Nate Berkus tragically lost his partner Fernando Bengoechea in 2004, while the two were on vacation in Sri Lanka and a devastating tsunami hit. Few of us can imagine the pain of losing a partner so young and in such a manner, which is perhaps why it was so amazing to see Berkus find love again.
The interior designer — who started his own firm at 24 — fell for another designer, Jeremiah Brent, and the two have not only built a family together, but also a television career. Of course, Berkus was already famous due to his regular appearances on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (and subsequent career in television and business) but together with Brent, he has co-hosted multiple programs including “The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project,” “Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House,” and “Nate & Jeremiah by Design.”
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Berkus and Brent met in 2012 on a furniture shopping trip with their mutual friend Rachel Zoe, who Brent was working for at the time. The connection was immediate, and they were engaged in less than a year. After marrying in 2014, the couple decided to start a family rather quickly, welcoming daughter Poppy in 2015 and then son Oskar in 2018, both via surrogate. “Jeremiah would love more kids, [but] I’m 47,” Berkus told Us Weekly in 2019. “I don’t want to be the guy who is hobbling after, like, a toddler. I’m barely there now, so we’re done.” Brent seems pretty content too, telling House Beautiful that parenthood “is a gift I never thought I’d be given.”
