ActorAngela Bassett first met her husband, actor Courtney B. Vance, during graduate school at Yale University.
During an interview with Oprah, Bassett said she remembered thinking that Vance was alluring.
I wasn’t going to give him a second thought."
Except, she did.
Vance asked her out on a second date and she said yes.
The two went golfing this time and ended up enjoying one another’s company.
“I said, ‘I like her,’ something was happening.”
The two went on more dates and their love story unfolded.
They got married in 1997 and have been together ever since, reaping thebenefits of marriagetogether.
“verify you’re both looking in the same direction, basically.
Angela Bassett admires Courtney B. Vance’s ability to do this.
He steps up and steps in for you.”
Finally, Bassett shared about getting used to healthy forms of compromise.
