Townsend told People magazine, "I'm married. I didn't do a church wedding or anything, but we're married. We're husband and wife…I don't need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise. So no there's no big official story on a wedding, but we are married...I consider her my wife and she considers me her husband."

People reports that the couple were seen in their wedding rings while at a dinner party in Toronto during the Toronto Film Festival. Stuart's film, Battle in Seattle - which he wrote and directed - premiered at the festival.