Nicky Hilton Reveals the Secret to Her 10-Year Marriage to Husband James Rothschild

Mar. 15, 2025

Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild attend 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar After Party.Photo:Robert Smith/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Robert Smith/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Nicky Hiltonis revealing the secrets of nearly 10 successful years of marriage toJames Rothschild.On the Thursday, March 6,episodeof theSuperwomen with Rebecca Minkoffpodcast, the 41-year-old fashion icon detailed the keys to her marriage with the businessman.“I think having a core friendship. We laugh together. We are very similar. We have a lot of the same interests We love each other,” Hilton said after the host asked her what keeps them “successfully together” after so long.Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar party .George Pimentel/GettyHilton and Rothschild, 39,marriedin July 2015, nearly a decade ago. According toThe New York Times, the couple met four years earlier at a wedding in 2011. Since the ceremony, the happily married pair has welcomedthree children: Lily-Grace, 8; Teddy, 7; and Chasen, 3.During the interview, the model and fashion designer also praised her husband’s parenting: “I can’t imagine my life without him. He’s such an incredible father. And I feel like that makes me fall in love with him more and more.”“Not everyone is a great parent. To have that incredible partner and be such a good dad is amazing,” she added.Earlier in the episode, hostMinkoffasked Hilton about her experience on the New York dating scene, only for Hilton to describe herself as a “monogamous girl.”“I wish I had some more salacious stories for you,” she explained. “I was always in a mult-year relationship. So I never really played the field.”Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild attend the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Woman Of Leadership award honoring Queen Elizabeth II.Tasos Katopodis/GettyShe never had the dating experience like many of her friends, she said, “I didn’t get to play in the Manhattan dating playground. And now I hear the stories with the apps. I mean, I was way ‘wifed’ up before that started.”In October, Hilton spoke withPEOPLEabout the marriage rules she learned from her parentsKathyandRichard Hilton.“I feel like some of the advice my mom has always given me is [to] never stop having fun, never go to bed angry and just to stop and smell the roses and enjoy every moment,” she said.Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild attend the 16th annual God’s Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards.Taylor Hill/WireImageAnother rule? Spend as much time with their children as possible.“My husband and I, with our work, we travel a lot, but we always try … We will not leave the children alone. So we try and divvy up our work trips and make sure that we’re always present,” she added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.But that doesn’t mean the couple never has a night on their own. She said, “We always try to make that special alone-time date night.”

Nicky Hiltonis revealing the secrets of nearly 10 successful years of marriage toJames Rothschild.On the Thursday, March 6,episodeof theSuperwomen with Rebecca Minkoffpodcast, the 41-year-old fashion icon detailed the keys to her marriage with the businessman.“I think having a core friendship. We laugh together. We are very similar. We have a lot of the same interests We love each other,” Hilton said after the host asked her what keeps them “successfully together” after so long.

Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar party .George Pimentel/Getty

George Pimentel/Getty

Hilton and Rothschild, 39,marriedin July 2015, nearly a decade ago. According toThe New York Times, the couple met four years earlier at a wedding in 2011. Since the ceremony, the happily married pair has welcomedthree children: Lily-Grace, 8; Teddy, 7; and Chasen, 3.

During the interview, the model and fashion designer also praised her husband’s parenting: “I can’t imagine my life without him. He’s such an incredible father. And I feel like that makes me fall in love with him more and more.”

“Not everyone is a great parent. To have that incredible partner and be such a good dad is amazing,” she added.Earlier in the episode, hostMinkoffasked Hilton about her experience on the New York dating scene, only for Hilton to describe herself as a “monogamous girl.”“I wish I had some more salacious stories for you,” she explained. “I was always in a mult-year relationship. So I never really played the field.”

Nicky Hilton Rothschild and James Rothschild attend the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Woman Of Leadership award honoring Queen Elizabeth II.Tasos Katopodis/Getty

Tasos Katopodis/Getty

She never had the dating experience like many of her friends, she said, “I didn’t get to play in the Manhattan dating playground. And now I hear the stories with the apps. I mean, I was way ‘wifed’ up before that started.”

In October, Hilton spoke withPEOPLEabout the marriage rules she learned from her parentsKathyandRichard Hilton.“I feel like some of the advice my mom has always given me is [to] never stop having fun, never go to bed angry and just to stop and smell the roses and enjoy every moment,” she said.

Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild attend the 16th annual God’s Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards.Taylor Hill/WireImage

Taylor Hill/WireImage

Another rule? Spend as much time with their children as possible.“My husband and I, with our work, we travel a lot, but we always try … We will not leave the children alone. So we try and divvy up our work trips and make sure that we’re always present,” she added.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.But that doesn’t mean the couple never has a night on their own. She said, “We always try to make that special alone-time date night.”

source: people.com