Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden Welcome Their Third Child
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have added another member to their growing family. The couple, known for keeping their personal lives private, recently shared the exciting news on Instagram with a heartfelt post.
Madden, 47, announced the arrival of their third child with a pirate-themed image on his Instagram account. “Cameron and I are happy, excited and feeling so blessed so announce the birth of our third child, Nautas Madden,” he wrote. “Welcome to the world son! We love life with our family — our kids are healthy and happy and we are grateful! Having a blast.”
Diaz, 53, expressed her excitement through a series of love heart emojis in the comments. The name Nautas, which the couple chose, means “sailor, navigator, voyager, one who embarks on a journey and fears not the unknown.”
The couple met through Diaz’s close friend and now sister-in-law, Nicole Richie, in 2014. Just seven months later, they were engaged, and in January 2015, they married. They now have three children.
Their first child, daughter Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden, was born in 2019. “We are so happy, blessed and grateful to begin this new decade by announcing the birth of our daughter,” Diaz and Madden said at the time. “She has instantly captured our hearts and completed our family.”
In March 2024, they welcomed their second child, Cardinal. To share the news, the proud parents posted an Instagram photo of a piece of artwork that read, “A little bird whispered to me.” In the caption, Madden revealed the news, writing: “We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden. He is awesome and we are all so happy he is here!”
He continued: “For the kid’s safety and privacy we won’t be posting any pictures — but he’s a really cute. We are feeling so blessed and grateful. Sending much love from our fam to yours. Best wishes and Good Afternoon!!”
A Strong and Private Relationship
Diaz and Madden have kept their relationship pretty private over the years. But to mark their 10th anniversary last year, the musician shared a rare glimpse into their marriage. Sharing a solo photo of Diaz in glam and a couple selfie on Instagram, Madden, 47, wrote: “This is my QUEEN ❤️ I celebrate this BADas*WOMAN. Wife, Mommy, friend, partner, Boss, and lover. We just hit 10 YEARS married on January 5th and every year only gets more fulfilling.”
He went on to call their relationship “special”, “never perfect”, but “always real — always reliable”. “Every day getting to have my best friend with me ride or die… what a beautiful life — I am GRATEFUL!!! 🙏 .”
In the same post, he also celebrated Diaz’s return to acting in her new project, Back In Action. “ANOTHER MILESTONE happening TOMORROW!!! We are SO happy to see you…. BACK IN ACTION!!…. Congrats baby!!”
The couple recently celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary. Previously, Diaz wrote an essay for InStyle in which she made a rare declaration about their relationship, calling her husband “the greatest human being”. “Getting married to him was the best thing that ever happened to me,” she said. “My husband’s the best. He’s the greatest human being, and he’s my great partner. Marriage is certainly hard, and it’s a lot of work. You need somebody who’s willing to do the work with you, because there’s no 60-40 in marriage. It’s 50-50, period. All the time.”
A Deep Connection
Diaz also shared her thoughts on her previous assertions that she would never get married. “I waited because I didn’t want to settle,” she said. “Now I got the best man ever. My special man. He’s mine.” The pair make very few public appearances and aren’t often gushy about each other in public, but in 2016, Diaz told Andy Cohen on Sirius XM Radio that none of her exes came close to Madden. “I don’t even remember any of that. Like that’s the thing, that’s how I know he’s my husband because no one compares,” she said.
Diaz told Cohen that before Madden, she never believed people who said “when you know, you know”. But after meeting him, everything changed. “I was always like, ‘What does that mean… what does that mean?’ Then I was like ‘Oh, I get it, you just know when you know, like you’re my husband.’” “Everything else just kind of like washes and slips away,” she said. “You realise like, ‘Oh right, this is what the real thing is, this is what real love is and this is what commitment and devotion is. This is the person that you build your life with, and for me, it’s like the rest of everything else just kind of like dissolves.”
Support and Love
Madden occasionally shares loving messages about his wife on social media, and the pair always show their support for each other’s business ventures. When Diaz released The Longevity Book in 2016, Madden said he “could not be prouder of my badas*wife”. “She wakes up everyday on a mission to try and make the world a better place. I’m always amazed by the courage, strength and vulnerability she shows, relentlessly encouraging other women to love themselves.”
He’s also honoured her in a very permanent way, getting a large tattoo of his wife’s name on his chest.
