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Mentalist star Simon Baker and wife Rebecca Rigg like a couple of kids in love after 24 years

STROLLING arm-in-arm along Bondi Beach after a three-hour meal, The Mentalist star Simon Baker and wife Rebecca Rigg were proof a 24-year relationship can still have a spark.

MUST CREDIT SNAPPER MEDIA FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH EXCLUSIVE 22 01 15 Simon Baker and his wife Rebecca Rigg on a date night Walking on Bondi beach s promenade together as a happy couple to have dinner together alone with no kids After a 3 hour dinner at Bondis ICEBERGS DINING ROOM they walked home like a normal couple doing last min shopping at a local corner store NO DAILY MAIL ONLINE
MUST CREDIT SNAPPER MEDIA FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH EXCLUSIVE 22 01 15 Simon Baker and his wife Rebecca Rigg on a date night Walking on Bondi beach s promenade together as a happy couple to have dinner together alone with no kids After a 3 hour dinner at Bondis ICEBERGS DINING ROOM they walked home like a normal couple doing last min shopping at a local corner store NO DAILY MAIL ONLINE

STROLLING arm-in-arm along Bondi Beach after a three-hour meal, The Mentalist star Simon Baker and wife Rebecca Rigg were proof a 24-year relationship can still have a spark.

THE MENTALIST STAR SIMON BAKER ON WIFE REBECCA RIGG

MENTALIST STAR SIMON BAKER TAKES HIS CLAN TO BONDI BEACH

Parents to three children, the smitten couple were making the most of a kid-free Sydney afternoon, enjoying a date at celebrity haunt Icebergs before laughing and holding hands as they walked along the promenade, stopping to look at the view along the way.

Simon Baker and wife Rebecca enjoy the view. Picture: Snapper Media
Simon Baker and wife Rebecca enjoy the view. Picture: Snapper Media

And the ocean air and freedom seemed to agree with them with Baker, aged 45, and Rigg, 47, both fresh-faced and relaxed.

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Baker and Rigg, who wed in 1998 after meeting on a blind date in 1991, often return to Sydney for summer holidays from their home in Los Angeles.

And does a bit of shopping. Picture: Snapper Media
And does a bit of shopping. Picture: Snapper Media
The happy couple ducks into Bondi Icebergs. Picture: Snapper Media
The happy couple ducks into Bondi Icebergs. Picture: Snapper Media
Joined at the hip after 24 years. Picture: Snapper Media
Joined at the hip after 24 years. Picture: Snapper Media
Enjoying a moment. Picture: Snapper Media
Enjoying a moment. Picture: Snapper Media

The star of two hit TV shows, The Guardian and The Mentalist, Baker has credited his wife and kids — Stella, 21; Claude, 16; and Harry, 13 — with keeping him grounded, adding Rigg was “the greatest woman any man could ever hope to make a life with”.

“Marrying her was the best decision I ever made”.

Baker and Rigg are close friends with fellow celebrities Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts and her partner Liev Schreiber.

The date went so well you couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces on the walk home<b>. </b>Picture: Snapper Media
The date went so well you couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces on the walk home. Picture: Snapper Media

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