Are Phil Rosenthal & Monica Horan Still Together? All About the ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Couple
The stars of Everybody Loves Raymond will be taking a trip down memory lane in the Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion special, airing November 24 on CBS. The iconic sitcom premiered on September 13, 1996, and ran for 9 seasons, amassing 15 Emmys.
The show, created by Phil Rosenthal, was inspired by his and star/executive producer Ray Romano‘s families. Rosenthal had married Monica Horan, who played Amy MacDougall-Barone, Robert Barone’s (Brad Garrett) on-again, off-again love interest, years before the show debuted. After 30 years, are Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan still married? It’s time for a deep dive into their relationship.
Are Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan still together?
Yes, Rosenthal, 65, and Horan, 62, are still together after nearly 40 years together. Since the end of Everybody Loves Raymond in 2005, Rosenthal and Horan have continued to work together onscreen. She frequently appears on Rosenthal’s travel food series, Somebody Feed Phil, on Netflix. Season 8 premiered back in June 2025.
When she joined Everybody Loves Raymond in 1996, most people didn’t know that she and Rosenthal were spouses. “I’m glad most people didn’t know we’re married,” he told Tulsa World, via MeTV. “It let them focus on her talent.”
In a 2005 interview, Horan revealed how the show impacted her marriage to the show’s creator. “It had the effect of marriage counseling,” Horan told the Sioux City Journal. “I saw myself, but I also saw his piece in it, too. I was a little embarrassed because I told people to watch it. When I actually saw it, I thought they must think I’m insane.”
Because they were so busy with their family life at home, Horan said it was “easy to leave work at the studio.” She added, “It’s like two different lives. We’ve learned to work together.”
Rosenthal praised his wife in a sweet tribute for her birthday in January 2025. “I’m the luckiest fellah to have met this girl, for her to like me at all, to have dinner with me, to move in with me, to marry me, have two kids with me, travel with me, put up with me, stay with me, make everything better for me. That’s a good life. I recommend it,” he wrote.
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How did Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan meet?
While they both attended Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, and were both theater majors, Rosenthal and Horan didn’t officially meet until 1986, after they had both graduated.
On November 23, Horan detailed exactly when and where she met her now-husband as she gushed about his plan to open a family diner. “I first met Phil in NYC on May 20, 1986 while walking up 9th Ave during the Ninth Avenue Food Festival,” Horan wrote on Instagram. “He had a rib in one hand and was wearing a Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive T-shirt. Love at first sight. Then I met the parents, Max & Helen, the brother Richard, the Oma, Martha. More love at first sight. Before coming to LA in 1989, Phil and I lived together in Washington Heights for 3 years, and every Saturday morning we had breakfast with friends at the diner on 187th street and Ft. Washington. After 39 1/2 years together, we are gratefully celebrating many dreams coming true…including one I never knew he had: to open a family diner.”
When did Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan get married?
Rosenthal and Horan said “I do” on April 22, 1990. Horan was raised Catholic, but she converted to Judaism when she married Rosenthal. The couple celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary earlier this year.
Do Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan have kids?
Rosenthal and Horan have two kids together. Their first child, son Ben, was born in August 1994. He is a writer and actor. Their second child, daughter Lily, was born in August 1997. She is an actor and food influencer.
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Ben married his wife, actor and violinist DeLaney Harter, in 2024. Lily recently married her husband, chef Mason Royal, in October 2025. They said “I do” at her parents’ home in Los Angeles. Rosenthal wrote a children’s book with his daughter, Just Try It!, in 2024.
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, Monday, November 24, 8/7c, CBS
