Josh dun and debby ryan kids

Plenty of fans of Disney know Debby Ryan from her work on the channel. From playing a nanny to a bunch of rich kids on 'Jessie' to playing Cole Sprouse's super nerdy girlfriend on 'The Suite Life on Deck' to magically transforming from year-old to adult in '16 Wishes.'

So how did Debby Ryan wind up meeting, working with, and marrying Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots?

Tyler joseph In March , Ryan replied to a fan's message online and clarified in a since-deleted tweet that she was "single" but "not tryna mingle." Ryan and Dun sparked reconciliation rumors when they.

Well, it's a long story.

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It's a long story because it started all the way back in , notes PopSugar, when Debby and Josh began dating. That means Debby would have been 20 at the time, and Josh was about Their relationship was kept quiet at first, then they went public on Instagram.

Both of their Wikipedia pages suggest that they broke up around , but later reconnected, though it's hard to confirm those details.

In , Ryan even tweeted that she was "single and not tryna mingle." The following year, she and Dun were back together, though, and again publicized their relationship status.

Who knows what happened in between those years. But what fans do know is that Dun proposed in (sharing via his Instagram account), Debby said yes, and the pair were married the following year.

In fact, the passing of Cameron Boyce, Debby's close friend from 'Jessie,' spurred the couple to hustle down the aisle.

They didn't want to waste time, noted Debby,

As for how they originally met, the fact is, Debby and Josh have kept pretty quiet about their "love story," as PopSugar calls it.

Debby ryan and josh dun 2015 Debby Ryan and Josh Dun have been together for nearly a decade. The former Disney channel star and the Twenty One Pilots drummer began dating in and secretly tied the knot on Dec.

However, Debby once posted on Instagram about the couple's first date, confirming that it was at a restaurant. What's more, Dun learned to tie a bow tie just to impress her, she noted.

The rest of the details are tough to pin down, but Nicki Swift says that Debby and Josh met through a mutual friend.

While fans might guess that a Disney starlet and a singer in a pop group may never cross paths, it's becoming more and more common for Disney youth to become singing sensations.

After all, Selena Gomez started on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' and wound up on the global stage.

Debby actually dabbled in music years ago, too, particularly when she recorded songs for the TV movie 'Radio Rebel.' At the time, of course, she apparently hadn't met her now-husband yet. But that doesn't mean the couple couldn't have met through their mutual love of music.

Although, it's perhaps more likely that they met at an awards show or maybe some other Hollywood event.

After all, when they first got together, Debby and her husband were both promising young talent, and they may have crossed paths long before they fell in love.

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