Cyndi Lauper once famously sang, “What’s good enough for you is good enough for me.” And for more than three decades, what’s been good enough for the “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” legend is the unwavering love she’s shared with her husband, David Thornton. The couple met on the set of the 1991 film Off and Running, married later that year, and have been together ever since — celebrating over 30 years of marriage and raising their son, Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper, along the way.
Recently, Cyndi celebrated one of the biggest moments of her career — her 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction— and David was right there by her side to cheer her on. The longtime couple walked the red carpet together at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, where Cyndi delivered a show-stopping performance alongside Avril Lavigne, Salt-N-Pepa, and RAYE.
While Cyndi’s songs have always celebrated independence, individuality, and self-expression, her lasting marriage proves that love and creative freedom can coexist beautifully. Here’s everything to know about her husband David below.
Since 1991, Cyndi Lauper has been married to David Thornton. David is an actor who was born in South Carolina on June 12, 1953, according to his IMDB profile. He’s best known for his roles in Home Alone 3, John Q, and Here and There. He was born ten days before Cyndi was born, as if he were fated to wind up her dearly beloved.
Over the years, David has continued acting in both TV and film. His recent projects include the 2023 thriller God Is a Bullet, directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Jamie Foxx, as well as previous roles in Darcy (2020) and Homeland (2017), where he played George Pallis.
Cyndi and David Thorton met on the set of the 1991 film Off and Running. Cyndi starred in the comedy-mystery, but as she told The Independent in 1992, the film came at a low point in her life. “I’d been having a terrible time,” she said. “I’d split with Dave Wolff – who used to be my manager as well as my boyfriend – after six and a half years. I’d moved out of the place we shared and was living in a hotel room.”
Cyndi said she “got really depressed” and had found herself in a “no-win masochistic situation with this man who wasn’t particularly good-looking.” After it ended, she felt “ugly, dull and a mess. I was convinced I was through as an artist.” She took the role in Off and Running as “a vacation from myself, a way to get lost in work and forget who I was. Then I met David, and everything changed.”
