Photo: Jamie McCarthy/WireImageFreddie Prinze Jr.is dishing about what a 20-year happy marriage toSarah Michelle Gellarlooks like — and it involves, coincidentally, doing the dishes!“I hate a mess. If something is dirty, I clean it,” theChristmas with Youstar, 46, said during an appearance this week on Australia’sThe Kyle & Jackie O Showto promote his Netflix movie. “I do the dishes while I’m cooking so there’s less s— to look at.“He added, “I can’t stand a mess: my room is spotless, my car is spotless. I’m one day late for a haircut and I’m going crazy.“The tidy actor also does the laundry and cooks all the meals in the Prinze-Gellar house. “My mom was a chef and I learned how to cook, and I married someone who couldn’t cook,” said the star, who is alsoa cookbook author. “So I’m necessary. She needs me to live and sustain herself.“And while Prinze also said he “still makes” Gellar, 45, laugh, there’s one thing he hasn’t done in 20 years of marriage: watch his wife’s hit 1990s show,Buffy the Vampire Slayer.When the show’s hosts asked him if he ever calls his wife “Buffy,” he mildly rebuffed the question. “Not only have I never called her Buffy, I have never even seen the show,” Prinze admitted.He added, “I wasn’t the demographic, in my defense. She was my girlfriend, then my wife [so] I’ve never called her that ever. We’ve been married 20 years, together even longer.“In September, the couple, who share sonRocky, 10, and daughter Charlotte, 13, celebrated their milestone anniversary with sweet social media tributes — and also jokingly tried to collect from radio hostHoward Sternwho bet Prinze $1 million ahead of their wedding in 2002 that their union wouldn’t go the distance.Sarah Michelle Gellar InstagramNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.“Oh, absolutely it will last,” Prinze replied to Stern at the time.In her Instagram post marking their 20th anniversary, Gellar tagged Stern, 68, and tried to collect.“What do you think? I think you owe us,” she joked.Christmas with Youbegins streaming on Netflix Nov. 17.

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Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar at the The Plumm in New York City, New York

Freddie Prinze Jr.is dishing about what a 20-year happy marriage toSarah Michelle Gellarlooks like — and it involves, coincidentally, doing the dishes!“I hate a mess. If something is dirty, I clean it,” theChristmas with Youstar, 46, said during an appearance this week on Australia’sThe Kyle & Jackie O Showto promote his Netflix movie. “I do the dishes while I’m cooking so there’s less s— to look at.“He added, “I can’t stand a mess: my room is spotless, my car is spotless. I’m one day late for a haircut and I’m going crazy.“The tidy actor also does the laundry and cooks all the meals in the Prinze-Gellar house. “My mom was a chef and I learned how to cook, and I married someone who couldn’t cook,” said the star, who is alsoa cookbook author. “So I’m necessary. She needs me to live and sustain herself.“And while Prinze also said he “still makes” Gellar, 45, laugh, there’s one thing he hasn’t done in 20 years of marriage: watch his wife’s hit 1990s show,Buffy the Vampire Slayer.When the show’s hosts asked him if he ever calls his wife “Buffy,” he mildly rebuffed the question. “Not only have I never called her Buffy, I have never even seen the show,” Prinze admitted.He added, “I wasn’t the demographic, in my defense. She was my girlfriend, then my wife [so] I’ve never called her that ever. We’ve been married 20 years, together even longer.“In September, the couple, who share sonRocky, 10, and daughter Charlotte, 13, celebrated their milestone anniversary with sweet social media tributes — and also jokingly tried to collect from radio hostHoward Sternwho bet Prinze $1 million ahead of their wedding in 2002 that their union wouldn’t go the distance.Sarah Michelle Gellar InstagramNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.“Oh, absolutely it will last,” Prinze replied to Stern at the time.In her Instagram post marking their 20th anniversary, Gellar tagged Stern, 68, and tried to collect.“What do you think? I think you owe us,” she joked.Christmas with Youbegins streaming on Netflix Nov. 17.

Freddie Prinze Jr.is dishing about what a 20-year happy marriage toSarah Michelle Gellarlooks like — and it involves, coincidentally, doing the dishes!

“I hate a mess. If something is dirty, I clean it,” theChristmas with Youstar, 46, said during an appearance this week on Australia’sThe Kyle & Jackie O Showto promote his Netflix movie. “I do the dishes while I’m cooking so there’s less s— to look at.”

He added, “I can’t stand a mess: my room is spotless, my car is spotless. I’m one day late for a haircut and I’m going crazy.”

The tidy actor also does the laundry and cooks all the meals in the Prinze-Gellar house. “My mom was a chef and I learned how to cook, and I married someone who couldn’t cook,” said the star, who is alsoa cookbook author. “So I’m necessary. She needs me to live and sustain herself.”

And while Prinze also said he “still makes” Gellar, 45, laugh, there’s one thing he hasn’t done in 20 years of marriage: watch his wife’s hit 1990s show,Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

When the show’s hosts asked him if he ever calls his wife “Buffy,” he mildly rebuffed the question. “Not only have I never called her Buffy, I have never even seen the show,” Prinze admitted.

He added, “I wasn’t the demographic, in my defense. She was my girlfriend, then my wife [so] I’ve never called her that ever. We’ve been married 20 years, together even longer.”

In September, the couple, who share sonRocky, 10, and daughter Charlotte, 13, celebrated their milestone anniversary with sweet social media tributes — and also jokingly tried to collect from radio hostHoward Sternwho bet Prinze $1 million ahead of their wedding in 2002 that their union wouldn’t go the distance.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.

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“Oh, absolutely it will last,” Prinze replied to Stern at the time.

In her Instagram post marking their 20th anniversary, Gellar tagged Stern, 68, and tried to collect.

“What do you think? I think you owe us,” she joked.

Christmas with Youbegins streaming on Netflix Nov. 17.

source: people.com