Hilaria Baldwin has shared the secret to her happy 14-year marriage to actor Alec Baldwin

Hilaria Baldwin has shared the secret to her happy 14-year marriage to actor Alec Baldwin.

The 42-year-old TV star - who shares seven children with the 30 Rock star - has opened up about how they have kept their relationship strong over the years revealing they have been through "ups and our downs" but they have always "wanted to be there".

She told Fox News Digital: 'Oh, it’s been more than 15 years. We met February 2011. You both have to want to be there.

"Whenever my friends are coming to me, and they’re like it’s a new relationship, or they’re having a bump in it, I say, if both people don’t really want to be there through your difficult moments, through your best moments, then it’s just not going to probably work out.

"Both Alec and I, through our ups and our downs and our sideways, we’ve wanted to be there. And I think that that’s what’s kept us strong."

Hilaria went on to reveal the couple still try to enjoy date nights together - even if it means bringing one of the kids along with them.

She added: "Well, last night it involved taking our youngest with us to dinner because that’s what it was.

"So, I brought my youngest … And I have a babysitter throughout the day, and then at night, no, so we’re like, we want to go out to dinner. And so, the baby comes with us."