PHOTOS Who is Pharrell Williams’ wife, Helen Lasichanh?
These days, most things Pharrell Williams touches turn to gold… But one thing he really had to work hard at was initially winning over his wife, Helen Lasichanh.
“She didn’t answer half of my text messages,” he told Oprah this spring of pursuing his future bride.
He then learned Helen was in a serious relationship and settled with “just friends” status for more than two years. Soon after she became single, Pharrell again started angling for a relationship. However, he said he almost lost her again because he didn’t feel ready to let go of life as a bachelor.
“I looked at my life and I was like, ‘Man, I could keep doing this for another 10 years, is that what I want to do?’ And so I made a decision,” the Happy singer told Oprah. “And then we made a decision and just started dating.”
The rest has worked out pretty well for the pair, as they welcomed son Rocket Ayer five years ago and wed last summer. (She wore a navy tartan gown!) So, who is the woman who hooked Pharrell? According to Page Six, she’s been described as a stylist and designer — even though it doesn’t sound like the statuesque former volleyball star really embraces those titles. In fact, Helen is so mysterious that her husband’s representative wouldn’t even clarify how her last name is pronounced.
When she does make public appearances alongside her husband, Helen almost always wins praise for her unique style.
“One minute they look like a teenager skate couple on the way to the mall, and the next minute they look like adult best friends, all dolled up at the Met Gala,” Uptown Magazine‘s Isoul Harris told Page Six. “In the same way that most people seem to be of the opinion that Kim and Kanye are sartorial soulmates, Helen and Pharrell may be as well.”
Pharrell also agrees with the “soulmate” assessment, calling Helen is his “bestie.”