Actor Boris Kodjoe Says He Told Nicole Ari Parker She’d Be His Wife While She Was Engaged To Someone Else: ‘I Just Knew, I Felt It’

Boris Kodjoe & Nicole Ari Parker

Actor Boris Kodjoe Says He Told Nicole Ari Parker She’d Be His Wife While She Was Engaged To Someone Else: ‘I Just Knew, I Felt It’

Actor Boris Kodjoe is opening up about the moment he boldly told Nicole Ari Parker she would become his wife—while she was still engaged to another man.

During a recent appearance on “The Kenny Burns Show,” the actor reflected on meeting Parker as costars on Showtime’s “Soul Food,” which aired from 2000 to 2004. From the start, he felt a strong connection.

“We met at the table read on the first episode, and she gave me a hug. And she was super sweet, great heart. Right away, I knew that she was going to be in my life. I didn’t know in what capacity,” he shared.

Kodjoe also credited Parker with helping him early in his acting career.

“This was my first job. She helped me break down the script. She helped me translate the script, ‘cause at the time I still was going back and forth. She taught me everything about the different colloquialisms and how to stress certain words because it’s a different culture,” he said.

Their chemistry didn’t go unnoticed.

“We were friends and we were working together. Clearly, it was chemistry and everybody realized and noticed that, even the crew,” he explained.

Kodjoe then recalled the bold moment he approached her trailer.

“At the end of the first season, I think it was. I went to her trailer one day and I said, ‘Hey, I just want to let you know that one day we’re going to be married with two kids.’ And I closed the door,” he revealed.

At the time, Parker was engaged, and his comment upset her.

“She was mad. She was mad for two weeks. Wouldn’t talk to me because she thought it was so disrespectful,” he said. “She was engaged at the time… Listen, when a man knows, a man knows. I just knew, I felt it. I knew it. She was going to be my wife. I knew it. And it was nothing going on besides us working together.”

He added, “Just her spirit. She’s beautiful. And by, ‘She’s beautiful,’ she’s not just fine. She’s beautiful. So it was overwhelming for me and I was just in love with her.”

The couple later married in 2005 and now share two children.

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