Elizabeth Olsen's Secret: Nine Years of Staying Out of Sight

When Elizabeth Olsen met indie pop musician Robbie Arnett in Mexico in February 2017, she made a choice that would define their entire relationship: keep it quiet. For a woman who’s been in the spotlight since childhood and has built a career on playing some of Marvel’s most iconic characters, staying out of the public eye wasn’t just a preference—it was a philosophy.

What’s striking about Olsen and Arnett’s nine-year journey isn’t the milestones themselves, but how deliberately they’ve kept each one private. They met while on vacation, took months before confirming they were dating, and didn’t go red carpet official until September 2017 at the Gersh Agency pre-Emmy party. By the time they got engaged in July 2019, it was only discovered when Olsen was spotted grocery shopping with a visible emerald-and-diamond ring. They never even announced the proposal details.

The most revealing moment came in 2020, when Olsen casually referred to Arnett as her“husband”during a Variety interview—and the internet had to piece together that they’d eloped during the COVID lockdown. In a June 2022 appearance on Jess Cagle’s SiriusXM show, Olsen confirmed what everyone had suspected: they’d secretly married during the pandemic. The timing, she explained, actually worked in their favor. Visa issues meant Arnett wouldn’t have been able to accompany her to England for work anyway, and wedding infrastructure was completely backed up.“It ended up working out,”she said matter-of-factly, as if she were discussing a grocery run rather than a life-altering decision.

There’s something almost refreshing about a celebrity couple that refuses to perform their love for cameras. Olsen has been clear about her discomfort with social media—she doesn’t have a presence on any major platform and has never been shy about explaining why. When she did use social apps years ago, she told Harper’s Bazaar in 2018 that she’d think“This is stupid, why did I do that?”every time she posted something personal. That authenticity extends to her marriage.

Now, as June 2026 reports suggest Olsen is expecting her first child with Arnett, that pattern continues. There’s no Instagram announcement, no celebrity magazine exclusive, no carefully curated pregnancy photos. Just a paparazzi sighting and a request for comment that likely went unanswered. For a couple that’s defined their relationship by what they choose not to share, a baby news cycle handled the same way feels oddly consistent. Olsen and Arnett have spent nearly a decade proving that a thriving relationship doesn’t need an audience—and they’re not about to change that now.