Aquaman Created His Own World: Lisa Bonet & Jason Momoa's Relationship History

Jason Momoa has had a career trajectory that is right out of a Hollywood dream, and his relationship history has been very similar. Momoa watched The Cosby Show as a child and knew that he had seen the girl of his dreams. He went on to marry that girl, Lisa Bonet.

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The two of them are super stylish together and have produced two children who, judging by their appearance on the premiere red carpet of Aquaman, are just as cool as their parents.

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Momoa achieved his dreams of making it in Tinsel Town and then some — his Aquaman has made over a billion dollars! But he achieved something even more emotionally meaningful. He turned a young boy’s crush into a grown man’s love affair.

At some point during 1987, Momoa was watching The Cosby Show when a crush came over him like a tsunami. He recalled what happened on The Late Late Show with James Corden. “Mommy, I want that one,” he said on the now legendary 2017 visit to Corden’s late night hit. “I’m like, I’m going to stalk you for the rest of my life and I’m going to get you.” He didn’t admit this to his wife for years. The Aquaman star made his childhood dream a reality.

The pair met at a Los Angeles jazz club, per Us Weekly, and got along so famously that they headed elsewhere to down some Guinness and grits. Their attraction to each other was immediate and deep. “I can’t say it was full-on from the moment we saw each other, but we have been together from the day that we met,” Bonet told Net-a-Porter magazine. The former star of The Cosby Show and A Different World said that the Aquaman star established quite quickly that he was not intimidated by her fame. Keep in mind this was years before Momoa was a big star. “He basically picked me up and threw me over his shoulder, caveman style!” The duo were set up by a mutual friend, and Momoa made every effort to have the date be a success. “I actually had dreaded my hair for her. I had dreadlocks. She had dreadlocks,” he told Corden during that interview.

Momoa and Bonet’s daughter, Lola Iolani Momoa, was born. She was the Game of Thrones veteran’s first child and Bonet’s second (after daughter Zoe Kravitz, whom she had had with Lenny Kravitz).

The couple welcomed their second child, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, in December … the best holiday present a couple could receive. In that Porter Q&A, Bonet heaped praise on her other half, saying he’s an “alpha male who stands for love and family.” Having kids has been a blessing for Momoa as well. He told People, “It’s real love. Seeing them grow, learning from them, teaching them … it’s just the greatest thing in the world.”

Bonet and Momoa had their first acting collaboration with, Road to Paloma. He wrote, directed and starred in the film, alongside his future wife. By casting Bonet, he created the opportunity to be around her more… something few married thespians get to do. Momoa played a Native American man who went on the lam after killing his mother’s rapist. Bonet was his character’s love interest. Momoa treasured the experience of sharing a creative endeavor with her. “In this business, we have to travel so far away from our families,” Momoa told Collider. “We have two children, so if we can work together, that’s awesome.” They repeated the experience when they joined forces again to costar in the Sundance TV network show The Red Road. It may have only lasted two seasons, but they were more moments to treasure in their relationship timeline.

Us Weekly revealed that the duo had tied the knot at their home in Topanga, California. After 12 years together, the pair finally “made it official.” The ceremony was in front of family and close friends, and a traditional Māori haka was performed for Bonet. Little else is known about the day. Momoa was surprised that the world found out about the wedding at all. “I thought it would have stayed a secret, but some a--hole leaked it,” he told Entertainment Tonight.

Zoe Kravitz revealed that her relationship with her stepfather was a positive one. She posted an Instagram birthday wish that not only warmed the hearts of her 4.4 million followers but also his 11.5 million followers. Kravitz wrote, “Love you papabear. Happy birthday ya rascal.” Kravitz and Momoa are so close that they even got matching arm tattoos (according to Oprahmag.com). They say, “être toujours ivre,” which loosely translates to “always be drunk.” Momoa told People that he thinks his stepdaughter is a “beautiful human being.”

The duo appeared together in the most adorable of ways while walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards. They had the honor of sporting matching pink outfits that were designed by Karl Lagerfeld, the final designs the legendary fashion icon crafted before his death.