Photo:The Hollywood Curtain / BACKGRID
The Hollywood Curtain / BACKGRID
Joshua JacksonandJodie Turner-Smithare enjoying some couple time.
The pair were photographed leaving the popular Santa Monica Italian eatery Giorgio Baldi — which is known as a favorite of the likes ofRihannaandBeyoncéandJAY-Z— arm-in-arm after a dinner date on Thursday night.
It appeared to be a relaxed night for the couple — whotied the knotin December 2019 andwelcomed a daughterone year later. Turner-Smith donned a black patterned summer dress and sandals, while Jackson wore a gray jacket, teal pants and brown loafers.
Both Jackson, 45, and Turner-Smith, 36, looked relaxed and happy — with theQueen & Slimactress resting her hand in the crook of her husband’s arm — as they left the popular dining spot following their dinner date.
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith walk arm in arm as they are seen leaving Italian eatery Giorgio Baldi after having a romantic dinner date just for two in Santa Monica.The Hollywood Curtain / BACKGRID
The couple’s outing comes after theFatal Attractionactor revealed an appearance onWatch What Happens LivewithAndy Cohenin May that he knew Turner-Smith was for him almost immediately.
He told Cohen that he knew she was “the one” when she walked into Usher’s 40th birthday party in Los Angeles in 2018 “looking like that."
Just months after they met, the pair jetted off to Nicaragua to celebrate New Year’s Eve together and came back engaged. Jackson recalled the moment onThe Tonight Show StarringJimmy Fallon, saying that it was Turner-Smith whoultimately proposed.
Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Lionel Hahn/Getty
“We were in Nicaragua. It was very beautiful, incredibly romantic. We were walking down the beach, and she asked me to marry her,” he said. “I did not know [about it beforehand], but she was quite adamant, and she was right. This is the best choice I ever made."
For theQueen & Slimactress, the feeling was mutual.
Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson pose on the red carpet.Stephane Cardinale/Getty
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After getting married in 2019, the couple soon discovered they were expecting a child together.
Fatherhood, he said, “has changed me in every single possible way.”
source: people.com
