Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn Reveal Why They Have Separate Bank Accounts

Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn are detailing one rule they have always followed in their marriage.

During an appearance on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live on Thursday, July 17, the couple opened up about how they have managed their finances since getting married 18 years ago. When host Andy Cohen joked that O’Connell’s finances must be hurting after his hosting gig on The Talk ended last year, Romijn, 52, revealed that she wouldn’t know.

“We keep our money completely separate,” she said, later noting: “That’s like one of the first conversations you have when you decide to enter into a legal agreement together.”

Romijn explained that they do have one joint account, which they call “a community pot,” that they each contribute to quarterly.

These funds are for “family expenses” relating to their 16-year-old twin daughters, she said.

“I have to say, we actually throttle how much money we put into that account sometimes depending on who’s working more,” O’Connell shared. 

“The one who’s not working gets a little bit of a break and the one who is working puts in a little more,” Romijn added. “And we really tag-team with work.”

When their children were born, the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star said she and O’Connell decided that one parent would always be home if the other was away for work.

“So, no one else is ever going to raise them besides us,” she continued.

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O’Connell and Romijn have been together for more than two decades after meeting at the Maxim Hot 100 bash in Las Vegas in 2004.

The Sports Illustrated cover star was still married to actor John Stamos at the time, although the two were separated.

One month later, Romijn officially filed for divorce and began dating O’Connell. They got engaged in 2005 and tied the knot in 2007, going on to welcome daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip the following year.

“We had a couple dates in Las Vegas and then I flew home and I needed a ride home from the airport,” Romijn recalled while guest-hosting The Wendy Williams Show in 2019. “And I called Jerry and he drove me home and basically never left.”

They reflected on their instant connection again in an episode of the reality dating show, The Real Love Boat, which O’Connell and Romijn hosted in 2022.

“When I met Rebecca — I know you hear ‘love at first sight’ — I just enjoyed her energy so much, immediately,” O’Connell gushed.

Romijn added, “We both decided we wanted to be with each other more than anybody else in the whole world. It was pretty cut and dried.”