"He put in the work," said Dewy Brooks, a friend of Tennon’s. If she's interested, she'll call you.' She promptly called me a month later.His former peers and lifelong friends are also here to celebrate him and all that he's accomplished in the last 50 years. I gave you my card only because my mom told me, 'If you want to meet a girl, don't ask for her phone number, give her your card. He continued to Davis, "That's what I did. At the end of the day, I'm going to give her my card.'" I passed blood to her, and I, 'This seems like a pretty nice lady. "I noticed her and I said, 'Hey, how ya doin,'" he recalled. Tennon later told his side of the couple's meet-cute story during a joint appearance with his wife on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in March 2023. I had to work out some personal issues first." "I didn't call him for six weeks," she said. The EGOT winner, who was new to Los Angeles at the time, also shared that she was initially hesitant to accept Tennon's offer to go out on a date to the Santa Monica Pier. "The only thing I thought was, 'He's good-looking. "He was like, 'Hey,' because we had just did a scene," she recalled during an appearance on "The Jess Cagle Interview" show in 2016 ( via People). According to Davis, she met her now-husband while she was snacking on a bagel. Read ahead to learn more about Davis and Tennon's long-standing relationship.ĭavis and Tennon's romance began when they first connected on the set of CBS's "City of Angels" series in 1999. You have to get back to the everyday - the taking the garbage out, the cooking, the cleaning - and it's something that I think really works with me and my husband." "I think that, that's what people forget when they fall in love with someone and it's exciting. Over the years, Davis and Tennon have managed to keep the spark in their marriage, which the former dished about when she spoke to People in 2016. The high-profile couple are also business partners as they cofounded their own production company in 2011 called JuVee Productions - which coproduced Davis's " The First Lady" and " The Woman King." And in addition to being talented stars, they're proud parents to their 12-year-old daughter Genesis. The two, who have starred together in films like 2015's "Lila & Eve" and 2023's "Air," have stood side-by-side at numerous Hollywood events, including award shows, movie premieres, and galas. Throughout their 20-plus-year romance, Davis and Tennon have been incredibly supportive of one another, both onscreen and off. I'm committed to it.' And then I signed off, just like writing a letter," she told Winfrey. "I said, 'Really? With God? I gotta tell him that?' He's like, 'Yes, you gotta put it all out there.'" She added, "I went and I got on my knees."ĭavis said her prayer also included asking for someone "who's probably been married before," "has kids, because I don't want any pressure in that department," "someone whose maybe been an actor who understands the artistic community," and "someone who goes to church and loves God." "I said, 'If you give me that, I'll start going to church, God. Looks, everything,'" the EGOT winner recalled her friend saying. In 2022, on " Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event," Davis opened up about how she specifically prayed to find a partner like Tennon.Īfter taking advice from one of her friends who instructed her to pray for the kind of man she wanted, Davis revealed that she listed off her ideal qualities, which started with asking for "a big Black man from the South." "He said, 'Viola, even the vacuous stuff, just put it all in there. They later got married in June 2003, and it may have been fate that the pair got together. The accomplished actors first met in 1999 on set of their show "City of Angels," and sparks flew immediately. Viola Davis and Julius Tennon have a pretty swoon-worthy love story.
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