Pharrell Williams and designer Helen Lasichanh have been together for more than a decade - but they were purely friends to start. "She just stood out. I was like, 'Who and what is that?'" the "Happy" crooner recalled during an interview in April 2014. "I knew at some point something was going to happen. I was just so enamored by the moment I was having with her. I just wanted to read that book. I didn't care what was in it." Williams added at the time: "She didn't answer half my text messages. She had a boyfriend and she wasn't interested.