While all marriages come with the promise of a happily ever after, few couples actually go the long haul in Hollywood. For Samuel L. Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson, however, they’ve defied the odds, and have called themselves husband and wife for over 44 years now.
But, according to the Pulp Fiction star himself, staying together for all these decades hasn’t been an easy ride. When asked in an interview for AARP The Magazine about how they managed to make it work, Jackson got candid and said it’s all about “a lot of tolerance.”
“Everybody’s got flaws, and not giving up when it would be easy to give up,” he said of him and his wife, who tied the knot back in 1980. “I’ve done s— in my marriage that’s crazy, you know? She has, too, in her head, or whatever in reality, but you got to go, ‘Is that a breakup offense?’ Or is it just that we need to spend a little time together and get some understanding about it?”
In other words, regardless of what they say or do in their marriage, they work together to address the root of the problem, instead of just giving up on their relationship altogether.
But in addition to working through their issues, Jackson admits they’ve sometimes turned a blind eye to each other’s quirks or issues. “Or there are certain things that you learn to ignore about people — that she’s learned to ignore about me,” he said. “And one of the things she had to accept is that I’m going to go to work. I’m going to go to work all the time until, you know, it’s time.”
LaTanya, who also works in the entertainment industry as an actor, producer and director, welcomed their only daughter, Zoe Dove, in 1982.
On Instagram, it seems the family of three is going strong as ever. “The best times are spent together with Sam and our Zoe Dove 💕🙏🏾🏝️🌊,” Richardson wrote earlier this year in August with a gallery of them enjoying a tropical vacation.
Looks like these two make it work no matter what!
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