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Congratulations are in order forPatton OswaltandMeredith Salenger.
The comedian, 49 — whose first wife, Michelle McNamara,died unexpectedlyin her sleep at age 46 in April 2016 —shared a photo on Twitterto celebrate the first anniversary of his wedding to his second wife, actress Meredith Salenger, 48.
In the sweet image, the father of one is dressed in a gray suit and dances with his fingers intertwined withThe Journey of Natty Gannstar, who’s wearing a long-sleeved wedding gown and her hair in loose curls.
At the time, a source close to the couple told PEOPLE the relationship was “new” and the two were “very happy.”
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Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger
“They met through mutual friend Martha Plimpton,” said the insider. “They started chatting as friends and it blossomed from there.”
A month later, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that Oswalt and Salenger wereengaged.
“It’s official. I’m the luckiest happiest girl in the universe!!!!” she gushed on Instagram. “I love you @pattonoswalt I love you Alice Oswalt! #YesYesYes.”
“I put the ring in a marzipan [Star Wars] Slave I replica and said, ‘Will you be my Padawan of Love?’ ” Oswalt quipped of the proposal on Twitter. “She maced me but said yes later.”
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Patton Oswalt and daughter Alice
Some critics accused them of moving on too quickly, but the groom and bride held strong in their decision. Oswalt called those dishing out insults “bitter grub worms,” and Salenger defended herself on Facebook.
“I have waited 47 years to find true love,” Salenger wrote. “Creating our family unit while honoring the brilliant gift Michelle has given me will be my life’s goal and happiness. I am deeply in love with both Patton and Alice and very much looking forward to a beautiful happy life having adventures together.”
Since McNamara’s death, Oswalt’s top priority istaking care of their daughter.
“If I hadn’t had a daughter and my wife died, we wouldn’t be talking right now. I’m not saying I would be dead, but I would be a shut-in alcoholic,” he toldPlayboyin August 2017. “Everything would have shut down. I wouldn’t have been about anything. But with Alice, it was and is ‘You got to get up.’ “
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Patton Oswalt and Michelle McNamara
And at the end of the day, Oswalt said he chose to move forward with his life for the sake of his daughter.
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“I’m moving forward — clumsily, stupidly, blindly — because of the kind of person Alice is,” he wrote in a December 2016 first-person essay forGQ. “She’s got so much of Michelle in her. And Michelle was living her life moving forward. And she took me forward with her. Just like I know Alice will. So I’m going to keep moving forward. So I can be there with you if you need me, Alice. Because I’ll need you.”
source: people.com
