the next 18 years at least. And possibly sharing parenting decisions, holidays, and more. It should be someone you plan to be with for the long run, whether you choose to marry or not.
@ Lou, I agree 100% with you that people shouldn’t be able to get married before age 25. You change and mature so much between your early and late twenties.
@Nica
I wish I could say I hadn’t seen it, but in my family, I have. Two of my nieces have babies by father’s they aren’t committed to except for the baby. It’s not fair to say the women don’t care at all about the fathers, they do, but they don’t know if they want to marry them or not, and are just waiting to “see.” Look, stuff happens, and I adore those beautiful little babies more than I can say. They are a joy and a blessing and have tons of people who love them. It just seems that their parents’ relationships are kind of precarious, and I want everything to be safe and happy for them. I know that parents of children get divorced all the time and it works out fine. I think they (my nieces) see these Hollywood women having babies alone and they think it’s cool. I’m not judging them, and they are excellent mothers. I just worry, you know?
Legally, there are benefits to marriage for the spouse.
I’m not sure what legal benefits there are in NOT getting married. There may be personal benefits, but marriage shouldn’t be dismissed with a “Bah” so quickly. There are definite reasons for it.
Not that I care. People need to evaluate their own situations. But non-rich and non-famous people are in very different circumstances to those with many resources and should think carefully.
I know the prevailing attitude in comments here is often, “It’s all ok if the children are loved and the adults are happy”. Which is sweet. But I tend more to,” it’s all ok if the children are loved and provided for.”
Angelina Jolie used to go on his show back in the day and flirt with him like crazy.
meh, i feel No way about this or them except to say YA’L:L GAVE COUNTRY TO CARSON DALY’S VOICE AND IM SHOCKED!!… you see I came to this country during/around the zeitgeist of Carson Daly as a VJ on TRL but being newly arrived I didn’t watch such things, I had a vague awareness… It wasn’t til I saw him in the today show couple years back I realized: YALL LET THIS MAN WITH THE VOICE OF AN OLD WITCH IN THE FOREST NARRATE AND BE A VIDEO ANNOUNCER??! How???, I never get over it when I listen to him on that Voice show in passing, like HOW is that possible??
Huh? I’m definitely no Carson D. fan, but a “voice like an old witch in the forest”? He may not have a perfect voice, but your analogy makes zero sense. This was a nice, non- snarky story celebrating a life milestone. Give the dude a break!
Could have done w out the judgement Corey.
How was that judgment? She said that was her preference. Honestly, you can’t say anything on here anymore without somebody getting all indignant. Speak for yourself. I think it’s interesting to know what the commentators think about things.
I want to hear celebrity gossip. I don’t come here to read their opinions on societal norms but apparently you do. Enjoy.
Beas doesn’t approve of anyone having an opinion but her. Got it.
Agreed, @goodnames. I’m new to commenting, but have read this site for years because of the commentary. It’s smart, sparks interesting dialogue, and shows different points of view from the masses. If that bothered me, I’d stick to E! or People.
It is all becoming so one-sided and as a result, much less interesting.
Yes because… First comes love, then comes the baby carriage. What divorce rate?
Corey can’t judge but all the other writers can? Give her a break, she’s doing her job and she’s doing it well.
Love them both…they are a beautiful, positive couple, and they have three gorgeous children. Wish them every happiness.
Good on them for waiting 10 years before marriage. I know nothing is ever 100% guaranteed, but they’ve been thru some ups and downs and have stuck it out.
I respect people who wait longer to get married instead of rushing into it after 2 years. 2 years is barely the honeymoon period. They were together for 4 years before they had a kid… i think they have it all sussed out.
My husband and I had been together for less than 18 months when we got married at 20 & 22 years old. It’s now been 12.5 years and we have a 3.5 year old son.
Point being: there is no way to guarantee a successful marriage. Waiting until a certain age or length of relationship to marry is certainly fine if that’s what the couple wishes, but there’s no secret formula.
Agree. A lot of it is love, a lot of it is luck and the personalities and maturity of the two people. My parents got married at 19 and 21 and they are still happily married. I did everything “right” on paper my first marriage and it was a disaster.
I married my husband after we knew each other for 4 months 16 years ago. I was 22 and he had just turned 24.
I have 3 friends whose parents are divorcing after 30 years together, 2 of whom were married in their late 20’s and one who were together for 12 years then married. Marriage, divorce and commitment is far more complicated than being too young or dating first, married, then kids.
I wonder how many people who marry early and divorce are also people who would have jumped in and out of relationships through those years? Perhaps marriage was the most stable relationship model for them through that time, even if it wasn’t over time? I don’t know that age at time of marriage is much more an indicator than personal maturity, commitment and growth over a lifespan.
Yes, I realize that some are in it for the long haul even after knowing each other for 5 minutes .. but it’s not something a good parent would recommend for their kids… surely? A little maturity and experience is worth a lot.
I don’t know that good parenting correlates to successful marriage decisions for adult children. My sister and I were raised by the same parents. After dating for 2 years, and cohabitating for 1 of them, she was married at 32 to an man who turned out to be an abusive husband whom my parents adored. They tolerate my husband. She filed for divorce 3 years later, is a single parent living in their basement and they have spent 70 000$ on her lawyer fees, schooling for my sister and daycare, clothes and living expenses for my sister and her child. And there is no end in sight to the custody battles.
In hind sight, I am sure they would have recommended my life choices to someone over hers.
@Lou
Fertility can’t always wait for a 10 year courtship.
And I don’t care if my son knows his future spouse for one night or 15 years before tying the knot. His father and I (and his grandparents as well) have worked hard to model a successful marriage to him; how he chooses to apply that knowledge is up to him.
Pretty dress.
I can’t stand Carson Daly. He’s awful on the Today Show, and his hoverboard joke was kind of passive-aggressive insulting, in my opinion. I also don’t understand why a millionaire waits a decade to marry the mother of his THREE children, frankly. As a side note, scheduling a wedding the day or two before Christmas seems obnoxious (expecting your guests to drop all their Christmas plans and be at your wedding). And did he not take her on a honeymoon?
It sounds like their families were in town to celebrate Christmas already – if you noticed, he said the whole thing was a surprise even to their parents. They did it on December 23rd, so it’s not hard to guess that they did it specifically not to get in the way of the holiday (and if they have a 6 year old and 3 year old, that includes for their family too).
If your opinion is “I don’t think marriage before kids is important”, than it’s fine. If your opinion is that other people can’t have opinions, then, yeah, that isn’t going to fly.
I got married in my very late 30s — and honestly, waiting was the best decision I made. I was not even waiting to be honest, I did not even give marriage a second thought and rather dismissed it. I got my hangovers, weird romances, impulsive/at a moment’s notice trips/excursions out of my system. So I felt that when I did meet my husband, we had both lived and wanted a partner, lover and someone to have your back — even if you are wrong — by your side.
As for kids, we both just said “If it happens, it happens; if not so be it.” The pressure was taken off after that conversation and a few years later we did get preggo off chance and then a couple of years later got preggo again.
After a long explanation and my verbal diarrhea, deep down inside I was rather relieved that we were married before the kids came along. Not because of any morality issues; I just did not want to hear my Mom’s sh*t about ‘bastard babies’ and I will save the more colorful language she would use to describe the situation had I not been married. So to each their own and whatever makes everyone happy. It will not be all sunshine and rainbows but at the end of the day, and you look at where you are, you are comforted and content; then you did what was right by you.
my husband was a ‘bastard baby’ and it sticks.
So sad that sheeet like this is still an “issue”.
He sets my gaydar off