Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys were having fun in their own way on the set of The Americans.
During a recent episode of Dear Chelsea, podcast, Russell told host Chelsea Handler that she and Rhys “had sex all the time,” even when they were dressed as characters on set. The couple met while filming the FX period spy drama, which ran for six seasons from 2013 to 2018.
“We would fall in love, stay up all night, have sex all the time and just wear costumes, like, I fuck (with) crazy wigs and I wear pearls,” The diplomat confessed the star. “When have you ever worn pearls and (been) fucked in trailers and fucked everywhere. I mean, it was crazy. It was so fun and sneaky and sexy and so good.”
The AmericansCreated by Joseph Weisberg, follows Philip Jennings (Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Russell), two undercover KGB spies, who pose as a married American couple running a travel agency in Washington, DC, during the Cold War of the 1980s.
After several years of dating, Russell and Rhys welcomed their son Sam in 2016. Russell also shares two children, son River and daughter Willa Lou, with her ex-husband, Shane Deary.
Elsewhere on the podcast, the Felicity The actress addressed Rhys without thanking her during his acceptance speeches at the 2026 Emmys for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series and Limited Series for his roles in Widows Bay And The beast in me. Before the ceremony, she remembers telling him: “Take me off your plate. You don’t have to thank me; I know you love me, take me off your plate”, as Rhys was visibly stressed by the speeches.
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