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Tim Daly instantly felt one thing for his Madam Secretary costar Téa Leoni, whom he married in July.
"God, about 4 minutes after I met her on the workplace," he was in love, Daly informed Life Minute.
Daly and Leoni performed married couple Henry and Elizabeth McCord on the CBS drama, which aired for six seasons, from 2014 to 2019. It depicted Leoni's character because the nation's secretary of state, grappling with each her high-stress job and life together with her household.
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They didn't make their purple carpet debut till April 2015 — though their relationship had already been confirmed — however it was apparent even early on that that they had one thing.
"Each time folks stated we had nice chemistry, I used to be like, 'Yeah, no s—!'" the Wings alum stated. "It was humorous as a result of our first season, we had been supposedly attempting to maintain it quiet, be on the down low. However the teamsters had been choosing us up at one another's home on a regular basis, and we had been taking a look at one another with goo-goo eyes."
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In a short time, Daly determined that he needed to swap vows with the alum of films together with Dangerous Boys, Spanglish, and The Household Man.
"Properly, I truly requested Téa to marry me, I believe, about 9 years in the past," Daly recalled. "And he or she stated, 'Sure, let's simply wait a minute.' Then 9 years later, she requested me, and I used to be like, 'Yeah, I already requested!' So anyway, we acquired it accomplished. I like being married to Téa."
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In December 2019, Madam Secretary creator Barbara Corridor informed Leisure Weekly that she was joyful to have performed a component within the love story.
"They’re probably the most excellent couple," Corridor stated, "and it actually is a superb factor to have been a part of. I don't know if I take credit score for it, although!"
Daly was beforehand married to Amy Von Nostrand for 26 years, however they cut up in 2010.
Leoni was married to David Duchovny for 17 years earlier than they introduced plans to divorce in August 2014.
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