Bae on the Low: Celebrity Couples Who Go Under the Radar

J. Cole, Oprah and more stars who keep their love private.

Private Love - Living life in the spotlight can be very stressful for romantic relationships, and in the social media age it's nearly impossible for celebs to keep their private lives private. Still, some stars manage to keep their relationships relatively low-key. From Oprah and Stedman Graham to Kelly Rowland and Tim Witherspoon, we highlight couples who manage to exist outside the media.J. Cole has plenty of groupies vying for a spot at his side, so many were shocked to learn that not only is he taken, but he's engaged. The chart-topping rapper reportedly proposed to his longtime girlfriend Melissa Heholt last year.— By Moriba Cummings(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for D'USSE)

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Private Love - Living life in the spotlight can be very stressful for romantic relationships, and in the social media age it's nearly impossible for celebs to keep their private lives private. Still, some stars manage to keep their relationships relatively low-key. From Oprah and Stedman Graham to Kelly Rowland and Tim Witherspoon, we highlight couples who manage to exist outside the media.J. Cole has plenty of groupies vying for a spot at his side, so many were shocked to learn that not only is he taken, but he's engaged. The chart-topping rapper reportedly proposed to his longtime girlfriend Melissa Heholt last year.— By Moriba Cummings(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for D'USSE)

Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha - Scandal star Kerry Washington is the perfect example of a celebrity who keeps it all the way private. The actress secretly married former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on June 24, 2013. Nearly a year later, they welcomed a baby girl named Isabelle — and we still haven't seen any pictures of her. Olivia Pope would certainly approve!(Photo: Splash News)

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Kerry Washington and Nnamdi Asomugha - Scandal star Kerry Washington is the perfect example of a celebrity who keeps it all the way private. The actress secretly married former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on June 24, 2013. Nearly a year later, they welcomed a baby girl named Isabelle — and we still haven't seen any pictures of her. Olivia Pope would certainly approve!(Photo: Splash News)

Idris Elba and Naiyana Garth - The British heartthrob may have been the topic of headlines for his brief relationship with K. Michelle, but his heart belongs to another special lady. The Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom actor has been dating makeup artist Naiyana Garth since March 2013. The couple, who welcomed a son last year, has kept their relationship far from the media, but walked the 71st Annual Golden Globes red carpet together, looking stunning and very together.(Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

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Idris Elba and Naiyana Garth - The British heartthrob may have been the topic of headlines for his brief relationship with K. Michelle, but his heart belongs to another special lady. The Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom actor has been dating makeup artist Naiyana Garth since March 2013. The couple, who welcomed a son last year, has kept their relationship far from the media, but walked the 71st Annual Golden Globes red carpet together, looking stunning and very together.(Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

Michael Ealy and Khatira Rafiqzada - For years, women everywhere considered Michael Ealy to be the perfect model of an eligible bachelor — but boy, were they wrong. The Perfect Guy actor privately married his longtime girlfriend Khatira Rafiqzada in October 2012 after dating for almost four years. That pretty much means the whole time you've been crushing on the actor, he's been taken. Speaking of his relationship on The Wendy Williams Show, he said, "I don't live my life in a social way... I've always been private."(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Montblanc)

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Michael Ealy and Khatira Rafiqzada - For years, women everywhere considered Michael Ealy to be the perfect model of an eligible bachelor — but boy, were they wrong. The Perfect Guy actor privately married his longtime girlfriend Khatira Rafiqzada in October 2012 after dating for almost four years. That pretty much means the whole time you've been crushing on the actor, he's been taken. Speaking of his relationship on The Wendy Williams Show, he said, "I don't live my life in a social way... I've always been private."(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Montblanc)

Kelly Rowland and Tim Witherspoon - Destiny's Child alum Kelly Rowland hasn't been publicly linked to many men throughout her 20-year career, so when word got out that the singer was taken, the media went crazy. Despite the constant media attention, the "Motivation" songstress kept her relationship with her then-boyfriend Tim Witherspoon hush hush before confirming on the Queen Latifah Show that she was engaged. She and Witherspoon are now happily married and are even parents to a beautiful baby boy.(Photo: Uri Schanker/GC Images)

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Kelly Rowland and Tim Witherspoon - Destiny's Child alum Kelly Rowland hasn't been publicly linked to many men throughout her 20-year career, so when word got out that the singer was taken, the media went crazy. Despite the constant media attention, the "Motivation" songstress kept her relationship with her then-boyfriend Tim Witherspoon hush hush before confirming on the Queen Latifah Show that she was engaged. She and Witherspoon are now happily married and are even parents to a beautiful baby boy.(Photo: Uri Schanker/GC Images)

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Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter - The Oscar-nominated actor has been with his actress girlfriend for more than two decades. The couple keeps their relationship very low-key and is known to live a pretty normal life far away from the glitz and glam of Hollywood. They share two beautiful children together.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter - The Oscar-nominated actor has been with his actress girlfriend for more than two decades. The couple keeps their relationship very low-key and is known to live a pretty normal life far away from the glitz and glam of Hollywood. They share two beautiful children together.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Anthony Mackie and Sheletta Chapital - Captain America: The Winter Soldier actor Anthony Mackie is a one-woman man and has been for almost 30 years. Mackie revealed to Queen Latifah that he has been dating his on-again-off-again girlfriend Sheletta Chapital since he was 7-years-old. The couple does not walk many red carpets together and remain under the radar to this day. Gotta wonder how she feels about his recent Donald Trump endorsement!(Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic)

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Anthony Mackie and Sheletta Chapital - Captain America: The Winter Soldier actor Anthony Mackie is a one-woman man and has been for almost 30 years. Mackie revealed to Queen Latifah that he has been dating his on-again-off-again girlfriend Sheletta Chapital since he was 7-years-old. The couple does not walk many red carpets together and remain under the radar to this day. Gotta wonder how she feels about his recent Donald Trump endorsement!(Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic)

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Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham - The supreme under-the-radar couple of all time arguably remains Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham. Rarely spotted together in public, we only get a glimpse of the long-running pair if Queen O shares a photo of them on her personal Instagram account. Though the power couple has been together for almost 30 years, wedding bells aren't likely in their future either. Oprah told Access Hollywood that had she and Stedman gotten married in the past, they would not be together today. As they say, if it ain't broke...(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham - The supreme under-the-radar couple of all time arguably remains Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham. Rarely spotted together in public, we only get a glimpse of the long-running pair if Queen O shares a photo of them on her personal Instagram account. Though the power couple has been together for almost 30 years, wedding bells aren't likely in their future either. Oprah told Access Hollywood that had she and Stedman gotten married in the past, they would not be together today. As they say, if it ain't broke...(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)