Samuel L. Jackson shares how he deals with marital problems with his wife of 44 years

Samuel L. Jackson is not any novice on the subject of love and marriage. The actor has been married to his wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson for 44 years. Jackson, the duvet star AARP Magazinewithin the October/November 2024 issue, he talked about his marriage in an interview with the magazine.

The 75-year-old told how they deal with marital challenges. “A lot of tolerance, because everyone has flaws, and not giving up when it would be easy to give up,” he said.

– I did… it’s crazy in my marriage, you understand? She feels that way too, in her head or elsewhere in point of fact, but you’ve gotten to ask yourself, “Is it a crime to break up?” Or perhaps we just have to spend a while together and gain some understanding on this matter?” The actor explained.

“Or there are specific stuff you learn to disregard about people – that she learned to disregard about me. One thing she had to simply accept was that I used to be going to work. I’m going to maintain going to work until, you understand, it is time,” Jackson adds.

Jackson and LaTanya married in August 1980 and have one child together, adult daughter Zoe, who’s now 42 years old. She also followed in her parents’ footsteps and is an Emmy-winning reality TV producer.

LaTanya and her husband share similar views on a successful marriage, which is why they’ve been together for over forty years. During an interview with 2020, the actress and director said they made a pact to remain together.

“In the beginning, we always said that the most revolutionary thing that Black people could do is to stay together and raise their children with the foundation of having a father and a mother, because everyone likes to pretend that that’s not the dynamic of an African-American family,” LaTanya said on the time. “That only children are raised by women, which we know is not true.”

She continued: “To change that narrative, we made the choice to say, ‘We’re going to stay together irrespective of what. We’ll figure it out. “

The couple can have an inspiring story of love and commitment, but they didn’t get there without challenges. Jackson opened up about his struggle with addiction within the early years of their relationship and openly thanked Richardson for helping him achieve sobriety.

I salute black love and storms, hand in hand.