Sheryl Lee Ralph shares how she keeps her long distance marriage alive.
Ralph, 67, has been married for nearly two decades, and during an event she spoke her successful marriage. “My husband and I are technically very married,” she said. “And people always say, ‘Well, how does that work? How does that work?’ I say, ‘Dolly Parton knows how it works.’ She’s been married to Carl Thomas Dean for 50 years. You have never seen her husband one time. You know why? ‘Cause they plan on staying married. And guess what we plan? Staying married.”
The actress has been married to her husband, Vincent J. Hughes, the governor of Philadelphia since 2005. In the same interview, she shared that they will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary next year. “Our business is in the bedroom. Thank you!,” she added.
However, a few months ago, Ralph said that she plans on having a big celebration to mark 20 years together. “Well, his state is Pennsylvania, his city is Philadelphia. Maybe we’ll celebrate in the courtyard of city hall ot on the stairs of the Phildelphia Museum of Art. That would be wonderful.” She continued, “I don’t know, but it’ll be fabulous.”
Sheryl Lee Ralph has been open about her long distance marriage where she revealed that she and her husband see each other every two weeks. “First of all, 20 years, keeping this marriage together, you have to be together some time,” she said. “Vincent is not able to leave the state the way I can leave the state. In fact, 20 years of our being together, I’m going to say my husband has maybe been to California, maybe, 25 times. That means I’m in Philadelphia every two weeks.”