Boris Kodjoeis a true romantic at heart!
TheStation 19star — who is featured in this year’s PEOPLE’sSexiest Man Aliveissue — reveals that he loves to plan thoughtful dates forhis wife,Nicole Ari Parker.
“I gave my wife a sound bath for her last birthday. I had a lounge singer in our front yard serenade her and a chef cook her a meal on the terrace,” he tells PEOPLE. “That was during COVID, so we couldn’t go anywhere, so I had everybody come to the house. And I had a masseuse in the house and a manicure, pedicurist. And a henna artist.”
“I had them all come to the house and then just gave her a beautiful romantic birthday,” he adds.
Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker.Arturo Holmes/Getty
Kodjoe and Parker wed in 2005, after costarring on Showtime’sSoul Foodfor years prior. Ahead of his Sexiest Man Alive photo shoot, Kodjoe says Parker gave him one tip of advice.
TheSafe Roomstar adds that his wife is “super supportive of me being sexy” but he doesn’t want the couple’s children — Nicolas, 16, and Sophie, 17 — to find out about beinghonored in the magazine for a second time.
“I’m super proud. I’m honored and proud,” he admits. “Butmy kids are embarrassed and mortified, so I can’t tell them.”
“They will never know. They will never know. Never,” he teases.
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“Everything embarrasses them,” he said at the time. “Just walking out the door embarrasses them, because we have the wrong shoes on, the wrong outfit or whatever. We can’t worry about that. We’ve got to live our life.”
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source: people.com
