Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney were colleagues for six years on Jimmy Kimmel Live! before their relationship evolved into something more. McNearney, who began dating Kimmel in 2009, explained how their workplace friendship transitioned into a romance. "All the writers would socialize after the show, and we would just hang out more and more. We really liked each other as friends, and then it just kind of turned. He cooked for me, and that was it. It sealed the deal," she told Glamour in 2014.