An eighteen-year relationship is a partnership approaching two decades, and Bridget Marquardt and Nicholas Carpenter’s began in 2008 after meeting at the Playboy Mansion. It survived a decade-long engagement, a spider ring proposal and a full career reinvention for Marquardt. Their private marriage, revealed on her Girls Next Level podcast in October 2026, finally gives the long love story its official title.
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Mentioned in: Eighteen Years, One Spider Ring and a Wedding Nobody Saw Coming: Bridget Marquardt Did Marriage Her Way