Denzel Washington’s love life revolves around his beautiful wife Pauletta. The two have been married for almost 40 years. Wow!
A shocking rarity for celebrity couples.
His wife is also an actor just like him so they both have demanding jobs which makes it even more surprising how they’ve managed to last this long.
They’ve defintely had high and low moments but have continued to stick it out with each other.
How Did Denzel And Pauletta Meet?
Denzel and Paulette met for the first time back in 1977. The met on a movie set, and it was Denzel’s first ever onscreen role. The name of the movie was Wilma.
The first time they met, there were no fire works or chemistry.
About a year later, they were both fortunate enough to find themselves working together again that their romance kickstarted.
A mutual friend of theirs who was also part of the film they were both working on had thrown a party and invited Denzel and Pauletta.
That was where they started speaking to each other. It was a normal routine conversation, nothing special really.
The next night, Pauletta had decided to go see play and during the intermission, she surveyed his surroundings and found out that she was seated next to Denzel.
Denzel though reveals that she had known that he would be coming to see the play so perhaps it was all a ploy for her to get closer to him.
Denzel Washington Proposed 3 Times To His Wife
In 2013, during an interview, Pauletta spilled the tea on her proposal.
She revealed that Denzel Washington had proposed to her 3 good times and after the third proposal, she said yes to marrying him.
Denzel Washington Kids
In 1984, barely a year after their wedding, Denzel and Pauletta welcomed their first child, a boy named John David.
In 1987, they welcomed their beautiful daughter and in 1991 they welcomed their last set of children, twins, Olivia and Malcolm.
to in 1987 and, in 1991, they had twins Olivia
Denzel Washington while speaking with the Guardian back in 2010 revealed that his kids
might not be perfect but that they’re humble, kind, generous and over all good people/
Marriage Controversy And Lesson To Learn
Just like every other long standing relationship, negative rumors will also fly about that relationship.
In 2013, the media started to speculate that Denzel had cheated on his wife but completely denied all the rumors.
In time, these rumors died down.
When asked the secret to his long lasting marriage he reveals that it takes a lot commitment for a marriage to work. He advises singles that marriage isn’t always going to be all honeymoon and lovey dovey moments. There will be really hard moments too. And your ability to Wade through those difficult moments is what really keeps the marriage alive and burning.
