Joshua Jacksonis getting candid about his relationship with his wifeJodie Turner-Smith.
TheFatal Attractionactor, 44, revealed that he changed his mind about wanting to get married and have kids after meeting the British actress, 36, during an interview withThe Timespublished Sunday.
“Partially, it’s age,” Jackson told the British publication about changing his views. “I’m old enough to be able to do this. Partially it’s about finding somebody in the right moment of life.”
“If we had met five years earlier we probably would have had a torrid affair, but all the rest of this stuff, I was just not ready. Ididn’t think I ever wanted to get married.”
The couple met in 2018 through a mutual friend at a charity event in Los Angeles, and Jackson recalled how and and theAfter Yangactress would “spend every moment together and find reasons to be in other cities together at the same time.”
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Jackson, who previously dated actressDiane Krugerfor 10 years until 2016, also opened up about the moment model/actressSmith proposed to himduring aNew Year’s Evevacation to Nicaragua.
“I don’t know if she planned it or if it was a spur-of-the-moment thing, but out popped a proposal I was not expecting and the organic and instinctive answer was yes,” he said.
Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson.Stefanie Keenan/VF23/WireImage for Vanity Fair
In December 2019, a source close to theMurder Mystery 2actress andJacksonconfirmed to PEOPLEthat the two had wed.
He added of becoming a father, “It has changed me in every single possible way.”
In October 2022, Jackson opened up to PEOPLE about thejoys of first-time fatherhood. “The work [of being a parent] is constant because she’s constantly a new version of herself,” he explained. “So I think [you have to be] open to the fact that you have to rediscover your child all the time.”
“But the greatest piece of it right now is she’s so hyper-verbal, and she’s very, very opinionated,” the actor continued. “And I’m just enjoying the ability to be in that conversation with her.”
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“I think an affair can be forgiven,” he told the outlet. “We’re all grown-ups. No one wants to be cheated on, and there is massive repair to be done.”
“Affairs aren’t about the partner — they’re about the person who has transgressed,” Jackson added. “It’s not purely about the sex. There’s a deeper violation.”
The first three episodes ofFatal Attractiondrop April 30 on Paramount+.
source: people.com
