Meet The Kissing Booth star Joey King’s low-key director hubby, Steven Piet: the pair met on the set of The Act when she was still dating Jacob Elordi – and he wore Brunello Cucinelli at their wedding

Sep 21 , 2024

US actress Joey King and her husband Steven Piet before the start of the Max Mara collection show at Milan’s Fashion Week womenswear spring/summer 2025, on September 19, in Milan. Photo: AFP

King legally married Piet in LA in August 2023 before throwing a lavish wedding party at the timeless estate La Fortaleza in Mallorca, which she described as ‘a Spanish version of The Great Gatsby’

Piet, a Chicago native, has directed episodes of Channel Zero, A Friend of the Family and The Act – and he’s close to King’s family, even going to pottery classes with her grandma

Let’s be honest: who hasn’t happily shipped on-screen couple Joey King and Jacob Elordi, co-stars of Netflix’s hit movie The Kissing Booth, IRL? However, King is actually happily married to low-key director Steven Piet, who is 15 years her senior.

Joey King and her husband Steven Piet in Portugal. Photo: @joeyking/Instagram

Here’s what we know about Steven Piet and his ultra-private relationship with Joey King:

What is Steven Piet’s background?

A young Steven Piet with his father. Photo: @stevenpiet/Instagram

Hailing from Chicago, Piet, now 40, graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in film. He later returned to Chicago to dive into the production industry, as per Deadline.

What does Steven Piet do for work?

Steven Piet is a director and screenwriter. Photo: @joeyking/Instagram

Piet’s talents shine through his work as a director and screenwriter. He directed episodes of Channel Zero, A Friend of the Family and The Act, where King played controversial reality TV star and convicted murderer Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Piet also co-wrote and co-directed the 2015 indie film Uncle John and co-executive produced both The Act and Briarpatch.

Steven Piet directed episodes of biographical crime TV series The Act. Photo: @joeyking/Instagram

The 40-year-old talked to Vanity Fair in 2019 about directing The Act, saying, “I felt like my job was to step back as much as I could, and just have the camera in the right place and let these amazing actors do what they do best … At times, I was so lost in their performances that I was forgetting to say ‘cut’.”

How did Joey King meet her husband, Steven Piet?

Joey King met her then future husband Steven Piet on set. Photo: @joeyking/Instagram