SAD NEWS: 30 minutes ago, Actor Denzel Washington, along with his family and their four children, announced that his wife – Pauletta Washington had … More

Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta (née Pearson), have been married for nearly four decades, which is sadly quite a rarity with Hollywood couples.

The two actors have had their ups and downs over the years, but stayed together through thick and thin. They’re also parents to four children, and are usually seen together looking loved up at all the big Hollywood events.

Denzel and Pauletta Washington first met on the set of the the 1977 TV movie Wilma, which was actually Denzel’s first-ever on-screen acting role.

However, it wasn’t until the pair were working together again a year later that they found romance.

“The first movie I ever did — TV movie — was about Wilma Rudolph and I played Wilma Rudolph’s boyfriend,” Denzel Washington said on Live with Kelly and Ryan in 2018.

“Pauletta was one of the track stars,” he said. “I met her then, but I didn’t meet her then. I saw her then. Months later, Denzel first properly met Pauletta. She later told Oprah Winfrey in 1996: “A mutual friend of ours, who was also in the film, had given a party. And Denzel and his friends came at the very end of the party.

“We spoke again. We were reintroduced. The next night, I attended a play. I got there late, so I snuck in and just sat down. I didn’t look at who was around me, then at intermission, the lights came up, and we were sitting next to each other.

Remembering the moment slightly differently, Denzel joked that Pauletta had actually planned to meet him at the play: “I had talked at that party, I talked about going to see a play.

I went to see the play and at intermission the lights came up and she was sitting [there]. She said she just happened to go see the play, but… I’m getting in trouble as I speak!”