Veteran actor Larenz Tate recently revealed the unlikely and heartwarming way he met his wife, Tomasina Tate, with the assistance of his longtime friend, Jamie Foxx.
It has been noted that the couple, who live a relatively private life aside from occasionally attending some red-carpet events, have been together for over two decades and share four sons, Miles, Zander, and Zion Tate. The identity of Larenz and Tomasina’s fourth son hasn’t been publicly released.
In an interview with Buzzfeed’s Cocoa Butter, the 47-year-old shared that he met Tomasina in 2000 when Jamie was throwing a party in Oakland, California, for NBA All-Star Weekend.
During the June discussion, Larenz disclosed that at the event, Jamie was set to link up with a woman he invited to the party and needed a wingman because she brought a friend, which happened to be Tomasina.
Although the Love Jones star was initially apprehensive, he decided to speak to Tomasina. The pair got along so well that they exchanged numbers at the end of the night, and the rest is history.
“Jamie had a party, there was someone he was going to meet that he invited, and she had a friend. Foxx was like, ‘Look, I need you to be a wingman and entertain her.’ I was like, ‘Bro, I ain’t your wingman knock it off,'” he said. “That friend would ultimately become the person that I spend my life journey with as my wife. Twenty-three years ago.”
It has been noted that in the honor of Larenz and Tomasina’s love story and 23-year romance, xoNecole looks back at the important events that occurred in their lives since they met that fateful day at Jamie’s party and how they have maintained their loving bond over the years.
Nearly two years following the joyous occasion, Larenz and Tomasina’s love appears to be still going strong because in August 2018, their close friend Kristen Bellamy, wife to comedian Bill Bellamy, shared that the pair were expecting their fourth son. So far, Larenz and Tomasina’s son’s name and date of birth have yet to be released to the public.
