T ommy Dorfman married partner Elise Williams in a secret Santa Monica ceremony in , but the couple's adorable love story was nothing the actor expected. She had just finalized her divorce from businessman Peter Zurkuhlen a month prior to revealing in July that she was transgender.
She wasn't looking for anything serious after all of that change. My name is Tommy. Some people changed genders. Back from a "stint" in L.
Instead, she was met with the profile of her "undeniably beautiful" future wife β whom she classifies as a "private" person. The pair were engaged within two months but waited a year to move in together. However, "[O]ne might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible," Dorfman noted jokingly. The couple knew they wanted to elope, and on a trip to Los Angeles they discovered that the state of California offers confidential marriage certificates, so their marriage wouldn't be discovered by the media.
And naturally, being so close to Tinseltown, concierge same-day wedding services were available. The arrangement worked for the couple, she wrote, because they had tried their best to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.
An internet frenzy had ensued in after Dorfman mentioned she was engaged in an episode of Rachel Bilson's " Broad Ideas" podcast, and that experience committed them to privacy. Upon their return to their Brooklyn abode, they revealed the news to close friend and photographer Hunter Abrams, who took pictures of the pair in the wedding dresses they purchased at L. They've kept their marriage quiet in the year since, enjoying the honeymoon phase without prying eyes.
