Naomi Watts enjoyed her little slice of heaven to kick off 2025.
“A perfect vacation in the sun,” Watts, 56, wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday, January 2. “Thank you Barbados!”
The 15-photo social media slideshow included Watts smiling with family and friends, including her husband Billy Crudup and children Sasha AND Kai Schreiber. (Watts shares Sasha, 17, and Kai, 16, with his ex Liev Schreiber.)
Crudup, 56, appeared in several of the vacation photos. One image showed him cozying up to Watts with his arm around the actress. The couple flashed a soft smile and looked as relaxed as ever. Both Watts and Crudup wore hats, keeping a low profile and relaxing in the sun.
Watts also snapped a selfie with Crudup and Sasha as they sat down for a meal on the beach. It appeared that Watts played photographer throughout the trip, also snapping photos of Crudup with their friends.

After meeting in 2017, Watts and Crudup began dating. The two have cemented themselves as one of Hollywood’s favorite couples since making their red carpet debut in February 2018. While the pair have no qualms about their relationship being in the public eye, Watts and Crudup have owned also the art of keeping things low. .
The couple secretly married in June 2023, according to an Instagram announcement from Watts. “Confused,” she wrote, revealing that they married in New York City.
“They wanted to keep it quiet and have this moment to themselves, and they pulled it off beautifully,” a source said. Us Weekly at the time, calling the wedding “stress-free” and “spur of the moment.”
The insider explained that Watts and Crudup “never wanted” to have “a big A-list wedding.” Choosing a court wedding was “so special” for the couple, the source added. (They arranged a larger wedding ceremony in June 2024.)
While they tend to keep the details of their marriage out of any interviews, Watts spoke candidly about her “pretty awesome” sex life with Crudup during an August 2023 event.
“I personally think sex becomes more enjoyable when you let go of the fear of having children,” Watts said at the time, noting that she felt “safer” in the bedroom with a partner who is “100 percent empathic” without referring to Crudup. by name.
“Whatever you’re going through, if you can talk to your partner, if you can be honest and have a really authentic conversation and get the awkwardness out of the way, and most of the time if they’re good people, they’ll be empathetic,” she continued. Watts. “And that’s hot.”