Kate Upton is hogging the limelight for all things personal. For the unversed, Kate appeared alongside her husband, Justin Verlander, during the Detroit Tigers pregame retirement and career celebration ceremony at Comerica Park. The couple’s children, 7-year-old Genevieve and 1-year-old Bellamy, joined them during the ceremony. Amid this, people have grown curious to know about American model and actress Kate Upton’s husband, Justin Verlander.
Meet Kate Upton’s husband, Justin Verlander
Justin Verlander was born and raised in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia. He played Little League at Tuckahoe Little League in Richmond, Virginia, then attended the Richmond Baseball Academy. For college, Justin went to Old Dominion University (ODU) and played college baseball for their team, the Monarchs. His professional baseball career began after he became the second overall pick in the 2004 MLB Draft, signing with the Detroit Tigers.
Justin debuted with the Detroit Tigers in 2005. He quickly established himself as a key player on the team, earning the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 2006. Years later, in 2011, Justin won both the AL Cy Young Award and AL MVP, one of the very few pitchers to do so. In 2017, he was traded to the Houston Astros. He helped the team win two World Series titles and added two more Cy Young Awards in 2019 and 2022, making him a three-time winner.
After 2022, Justin signed with the New York Mets for two years and USD 86.6 million, then was traded back to Houston in 2023. Two years later, in 2025, he played for the San Francisco Giants. In February 2026, Justin turned 43, just days before signing a one-year, USD 13 million contract to return to the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers honored Justin with a pregame retirement ceremony before their game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Justin Verlander and Kate Upton’s love story
Justin and Kate first crossed paths in 2013. At the time, Kate was filming a commercial for Major League Basketball 2K12 with Justin. Putting the romance rumors with Justin to rest, Kate began dating Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy in June 2013. The dancer celebrated the actress’ birthday with an intimate dinner in N.Y.C. on June 10, 2013, and the duo was seen holding hands in the city in September 2013. However, by December 2013, a source told PEOPLE that Maksim and Kate had split.
On January 31, 2014, Kate and Justin were spotted getting cozy again as they posed for photos at the 2014 GQ Super Bowl Party in N.Y.C. It was Justin who proposed to his lady love, Kate. Before the start of the 2016 baseball season, Justin went down on one knee to propose to Kate. She flaunted her custom engagement ring on the 2016 Met Gala red carpet. At the time, she told E! News that she felt excited to share the news about her engagement to the world. She said:
“I’m really excited. He asked me right before the season started, so we’ve been keeping it on the down low for quite a while. So I’m excited to finally be able to share it with the world!”
Justin worked with jeweler Anita Ko to create a custom engagement ring, putting a unique twist on the single solitaire by setting the center stone inside delicate “swags” of pavé diamonds on a diamond-encrusted band. On November 4, 2017, Justin and Kate got married in Italy, days after his World Series win. It was an intimate and outdoor ceremony. For the big day, Kate Upton wore a classic long-sleeved lace white Valentino gown. Later, Justin opened up about his marriage to Kate. He said:
“It was a very special moment. It was pretty storybook. The moment the gates opened and I saw her walking down the aisle, I lost it. She looked so beautiful, and I had been looking forward to that day for a long time.”
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Pic credit: Justin Verlander/IG, Kate Upton/IG
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