‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Star Jacob Batalon Just Confirmed He’s Married, and Fans Had No Idea
Marvel’s press tours have quietly become one of the more reliable places to catch celebrity life updates lately, with actors letting personal news slip between questions about their latest blockbuster. The rollout for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has proven no exception.
Jacob Batalon, who plays Ned Leeds in the franchise, has spent the past several weeks doing exactly that kind of press circuit alongside co-stars Tom Holland and Zendaya. Along the way, eagle-eyed fans started noticing something that had nothing to do with the movie itself.
That something turned out to be a wedding. Jacob Batalon has secretly married his longtime partner, interior designer Veronica Leahov, with PEOPLE confirming the news after months of quiet hints from the couple.
The confirmation followed a joint interview with Heart, released July 28, in which Batalon, Holland, and Zendaya discussed the nicknames they use for each other. Batalon joked, in comments reported by E! News, “My wife calls me big dog. She doesn’t. I wish she did,” casually dropping the word “wife” into conversation for the first time. He was also spotted wearing a ring on his left hand during the interview, having worn various gold bands on that finger in recent weeks, including at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Brand New Day’ on July 27.
Leahov appeared to confirm the marriage from her end as well, updating her professional bio to read “Veronica Leahov Batalon.” Between Batalon’s slip during the interview and Leahov’s own name change, the pieces quickly came together for fans and outlets tracking the story throughout July.
The wedding caps off a relationship that dates back to 2019, with the couple announcing their engagement in March 2025 after Batalon proposed in New York City. At the time, he described setting up a heart-shaped floral arrangement and candles by the river for the proposal, and later told Entertainment Tonight that Leahov had her sights set on a wedding in Italy’s Lake Como.
Batalon has been fairly candid about leaving most of the wedding planning to Leahov. Speaking to PEOPLE in the months following their engagement, he admitted, “I have not planned anything at all… my fiancée, she’s really good at it. I genuinely just was like, ‘Tell me when and where and I’ll make it.'” He also joked on SiriusXM around the same period that he told Leahov to handle things herself since he wasn’t “good with planning,” though he still ended up learning the difference between flower varieties along the way.
Details about the actual ceremony, including exactly when and where it took place, have not been shared publicly. Neither Batalon nor Leahov has released an official statement beyond the interview comments and social media changes that tipped fans off in the first place.
The timing of the engagement itself has become something of a running joke between Batalon and his co-stars. He has previously teased Holland and Zendaya for getting engaged so soon after his own proposal, insisting his plans were already solidified before he learned of his co-stars’ news and that the timing was simply a coincidence rather than a copycat move.
Leahov, for her part, runs VEROH, a luxury home and bedding brand, and holds a master’s degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She marked the milestone with her own social media post, writing that she never imagined her heart could “hold so much love” and calling it the “purest happiness” she has ever known.
Batalon’s marriage news arrives just weeks after his ‘Brand New Day’ co-star Tom Holland confirmed his own marriage to Zendaya, making it the second major relationship milestone to come out of the film’s press tour in short order. With three of the film’s central stars now revealing they’ve quietly tied the knot around the same period, the ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ rollout has turned into just as much a celebration of real-life love stories as it has a blockbuster movie campaign.
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