Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen are “still madly in love” after 25 years of marriage, while discussing maintaining a romantic life during quarantine
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Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen admitted that they are “still madly in love” after 25 years of marriage, as they wrapped the cover of PEOPLE’s first annual love issue.
The couple reflected on their relationship after being quarantined with each other for the past nine months, amid the global pandemic at their Los Angeles home.
Mary, 67, admitted before the social distance photo shoot that “they were alone, except today, for the last nine months.”
She added: “And we decided to stay together.”
Danson, 73, said: “We will choose every morning. It’s a rule.
The two first met when she auditioned to play her husband in the 83-year-old Cross Cross – and she didn’t get the role.
Good luck in love: The couple reflected on their relationship after being quarantined with each other for the past nine months, amid the global pandemic at their Los Angeles home; seen in 1994
Lovers: Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen admitted that they are “still madly in love” after 25 years of marriage, while wearing the cover of the first annual PEOPLE love issue; seen in 2018
“Which is a miracle, because man, I was a hot mess then,” he admitted before Steenburgen added, “I was married. He was married. It wasn’t our time.
When they reunited years later in the 93rd Pontiac Moon movie, “we both swore relationships,” Steenburgen said.
“We both said the same phrase, which was, ‘Obviously we can’t be in a relationship,'” Danson recalls. – I could ruin anything. I’m not a relationship material.
He had just ended a public relationship with Whoopi Goldberg and ended his divorce from his second wife, Casey Coates.
“There is no depth in my heart where I do not love him or doubt this love,” Steenburgen said. “There is no secret place where I say we should not have spent our lives with one hundred percent.”
Blessed: With four children in their mixed family – he has two children from his first marriage to Malcolm McDowell, while he has two daughters with a second wife – they “enjoy” the life they created together; seen in 2013
“It doesn’t seem strange, but I would sign up for another 100 lives,” Steenburgen said. photographed at LA Women’s March 2018
Her initial reactions were “that guy seems a bit complicated”, but they both felt an attraction. “I wasn’t ready for anything like a relationship,” she added. “We continued to work together and become better and better friends.”
After a romantic outdoor adventure in Mendocino, California, the couple was inseparable.
“It was very magical,” said the Good Place star. “We’re back in love, to be honest, or I’ll say they’re defeated.”
With four children in their mixed family – he has two children from his first marriage to Malcolm McDowell, while he has two daughters with a second wife – they “enjoy” the life they created together.
“I want as much time as possible in my life with Mary,” Danson said. “I know it will have all its hard parts, but I want to experience love in all those moments.”
“It doesn’t seem strange, but I would sign up for another 100 lives,” Steenburgen said.
“There is no abyss in my heart where I do not love him or doubt this love. There is no secret place where I say we should not spend our lives with one hundred percent.
“I want as much time as possible in my life with Mary,” Danson said. “I know it will have all its hard parts, but I want to experience love in all those moments.” (seen in 2018)