The couple have previously spoken to the outlet and insisted that the age gap has also strengthened their relationship and why they got ‘along so well’.
In April, Silver said: “We just care about each other so much.”
“Everybody said it wouldn’t work,” Van Dyke chimed in, before Silver added: “Yeah. I mean it’s like eerie how well it works. People the same age don’t last.”
The Mary Poppins star also noted that his wife helped him feel young despite his age.
In his latest interview, the actor continued: “She’s responsible for keeping me in the moment.
« She’s kept me happy every day of my life, every day. She’s a joy. She can get me singing or dancing and she carries so much responsibility … I’m just lucky.”
In his upcoming book, Van Dyke goes into more detail about Silva’s influence.
“Arlene is half my age, and she makes me feel somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters my age, which is still saying a lot,” he revealed.“Every day she finds a new way to keep me up and moving, bright and hopeful and needed.”
Van Dyke has also attributed his youthful appearance (for his age) and his sprightly feeling to his wife, in addition to having a ‘positive attitude’.
During a 2023 appearance on an episode of The Masked Singer, he was asked about how he stays so young.
