Actress Melissa Joan Hart has been with husband Mark Wilkerson 21 years. She spoke with Fox News Digital about their chance encounter at the Kentucky Derby and their whirlwind romance.
Sometimes, you just get lucky. That was the case for actress Melissa Joan Hart and her former rocker husband, Mark Wilkerson, who crossed paths in Kentucky in 2002. In May, she posted a photo of Wilkerson to Instagram from that fateful evening, adding a teaser hashtag to the end of her post. '22 years ago right now.... I saw this tall guy with a shaved across a stage and after a shot of vodka and this photo was taken, I knew he was my forever! #KentuckyDerby #GettinLuckyinKentucky.
We were in Kentucky at the Derby. I was with a friend. He was with his band. He was performing. And we were at a gala the night before. It was called the ‘Mint Jubilee,'' she told Fox News Digital of the day they met. 'It was just a big party.' She added that she'd been asked to introduce one of the bands performing. Wilkerson was the lead singer and guitarist for the now defunct band, Course of Nature. 'I went up there, and I met the band.
Decades later, the 48-year-old recognizes how special her story is. 'I would say it was love at first . I mean, I literally even told someone the next day I met the man I'm going to marry,' she told Fox News Digital. Although their fast-tracked romance seems akin to a storybook tale, Hart said she and Wilkerson have experienced some bumps along the way.
do think that Mark and I have — we've really had to come to a place of understanding: Do you want to be right or do you want to be in relationship?' 'We really are a team,' she added. 'That's not always been the case, but we've worked really hard the last few years to be on the same team and to let the kids understand, 'You can't go to dad with something when I say no, and vice versa, because we're on the same team.
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