Sarah Michelle Gellar Celebrates Husband Freddie Prinze Jr. on Thanksgiving

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Sarah Michelle Gellar/InstagramSarah Michelle Gellarhas much to be thankful for, and this year in particular it was husbandFreddie Prinze Jr.— and his cooking!On Friday morning,the actress shared a post of the longtime lovesin their Thanksgiving best, writing alongside the snap, “Grateful for this guy (and his thanksgiving dinner).“The 46-year-old actress also posted a peek at their spread on her Instagram Story, showing off a picture-perfect charcuterie board set to the tune ofTaylor Swift’s “… Ready for It”?Gellar and Prinze Jr., 47,met while filming 1997’sI Know What You Did Last Summerand wed five years later. In the years since,they’ve welcomed children Charlotte and Rocky, now 14 and 11, and marked many a holiday together.Sarah Michelle Gellar/InstagramIn 2019, Prinze Jr. spoke to PEOPLEabout the family’s Thanksgiving traditions, sharing that they’ve been hosting what he calls a “stragglers' Thanksgiving” for 20-plus years.“It goes back to when we were all young, hungry actors, the ones who couldn’t afford to go home or didn’t want to go home,” Prinze shared while working theButterball Turkey Talk Linein Naperville, Illinois. “We’ve had everything from just my family to almost 30 people where we’re cooking multiple turkeys in multiple ovens. I have a passion for that and that philosophy.”The actor’s favorite memory of the day dates back nearly two decades, when he and Gellar had just moved into a home in Toluca Lake, California.Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and their kids.Sarah Michelle Gellar Instagram“There was literally no furniture so we just filled it with tables,” he recalled. “We had maybe 28 people and we cooked everything you could think of. I had a ton of help — we were cooking multiple turkeys, multiple side dishes. I was up super late the night before prepping. But the moment we sat down my memory deleted all the work, all the stress.”That’s not to say more recent Thanksgivings with the kids aren’t just as beloved.“My daughter is very involved in the process,” he shared. “She makes a side dish, at least one, every year. My son just eats. It works out! But she really has a joy for it, a love for it, and she asks all the time — even if I don’t want her help, she’s helping.”The one thing Prinze — who makes almost all the family’s meals, he added — won’t touch, however, is dessert.Freddie Prinze Jr.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Sarah and I are so night and day, and it’s why we’ve always been a good couple and had a good relationship, because everything I don’t enjoy she’s really good at, and everything she really doesn’t enjoy I’m really good at,” he explained. “It’s never a hassle for me to cook dinner because I like it.”“But I worked at a place called Hometown Buffet in high school to help my family pay the bills, working the late-night shift doing dessert, and I just can’t stand making desserts because of that,” he continued. “So I do the cooking, she does the sweets.”

