Blair Underwood is a married man again after tying the knot with his life-long friend.
It came more than a year after Blair, 58, split from wife Desiree DaCosta after 27 years of marriage.
Over the weekend, Blair and Josie tied the knot at the Casa de Campo Resort and Villas in the Dominican Republic in front of 100 guests, and it sounds like a fairytale ending for the couple whose journey to love spanned decades.
‘The first time I saw her in the dress, she looked like a princess,’ Blair told People after the nuptials.
‘She was so beautiful. The deep emotions that were displayed during the ceremony, the lightness and fun of the reception, it all felt humbling because it all just fell into place. It was amazing.’
Blair and Josie met when they he was a teenager and remained close friends throughout their adult years.
However, their relationship didn’t turn romantic until after the breakdown of Blair’s marriage with Desiree, who is the mother of his three children.
Blair recalled how he and Josie ‘lived separate lives on separate coasts’ and rarely saw each other, but he knew there was ‘always such a strong connection of just understanding each other’, adding that his mother always ‘loved and adored’ his good pal.
‘It just feels so right. I just feel like it is the next step in moving forward in my life, and doing it together in our lives together,’ the actor said.
In November, Blair and Josie made their first red carpet appearance together at the International Emmy Awards and he then penned a heartfelt note opening up about their newfound relationship and announcing their engagement.
‘My personal highlight was walking the red carpet with my new fiancée Josie Hart,’ he wrote in an Instagram post.
‘The most amazing, brilliant, beautiful, hilarious, thought provoking & insightful person I know who continuously lives life out-loud. The future is crazy-bright Girl! None of us ever know where God will guide our paths.’
He continued: ‘She’s had my back since before I even became an actor. When a 41 year friendship slaps you in the back of the head & blossoms into romance, you stand up, pay attention & step forward in gratitude.
‘Gently forward. It begins.’
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