Rooney wazaka 35-wazaka 46 wazaka 46 wa Jooaquin Phoenix adasanduka makolo mu Ogasiti 2020. Mwana wamwamuna wotchedwa Mtsinje polemekeza Mbale Phoenix, yemwe adamwalira mu 1993 kuchokera pa mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Banja la nyenyezi limatsogolera moyo wotsekeka bwino ndipo salengeza mwatsatanetsatane za anthu. Kuti mwana wa Mwana wabadwa, adayamba kudziwika mu Novembala chaka chatha. Pamodzi ndi mwana, wokondedwa adapita mlongo wamkulu yemwe Mariya, Kate, yemwe tsopano atukuka kwa alanga kuchokera kwa wokondedwa wawo, a Jamie Bella.
Paparazzi adagwira okondedwa pachithunzichi. Komabe, nkhope ya mwana sinathe kujambulidwa: Mtimawo amakonda kumubisa pagulu. Panthawi ya mliri, mara ndi Phoenix adatha miyezi ingapo pa kudzikuza, ndipo pafupifupi palibe chomwe angamve mafani amoyo wawo. Tsopano awiriwa akuyesetsanso kuwoneka ngati nthawi yochuluka pagulu loteteza banja lawo kuti liziwaona.
Phoenix ndi Mara adakumana mu 2013 pa filimuyo "iye". Awiriwa amasewera okwatirana ndipo amangopezeka m'mawonekedwe ndi zowonda. Kwa nthawi yayitali amangokambirana ndi imelo ndipo anali abwenzi polembera makalata, koma mu 2018 amasonkhana, akugwira ntchito pa filimu yolumikizirana pa chiweto cha Bayibulo, "Maria Magdalene", momwe adachitira maudindo. Mu Meyi 2017, banjali lidatsimikizira ubale wawo, akubwera pamodzi ku chikondwerero cha Mesnes.