Adam Brody's emotional Critics' Choice tribute to wife Leighton Meester touches fans

The O.C. prima Adam Brody paid a touching tribute to his woman Leighton Meester arsenic helium picked up the grant for Best Actor successful a Comedy Series astatine the Critics' Choice Awards

Adam Brody near fans affectional with a touching tribute to his woman Leighton Meester astatine Friday (February 7) night's Critics' Choice Awards.

The star, champion known for playing Seth Cohen successful the iconic play bid The O.C., won Best Actor successful a Comedy Series for his relation successful the fashionable Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This, wherever helium shared the surface with Kristen Bell.

This marked Adam Brody's archetypal Critics' Choice Award, beating Steve Martin and Martin Short from Only Murders In The Building for the prestigious drama award.

Upon proceeding his sanction announced arsenic the winner, Brody passionately kissed Meester, 38, earlier heading to the signifier to present a heartfelt code astir his emotion for her and their family.

He was heard saying: "My darling, darling woman Leighton... convey you for sharing this beingness with me. Thank you for our family, emotion you with each my heart," portion his woman beamed up astatine him. The couple, who tied the knot successful 2014, person a daughter, Arlo, 10, and a lad calved successful 2020, whose sanction they person kept nether wraps.

The code touched fans, with 1 station astir it connected X garnering implicit 847,000 views. One spectator gushed: "Awww that's cute," portion different said: "I volition usage this code for my wife." A 3rd labelled them a "beautiful couple", portion a 4th commented: "Such a saccharine and heartfelt tribute!"

In his speech, Brody besides lavished praise connected Netflix and the dedicated formed and unit of Nobody Wants This during his caller speech. He besides dropped a juicy tidbit that filming for the show's 2nd play is acceptable to commence "in a fewer weeks".

The actor, who has been successful a narration with Gossip Girl prima Leighton Meester since 2013, revealed that their paths archetypal crossed backmost successful 2007 during her Gossip Girl days. The brace rekindled their transportation connected the acceptable of The Oranges successful 2011, wherever they were reportedly "close and friendly", and aboriginal shared the surface erstwhile much successful the 2014 comedy/romance flick Life Partners.