Kelly severide wife

Chicago Fire rescue squad lieutenant Kelly Severide is newly engaged to Stella Kidd, but their wedding won’t be the first time the firefighter has made the trip down the aisle.

As longtime fans of the NBC drama will remember, back in Season 3, Severide got hitched in Las Vegas to a graphic designer named Brittany Baker (played by Serinda Swan), whom he had just met at the craps table. But the couple’s marriage ended just as quickly as it began when they both realized they had rushed into the relationship to escape the death of a loved one. Still, despite the briefness of their romance, Brittany made a lasting impression on viewers.

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For TV vet Swan, who also starred in former Fire showrunner Matt Olmstead’s A&E drama Breakout Kings, it was all about holding out for the right character. “Matt kept asking me to come and [guest-star] on the show in my offseason from Graceland,” Swan, who currently headlines the CW series Coroner, tells TVLine. “I was like, ‘Yeah, I would love to!'”

The producers then proceeded to pitch the actress various roles, which didn’t quite work out, until they finally landed on the perfect part. “They’re like, ‘So there’s this girl, and she’s trapped,’ and I’m claustrophobic,” Swan recalls. “And then, ‘There’s a woman, and there’s a burning building,’ and I was super scared of fire. Finally, they’re like, ‘Severide’s love interest,’ and I was like, ‘Yep, let’s do that!'”

As it turns out, Swan and Fire leading man Taylor Kinney had actually already worked together before when he impressed in “a really small guest star [role] on [Breakout Kings],” the actress notes. “We all were like, ‘Yo, he’s great. Like, he’s really, really good. And then obviously, Matt talked to him and got him to move over to Chicago Fire.”

Brittany, however, didn’t stay in the Windy City for long, abruptly leaving town (and her hubby) after just four episodes to confront her past. “[I] had to exit so fast, because I had to go off to the next season of Graceland, that not everything was tied up properly,” Swan says. “So I kept getting all these messages being like, ‘When do you come back? We know you come back. You guys are still married,’ and I was like, ‘I actually don’t think I’m ever coming back because I’m about to go shoot something for seven months. I don’t think this is happening.'”

Even though many years have passed since Swan’s short arc — and Severide told his now-fiancée Stella in a Season 6 episode that he and Brittany got an annulment — “people still ask me about it all the time,” the actress reveals, adding that she “would be down for [Brittany] to just randomly show up one season and mess things up a bit for him again.”

Chicago Fire Season 10 premieres Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 9/8c on NBC, once again airing between Med and P.D.

#OneChicago fans, would you like to see Brittany come back? Hit the comments with your thoughts!

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You got this, Stella Kidd! Chicago Fire has been filled with red-hot romances throughout its run, but nothing compares to Kelly Severide’s relationship with Stella Kidd.

When fans first met Kelly (played by Taylor Kinney), he was a rough and tough firefighter who was known for being a ladies’ man. At the time, he was brooding and wild while his eventual best friend Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer) was the softie who viewers were rooting to find love.

Over the years, One Chicago diehards became accustomed to Kelly’s whirlwind romances — including the time he got married in Las Vegas after losing his roomie and BFF Leslie Shay (Lauren German) in season 3. However, the arrival of Stella (Miranda Rae Mayo) in season 4 shook things up.

The new character, who made her debut in 2016, left fans with a lot of questions and even more hope that Squad 3’s leader could find a forever kind of love.

Unfortunately, it took time before Kelly and Stella’s love lives finally lined up. They had to overcome jealous exes, overbearing parents and work complications before eventually crossing the “just friends” line.

Through all the ups and downs, Kelly always seemed sure that Stella was The One. During season 8, episode 4, the lieutenant put Stella at ease following a scary call involving an infectious disease.

“Hey, I’m not worried,” he told her in the November 2019 episode. “It’s not how I’m going to go.” When asked how was going to go, he simply told Stella, “[As] an old man in bed with our kids and grandkids and you surrounding me.”

Throughout their relationship, Kelly has almost lost Stella on multiple occasions, due in part to his stubbornness and the fact that he thinks he knows what’s best for her. That was the case in season 9 when she chose to ice Stella out so she could focus on her lieutenant’s exam.

“I’ve been MIA because I thought that was best for you. Chief Conway told me the white shirts said the only reason you’re moving up the ladder is because you’re with me. I didn’t tell you because I figured it would mess with your head. You deserve better,” he told his girlfriend at the time.

Stella fired back questioning whether he thought she could actually handle being a boss. “Of course, I know I don’t need your help with some test. I needed you to do what you do best: To tell me, ‘You got this, Stella Kidd,’” she responded. “And to pick me up when I’m feeling low, and instead, you shut down on me. You shut down on me like the bad old days.”

Her fiery reaction led Kelly to give one of his most memorable speeches on the series.

“This attitude of yours is exactly why I know you got this, Stella Kidd, and it’s why I know how badly I screwed up, and it’s why I’m never gonna let you go away from me again,” he said to which Stella replied, “You are not the decider. And pretty soon, we’re gonna be in the same rank, so listen up. I am the one who’s never going to let you get away again.”

One season later, the duo again hit a rough patch, but showrunner Derek Haas teased in February 2022 that a wedding was still in the plans for the lovebirds. “We are on scope for a wedding episode this season. I would write it down — maybe not in ink, but as close to ink as you get,” he told Variety, referring to the newly-engaged Kelly and Stella. (The twosome tied the knot during the season 10 finale later that year.)

Chicago Fire airs on NBC Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.

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