In 2019, Trevor Noah, 36, The Daily Show host vowed never to live with a lover – but he just invested $ 27.5 million in a Bel Air mansion for him and his girlfriend, 40-year-old Titans. -actress. Minka Kelly.
The sleek 11,000-square-foot mansion at 14930 Corona Del Mar has six bedrooms, eight full baths and three half-baths, all with views of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, according to a Wall Street Journal report in September when the house was still for sale.
The couple are “planning a future together” in their minimalist, modern manse, People magazine reported Thursday, though the couple have not publicly confirmed their relationship.
Noah took the home at nearly 25% off its original 2018 asking price of $ 36 million. The home was previously owned by designer Mark Rios, 64, and his husband, who custom designed the home in 2014 when they completed the original home on the property, which they bought for $ 650,000 in 1996, sank in the ocean, according to a 2017 interview with Architectural Digest.
“So many fashionable houses are filled with beautiful artifacts that scream, ‘Look at me! I am amazing!’ These houses have a lot to do. Our house is the opposite. We kept it simple, ”Rios told AD.
The front of the house is white and frameless, while the back has floor-to-ceiling windows. Designed for entertaining outdoors, the house has an outdoor bar, kitchen, fireplace, dining area, a 15 by 60 infinity pool, and a landscaped ‘lemon patio’ filled with citrus trees, Rios told the Wall Street Journal in September, when he had the house. listed for $ 29.5 million.
The house also has a spa, sauna, massage room, gym, library, office, home theater and an impressive master bedroom with two bathrooms and a large window that looks out to the mountains.
The wine room has a glass box elevator that takes you to the kitchen, where the appliances are hidden behind dark wood cabinets. According to the WSJ report, a hidden wall can be pulled out to close off the kitchen.
“I was more experimental and did more detailing with this house than with previous clients,” said Rios. He and his husband just decided to sell the house so they could take on a new housing project nearby, per WSJ.
Noah also owns a $ 10 million penthouse in New York City, and had bought another Bel Air mansion in 2018 for $ 20.5 million, which he sold for $ 21.7 million in August, according to Architectural Digest.
Linda May and Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland, who reportedly represented the sellers, did not respond to a request for comment. Jonah Wilson, who represented Noah, according to People, MarketWatch and other publications, told The Post that he was not involved in the transaction and did not represent the seller.