Photo:Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellar/Instagram

Sarah Michelle Gellarhas much to be thankful for, and this year in particular it was husbandFreddie Prinze Jr.— and his cooking!On Friday morning,the actress shared a post of the longtime lovesin their Thanksgiving best, writing alongside the snap, “Grateful for this guy (and his thanksgiving dinner).“The 46-year-old actress also posted a peek at their spread on her Instagram Story, showing off a picture-perfect charcuterie board set to the tune ofTaylor Swift’s “… Ready for It”?Gellar and Prinze Jr., 47,met while filming 1997’sI Know What You Did Last Summerand wed five years later. In the years since,they’ve welcomed children Charlotte and Rocky, now 14 and 11, and marked many a holiday together.Sarah Michelle Gellar/InstagramIn 2019, Prinze Jr. spoke to PEOPLEabout the family’s Thanksgiving traditions, sharing that they’ve been hosting what he calls a “stragglers' Thanksgiving” for 20-plus years.“It goes back to when we were all young, hungry actors, the ones who couldn’t afford to go home or didn’t want to go home,” Prinze shared while working theButterball Turkey Talk Linein Naperville, Illinois. “We’ve had everything from just my family to almost 30 people where we’re cooking multiple turkeys in multiple ovens. I have a passion for that and that philosophy.”The actor’s favorite memory of the day dates back nearly two decades, when he and Gellar had just moved into a home in Toluca Lake, California.Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and their kids.Sarah Michelle Gellar Instagram“There was literally no furniture so we just filled it with tables,” he recalled. “We had maybe 28 people and we cooked everything you could think of. I had a ton of help — we were cooking multiple turkeys, multiple side dishes. I was up super late the night before prepping. But the moment we sat down my memory deleted all the work, all the stress.”That’s not to say more recent Thanksgivings with the kids aren’t just as beloved.“My daughter is very involved in the process,” he shared. “She makes a side dish, at least one, every year. My son just eats. It works out! But she really has a joy for it, a love for it, and she asks all the time — even if I don’t want her help, she’s helping.”The one thing Prinze — who makes almost all the family’s meals, he added — won’t touch, however, is dessert.Freddie Prinze Jr.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Sarah and I are so night and day, and it’s why we’ve always been a good couple and had a good relationship, because everything I don’t enjoy she’s really good at, and everything she really doesn’t enjoy I’m really good at,” he explained. “It’s never a hassle for me to cook dinner because I like it.”“But I worked at a place called Hometown Buffet in high school to help my family pay the bills, working the late-night shift doing dessert, and I just can’t stand making desserts because of that,” he continued. “So I do the cooking, she does the sweets.”

Sarah Michelle Gellarhas much to be thankful for, and this year in particular it was husbandFreddie Prinze Jr.— and his cooking!

On Friday morning,the actress shared a post of the longtime lovesin their Thanksgiving best, writing alongside the snap, “Grateful for this guy (and his thanksgiving dinner).”

The 46-year-old actress also posted a peek at their spread on her Instagram Story, showing off a picture-perfect charcuterie board set to the tune ofTaylor Swift’s “… Ready for It”?

Gellar and Prinze Jr., 47,met while filming 1997’sI Know What You Did Last Summerand wed five years later. In the years since,they’ve welcomed children Charlotte and Rocky, now 14 and 11, and marked many a holiday together.

In 2019, Prinze Jr. spoke to PEOPLEabout the family’s Thanksgiving traditions, sharing that they’ve been hosting what he calls a “stragglers' Thanksgiving” for 20-plus years.

“It goes back to when we were all young, hungry actors, the ones who couldn’t afford to go home or didn’t want to go home,” Prinze shared while working theButterball Turkey Talk Linein Naperville, Illinois. “We’ve had everything from just my family to almost 30 people where we’re cooking multiple turkeys in multiple ovens. I have a passion for that and that philosophy.”

The actor’s favorite memory of the day dates back nearly two decades, when he and Gellar had just moved into a home in Toluca Lake, California.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and their kids.Sarah Michelle Gellar Instagram

“There was literally no furniture so we just filled it with tables,” he recalled. “We had maybe 28 people and we cooked everything you could think of. I had a ton of help — we were cooking multiple turkeys, multiple side dishes. I was up super late the night before prepping. But the moment we sat down my memory deleted all the work, all the stress.”

That’s not to say more recent Thanksgivings with the kids aren’t just as beloved.

“My daughter is very involved in the process,” he shared. “She makes a side dish, at least one, every year. My son just eats. It works out! But she really has a joy for it, a love for it, and she asks all the time — even if I don’t want her help, she’s helping.”

The one thing Prinze — who makes almost all the family’s meals, he added — won’t touch, however, is dessert.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

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“Sarah and I are so night and day, and it’s why we’ve always been a good couple and had a good relationship, because everything I don’t enjoy she’s really good at, and everything she really doesn’t enjoy I’m really good at,” he explained. “It’s never a hassle for me to cook dinner because I like it.”

“But I worked at a place called Hometown Buffet in high school to help my family pay the bills, working the late-night shift doing dessert, and I just can’t stand making desserts because of that,” he continued. “So I do the cooking, she does the sweets.”

source: people.com