Who is Erin Foster’s husband, Simon Tikhman? Their love story inspired “Nobody Wants This”

Erin Foster’s new romantic comedy for Netflix, “Nobody Wants This,” is based on her real-life, cross-cultural love story with her husband, entertainment executive Simon Tikhman.

The series, which Foster created, co-wrote and executive produced, tells the story of a rabbi named Noah (played by Adam Brody) and an agnostic erotic podcast host named Joanne (played by Kristen Bell) who meet and fall in love despite their differences in life. their backgrounds.

“I would say this emotional journey is very reflective of my experience of meeting my husband,” Foster told TODAY.com about the show’s real-life inspirations.

Foster, 42, is the daughter of legendary record producer David Foster and former model Rebecca Dyer. She was raised without religion or even family traditions, unlike Tichman, 40, whose Jewish heritage was a key part of his identity, the couple told the Los Angeles Times.

After the couple fell in love, Foster converted to Judaism and the couple married on New Year’s Eve 2019. They currently have an almost 5-month-old daughter, Noa Mimi.

Read on to learn more about Foster’s husband, Simon Tikhman.

The couple met at a gym in Los Angeles

Foster first spotted Tichman working out at the same Los Angeles gym, as the couple told the Los Angeles Times.

After scrolling through his photos on Instagram and being captivated by the wholesome photos he posted with his parents, she sent him a follow request.

On their first date (drinking juice after training), Tichman told Foster that he intended to marry a Jewish woman. And that’s how they started dating.

According to their profile in New York Magazine’s Vulture, Tikhman said they met at some point in his life “where I was just having fun.”

Foster and Tikhman “kissed in the parking lot and then pretended they didn’t know each other so their affair wouldn’t become gossip among the coaches,” he told Vulture.

Tikham is the entertainment director

According to Music Row, Tikhman is the co-founder of The Core Entertainment, an artist management company that works with Live Nation.

The company has partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) to launch The Core Records music label in 2023.

What he shared about his Jewish upbringing

He told the Los Angeles Times that Tichman’s parents fled the former Soviet Union in 1979 due to anti-Semitic persecution.

As he told the newspaper, the couple, who settled in San Francisco, later told Tichman that he was obliged to have Jewish children.

“I really respect my parents and I know what adversities they went through because they were Jewish,” Tichman said. “I wouldn’t want to let them down.”

He told Foster that she would have to convert for them to be together. Foster told Vulture that she is open to conversion. “I thought to myself, ‘Do you want me? Great. It would be nice to be a part of something,” she said.

It’s “private,” Erin Foster said. What impact did this have on the series?

Foster, who previously worked as a writer on Ryan Murphy’s NBC series “The New Normal” and also co-hosted “The World’s First Podcast” with her sister Sara Foster, told the Los Angeles Times that her husband was shocked when learned about her deal with Netflix to create a series based on their love story.

“He said, ‘I’m sorry, you sold the program o.’ What?‘” – she recalled. “I immediately panicked. I didn’t even think about it (it’s a problem). I thought to myself, “Oh my God, I’m taking our history and turning it into something cool.” You’re welcome.’ And he had a different point of view.”

“I come from a very private family,” Tichman explained. “My mother always told us stories about how if you said the wrong thing as a Jew in the Soviet Union, you could end up in jail.”

In an interview with TODAY.com in September, Foster said she tried to distinguish supporting characters from real people, partly out of respect for her husband.

“I was very anxious about it and I purposely created characters that were really different from people in real life because I didn’t want to get divorced,” she joked. “My husband is very private. Being married to someone like me is his personal hell. Literally today he said, “Have a nice day.” Good luck with your interviews. Please don’t talk about me.”

However, Tichman’s parents liked the idea for the show. His mother showed her support by agreeing to play an extra in the background of a scene filmed at Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, the couple told the Los Angeles Times.

Foster told TODAY.com she has a “great relationship” with her in-laws. “She looks nothing like this character,” Foster said of her mother-in-law.

Eventually, Tichman himself agreed to support the idea of ​​creating a series because, as he told the Los Angeles Times, “that’s what Erin should be doing.”

“She’s a writer and she’s amazing at it. “I was sitting here watching an episode the other day and I was thinking, ‘I wish I was as good as this character,'” he said.

Foster and Tichman married in 2019

According to People, Foster and Tikhman were married on New Year’s Eve 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee in front of family members and friends, including Kate Hudson and Rachel Zoe.

Foster’s dad, David Foster, walked her down the aisle, and her stepmother, Katharine McPhee, performed in the wedding reception.

They are the parents of a daughter

Two weeks in early May 2024, they welcomed their first child, daughter Noa Mimi. Foster announced Noa Mimi’s arrival on Instagram.

“I gave birth to her au naturale in our bed like a beast,” she said. She added: “Simon would like everyone to know that he is a fighter too.”

This article was originally published on TODAY.com