**NEW!** The couple got married on New Year’s Eve. Read all about their elopement in Big Sur.
UPDATE: Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter have appeared together in public enough times now that there’s no question they’re a couple. As of November 2008, we’ve seen them:
OK, Page Six reported this more than a week ago, so pardon me for being slow on the uptake (I’ve been so busy catching up with Showtime shows On Demand that I haven’t been reading the gossip pages regularly).
Apparently, Michael C. Hall and his Dexter co-star Jennifer Carpenter have quietly been dating for months now! Page Six makes much of the pairing, since the two play adoptive siblings on the show. I’m a tad creeped out by that, but not as much as I am by Carpenter’s incredible shrinking body. Her skinny physique reminds me of a 12-year-old boy — not so sexy.
As for Hall, it must be a testament to his acting skill that I have trouble imagining him as anything but a-sexual. He was such a mess of repression and homoerotic energy as David on Six Feet Under and so good at convincing me on Dexter that he has no feelings, I just can’t wrap my head around this “dating my coworker” development. It’s kinda pedestrian, no?
Anyway, here’s the happy couple on a breakfast date. The Celebrity Skinny has more pics here.
Why do people care whether or not they are dating? Is this really relevant to ANYTHING? They are both great on the show…let’s leave it at that, shall we?
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Hi Big Pappa Smurf, I remember Karen Carpenter and she had a beautiful voice. What a loss! She was so worried about gaininging weight she litterally starved herself to death. Jennifer, wake up and eat something!
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Sorry about the extra ‘ing’!
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OH c’mon, he can date whoever he wants and I personaly as a girl think that Michael and Jenny make a GREAT couple! maybe for example Rita is better looking than Jenny, but I can’t stand Rita, and love Deb! why wou say she is not in the same league as him? Why not? do you know her personaly to say that? or you only say that because of her looking? you morons…
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I admire Rita, because she was raised by a domineering mother and then went through a lot of hard times. But she came out on top! We have watched her go from the shy and paroniod woman to one who is strong and sure of herself.
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I honestly can’t think of anyone prettier than Julie Benz. She’s a work of art. I love to look at her and I’m a married woman :) So I can’t imagine how anyone works with her without swooning. Deb is attractive too. I don’t think it’s wrong to take notice of her awkward skinny frame though. It’s a trait some people can’t be attracted too. You’re lying if you think looks don’t matter. If Deb was totally ugly, you can be your bottom that Michael Hall wouldn’t be with her. Her size is visually startling at first until you realize she probably can’t control it. She’s very lovable on Dexter and is a really good sport for coping with the Rita scenes!
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[...] couple, who play brother and sister on the Showtime series, dated for about a year and a half before tying the knot in an intimate outdoor ceremony in Big Sur on New Year’s [...]
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jennifer carpenter is an amazing actress and completly beautiful and unique. benz is great as well but she looks like every other blonde skinny girl in the world. she doesn’t have that something extra. and just because some may think the character of deb is butch does not mean she is not a sexual character, that’s so narrow minded. why is it that it’s mostly the women on this board who seem to have a problem with hall and carpenter’s relationship? jealous much? you’re not fucking her why do u give a shit if she’s hot or not? there’s a reason michael c. hall is married to her and not you. quit hating on her, she’s an awesome actress..what’s hotter then that?
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Jennifer Carpenter is awesome…she reminds me of my daughter….and skinny is not a bad thing. Ever hear of woman that have such a high metabolism no matter what they do to gain they just can’t. I have a sister that is as skinny as Jennifer and about the same age. She cries at times she gets teasted for being skinny and she says to me all the time you don’t know what I would give to have a more womanly figure and not so dam skinny. So give it up you BIOTCHES that are jealous. She is an awesome actress and definately a nice switch from the same ol woman that are bleached blonde and fake as hell. Trust me Michael picked a good one Deb is unique she is also sexy ….and Dexter is the schnizzle trust me I married a red head and they are the best =o)