The Lady King discovered her real-life Prince Charming! Viola Davis and Julius Tennon felt an instantaneous spark once they met on the set of Metropolis of Angels.
“He was the anesthesiologist, Dr. Holly, and I used to be Nurse Lannett,” the Lady King star solely informed Us Weekly in February 2013, remembering how their characters “have been passing blood” on the set. “He knew how lonely I used to be. I used to be out in L.A. and I hated it and he mentioned, ‘I’ll present you round Los Angeles. I’ll present you across the Santa Monica pier.’ We’ve been collectively 13 years, and from the primary day, it was magic!”
Whereas Davis’ romance with the movie producer continues to bloom after greater than 20 years collectively, the How one can Get Away With Homicide alum was initially cautious to just accept a date with Tennon after he supplied his telephone quantity.
“I keep in mind telling my therapist on the time, ‘I believe he’s good. He’s actually cute. However I don’t know. I’m fighting this, that and the opposite,’” Davis recalled to the Los Angeles Instances in December 2022 after Tennon teased that she didn’t name him for six weeks. “They are saying nostalgia isn’t what occurred previously. It’s a narrative you inform your self about what occurred previously. So I’m telling myself, ‘This man could not even be a pleasant man. It’s L.A. It’s this. It’s that. Let me simply work on my credit score.’ Till my therapist informed me, ‘Oh, my God, simply name the person, Viola! Name. Him.’ And that’s after I stopped making excuses.”
After the Oscar winner lastly accepted Tennon’s invitation, they loved a quiet dinner on the Crocodile Cafe in Santa Monica.
“He drove me dwelling in his Nissan Maxima,” Davis informed the Los Angeles Instances. “Oh, it was so clear. And he drove me to the entrance curb and he shook my hand. He mentioned I used to be stunning and that he’d had such a wonderful time. And he stayed there till I acquired to the door of my residence. He was such a gentleman.”
The pair went on to tie the knot in an intimate ceremony in June 2003.
“The primary time we acquired married with 15 individuals in our rental. It wasn’t large enough,” Davis defined throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Stay! in February 2016. “So, three months later, we went to Rhode Island with about 100 individuals, and everyone mentioned, ‘ what? One of the best images are candid ones.’ We put disposable cameras on each desk, sepia-toned [and] black-and-white [ones]. Honey, these youngsters stomped the hell out of these cameras. They took footage of the ground, of enamel — there have been numerous toothless individuals on the second wedding ceremony. That’s one other story!”
The JuVee cofounders — who renewed their vows in February 2016 — adopted their first baby collectively, daughter Genesis, in October 2011. Genesis is Davis’ first baby and Tennon’s third, as he shares two youngsters from a earlier relationship. Since welcoming Genesis, the couple have been candid about elevating her to be a robust younger lady.
“I need her to honor herself, to like herself, to not compromise, to not cease when she makes a mistake and to grasp that’s part of her progress,” the Widows star gushed to Us of motherhood in February 2018. “[I want her to know that] magnificence has little or no or nothing to with how she seems.”
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