You know, 'Don't worry about cleaning up. What's yours?ĭavis: I would call Julius a more Type A, organized personality. When you're with somebody this long, there's usually one fight you keep having. I was like, ' Heeeey, what's happening?'Īnd now you've been together nearly 25 years. Tennon: Well, of course I would remember you. So when Viola did call after six weeks, it was a surprise. So I always followed that advice because even when my mom was wrong, she was right. And If she's interested, she'll call you. Tennon: My mom always told me that when you meet a girl, you don't ask for her phone number. Him.' And that's when I stopped making excuses. Let me just work on my credit.' Until my therapist told me, 'Oh, my god, just call the man, Viola! Call. So I'm telling myself, 'This guy may not even be a nice guy. It's a story you tell yourself about what happened in the past. They say nostalgia isn't what happened in the past. I'm struggling with this, that and the other. you took six weeks to call?ĭavis: I didn't know that at first! I remember telling my therapist at the time, 'I think he's nice. and here he was, a manifestation of answered prayers. Tennon: It was like sleeping on razor blades.īut Viola, just three weeks before you met him, you had prayed for a man almost exactly like Julius. The 99 Cents Only Store sells linens? What was the thread count? And I'm not,' Viola Davis says of husband and business partner Julius Tennon. 'I would call Julius a more Type A, organized personality. And he stayed there until I got to the door of my apartment. He said I was beautiful and that he'd had such a beautiful time. 'And he drove me to the front curb and he shook my hand. 'My new Nissan Maxima,' Tennon interjects. 'He drove me home in his Nissan Maxima,' Davis says. the bread was fresh and gooood.'Īfter dinner, they walked to the Santa Monica Pier, Tennon wrapping Davis in his coat because of the cool ocean air. Davis reminds him: 'You said you loved the bread basket!' Tennon remembers. Tennon says they didn't go there for any particular reason. On their first date 23 years ago, Tennon took Davis to the Crocodile Cafe on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. Get Viola Davis and Julius Tennon talking about how they found each other and the conversation instantly turns into one of those couples interviews you see in 'When Harry Met Sally,' with the husband and wife finishing each other's sentences while making sure that the details are relayed just so.

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