Boris
Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker are comfortable mixing business with pleasure.
They were co-stars on
the Showtime drama "Soul Food" before they were married in 2005.
"I met her April
19, 2000," said Kodjoe, 42, who is a series regular on Fox's "The
Last Man on Earth" and BET's reality parody "Real Husbands of
Hollywood."
"Right away I felt
her energy and how loving she was," he said in a recent interview.
"He remembers
that?" said Parker, 44, adding: "I felt the same way. I was a little
judgmental because he is so good-looking and a model. Like a Ralph Lauren model
on a horse with Naomi Campbell."
"It was an elephant
actually, for Versace," Kodjoe said.
"How could I even
enter that conversation? I'm an actress from Baltimore," said Parker,
whose acting credits include the "Boogie Nights" film and TV's
"Murder in the First."
The couple clearly have
a fun energy between them, and they're hoping that translates in a new daily
talk show, "The Boris & Nicole Show," now airing in a four-week
trial on select Fox stations.
They talked about their
relationship history and their talk show in a recent interview with The
Associated Press.
Associated Press: How
did you begin dating?
Kodjoe: We were both in
relationships and we respected that and we also respected our work.
Parker: I didn't want to
be a cliche actor who fell in love on (the) set because we were playing
boyfriend and girlfriend. I played it cool.
Kodjoe: Everybody knew
before we did. The guy with the boom (microphone) was like, 'Oh god, there we
go.'
Parker: My sisters on
the show were like, 'You know that's your man, right?' I was like, 'I don't
know. He's dating supermodels.'
Kodjoe: I was just doing
research to become the man you want to be for the person you want to be with.
Parker: That was good.
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AP: You're been together
for a long time. How have you made it work?
Parker: You have to want
to be there. There's nothing you can do if one of the parties doesn't want to
be there. And there's making it work and making it good. We know how to make it
work, but we have to remember to make it good. We're good partners.
Kodjoe: But you don't
want to be roommates. You want to be lovers; boyfriend and girlfriend.
AP: Will you interview
celebrities and have experts on your talk show?
Kodjoe: We'll have all
of that.
Parker: We're not going
to reinvent the wheel because there's things about daytime television that you
tune in for. I want to know how to cook dinner fast if we're a family of four.
Kodjoe: I want to know
how to crochet pillows for less. (Laughter.) It's really something that's been
bothering me for a long time.
Parker: We're gonna do
real-life stuff!
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