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 Cuomo met [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|Kyoko Ito]] in [[1997]] at one of his solo concerts<!--I'm not sure it's ever been 100% confirmed which show he met her at.--> in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref>"Kyoko" ''Riverpedia''. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko</ref> The two reconnected in [[2005]] after Cuomo thought of her, two years into his period of celibacy.<ref name="dreamlife" /> The two married on [[June 18]], [[2006]].<ref name="rivwedding">Weezer.com archived on Archive.org, July 1 2006: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060701010316/http://weezer.com/]</ref> The pair have two children.
 ===Beliefs===
-Cuomo has been a vegetarian since childhood<ref>"[https://thebadpennyblog.com/2010/09/17/weezers-rivers-cuomo-in-2002-i-think-i-had-a-falling-out-with-the-fans/ Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo In 2002: ‘I Think I Had A Falling Out With The Fans’" ''The Bad Penny''.</ref><ref name="latimesspreadsheet">Wood, Mikael. "[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rivers-cuomo-weezer-teal-album-black-album-20190222-story.html Being Rivers Cuomo: Why Weezer’s frontman put his life into a spreadsheet]" 22 February 2019. ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> though he briefly experimented with eating meat in his early thirties.<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/w/index.php?title=Rivers_Cuomo&curid=2&diff=120964&oldid=119914 Weezerpedia edit by User:Rivers]</ref> Cuomo has considered himself an atheist throughout his life.<ref name="whativebeenupto" /> Though he practices Vipassana, a Buddhist form of meditation, he does not consider himself a Buddhist,<ref name="yogamag" /> and does not publicly ascribe to any particular religion and has never stated his personal beliefs on the subject. He lent financial support to the 2007 film ''The Dhamma Brothers'' about a prison meditation program in Alabama.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224182903/http://www.frizzylogic.org/fl/2007/07/11/the-dhamma-brothers/ The Dhamma Brothers]" ''FrizzyLogic'' 11 July 2007. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''</ref>
+Cuomo has been a vegetarian since childhood<ref>"[https://thebadpennyblog.com/2010/09/17/weezers-rivers-cuomo-in-2002-i-think-i-had-a-falling-out-with-the-fans/ Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo In 2002: ‘I Think I Had A Falling Out With The Fans’" ''The Bad Penny''.</ref><ref name="latimesspreadsheet">Wood, Mikael. "[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rivers-cuomo-weezer-teal-album-black-album-20190222-story.html Being Rivers Cuomo: Why Weezer’s frontman put his life into a spreadsheet]" 22 February 2019. ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> though he briefly experimented with eating meat in his early thirties.<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/w/index.php?title=Rivers_Cuomo&curid=2&diff=120964&oldid=119914 Weezerpedia edit by User:Rivers]</ref> Cuomo had considered himself an atheist throughout his life, however has stated he is no longer an atheist.<ref name="whativebeenupto" /> Though he has, in the past, practiced Vipassana, a Buddhist form of meditation, he does not consider himself a Buddhist,<ref name="yogamag" /> and does not publicly ascribe to any particular religion. He lent financial support to the 2007 film ''The Dhamma Brothers'' about a prison meditation program in Alabama.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224182903/http://www.frizzylogic.org/fl/2007/07/11/the-dhamma-brothers/ The Dhamma Brothers]" ''FrizzyLogic'' 11 July 2007. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''</ref>  In recent years, some fans have speculated he is a Christian or Catholic, based on the lyrics of the song [[Everybody Needs Salvation]], the fact he has been seen at a Catholic church and him wearing a cross necklace & a Virgin Of Guadeloupe baseball hat numerous times. He wore the hat in a July 2023 interview with Premier Guitar. Cuomo has never confirmed or denied whether he is or is not a Christian.
 On [[November 1]], [[2019]], Cuomo performed songs at Yangapalooza!, a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate {{Wikipedia|Andrew Yang}}. Cuomo did not explicitly endorse Yang.<ref>Hogan, Mark and Bloom, Madison"[https://pitchfork.com/news/heres-what-happened-during-rivers-cuomos-yangapalooza-set/ Here’s What Happened During Rivers Cuomo’s Set at the Andrew Yang Rally in Iowa]" ''Pitchfork''. 1 November 2019.</ref> He has never expressed his political beliefs publicly and has never endorsed any political candidate.