Ginger Zee and Ben Aaron attend the Women’s Health’s 4th annual party on August 1, 2015 in Bridgehampton, New York.Photo:Bryan Bedder/Getty
Bryan Bedder/Getty
Ginger Zeemight be known for covering inclement weather, but it’s sunny skies at home with husband Ben Aaron.
The chief meteorologist for ABC News began dating the journalist in 2012 after meeting at a charity event through a mutual friend. Aaron popped the question the following year, and the couple got married in June 2014.
“Ben is my partner for life,” Zee told PEOPLE exclusively before their Michigan wedding. “I knew it as soon as I met him. I’ve never been more ready for anything in my life.”
So who is Ginger Zee’s husband? Here’s everything to know about Ben Aaron and his relationship with the meteorologist.
He grew up in New York
Ben Aaron and Ginger Zee attend The Hollywood Reporter Most Powerful People In Media on May 17, 2022 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Zee and Aaron met at a charity event
Ben Aaron and Ginger Zee attend the 2013 National Audubon Society’s Gala on January 27, 2014 in New York City.Mike Pont/FilmMagic
Mike Pont/FilmMagic
Zee and Aaron met in 2012 at a SoulCycle charity event in N.Y.C. He brought a friend to the event who knew Zee and introduced them. After the event, he walked her home.
“Through Central Park we strolled as we talked about where we lived, what we’ve done, and John Cusack. That’s a long story,” Aaron shared in asegment recapping their relationship.
However, Zee might not have felt the same way initially. Aaron explained in the video that she got his email address from their mutual friend, and sent him a message that she wanted to be “friends.”
“There is no way on Earth I wanted to be just friends with this girl, so I asked her out,” Aaron explained.
He is a journalist
Ben Aaron attends the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on May 05, 2019 in Pasadena, California.David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty
In 2009, he joined WNBC’sNew York Live, where he wrote, edited and produced daily lifestyle segments, earning him three New York Emmy Awards for best features reporter.
With singerKellie Pickler, Aaron hosted the syndicated seriesPickler & Benfrom September 2017 until its cancellation in May 2019. The daytime talk show focused on human interest stories, with celebrity, beauty and lifestyle segments, and earned him two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for best host.
“We want to be a bright light on television andjust make people feel good,” theAmerican Idolalum told PEOPLE of their Nashville-based series. “In the time that we’ve known each other, [Aaron] has come to feel like a big brother.”
“Ginger comes down whenever she’s able to with her job and brings Adrian. And he is the most precious little boy,” Pickler added. “But it is great. We’ve all been able to spend time together, and Ben’s commuting back and forth from New York to do the show, and then I’m on the road — we’re all bouncing all over the place.”
In January 2020, Aaron started working as a featured morning correspondent onPIX11 Morning Newsout of the Big Apple.
Zee and Aaron got married in 2014
Ginger Zee and Ben Aaron at Women’s Health Hosts Hamptons “Party Under The Stars” on August 9, 2014 in Bridgehampton, New York.Paul Zimmerman/Getty
Paul Zimmerman/Getty
The couple said “I do” on June 7, 2014, in a beachside ceremony on Lake Michigan. Before their official nuptials in front of 55 guests at the Inn at Bay Harbor, they shared a first look and private vow ceremony.
“Bringing our crazy families from all over the States to enjoy some peace and quiet in northern Michigan will be the greatest day of our lives,” Zee told PEOPLE ahead of their big day.
The Michigan native enlisted the help of her best friend and wedding planner Francesco Bilotto to organize the special day, which included touches like pashminas for guests and a wooden heart puzzle with the initials of their parents in lieu of a unity candle.
“Think Hamptons on the lake,” Bilotto shared of the décor. “Lots of navy blue and off-white, very formal coastal is the look.”
Guests dined at one long table on artisan cheese plates and a salad with local produce and danced the night away to Zee’s brother’s band, The Outer Vibe.
“I am so proud to be from Michigan and I have countless memories of growing up along this gorgeous lake,” said the bride, who wore a lace Pnina Tornai dress. “I wanted to have one of the most important moments of my life here and make another one of those memories.”
He is a father of two
Ginger Zee and Ben Aaron with their kids, Adrian and Miles.Ginger Zee Instagram
Ginger Zee Instagram
In August 2017, the meteorologist announced she wasexpecting the couple’s second child.
“Cherishing every moment with Miles, even the long nights and feeding sessions,” Zee told PEOPLE after his birth, sharing exclusive photos of her new family of four. “I am adoring the relationship Adrian is already developing with his little brother.”
Ginger Zee and Ben Aaron attend Apple’s global premiere of “The Morning Show” on October 28, 2019 in New York City.Brian Ach/Getty
Brian Ach/Getty
The couple relocated from cramped quarters in the city to a suburban fixer upper in 2017, and documented their journey to transform the 1,800-square-foot space into a dream home on their own DIY Network series,Renovation Realities: Ben & Ginger.
“After two weeksI just kind of wanted to light a matchand see what happens to it,” Aaron told PEOPLE.
“We might have screwed up a little bit,” he added of their Rockland, New York, home. “But you just have to enjoy the process.”
Zee shared, “He enjoys the demo. Anything that’s not precise, he enjoys.”
He’s supportive of Zee’s mental health
Ginger Zee and Ben Aaron.Ginger Zee Instagram
Zee has opened up about beingdiagnosed with depression at 21, and although she doesn’t believe “anybody’s forever cured,” she has a solid support system in her corner, including Aaron.
“I’ve been lucky to finda husband who doesn’t judge my past,” Zee told PEOPLE after releasing her 2017 autobiography,Natural Disaster: I Cover Them. I am One. “In fact, writing this book, he wanted more, which says a lot. He’s like, ‘I want to listen. I want to be a part of that.’ ”
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source: people.com
