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Niecy Nash-Bettsis sharing how she keeps the spark alive with partnerJessica Betts!
While walking the red carpet at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday night in Los Angeles, theNever Have I Everstar, 54, told PEOPLE she and Betts like to spice up their relationship with a little “skinny-dipping.”
They also enjoy some bubbly. “Champagne,” Betts chimes in when asked how the two — who married in August 2020 — keep their romance fresh.
At the event at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Nash-Betts also opened up about finding a same-sex partner later into her journey of love. Prior to dating Betts, the actress had only ever been in relationships with men. She was married toDon Nashfrom 1994 to 2007, and marriedJay Tuckerin 2011 before announcing their split in 2019.
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“I guess I just give myself permission to feel what you feel and love who you love, and that’s how I live my life and I’m not ashamed of it. I do it out loud,” she told PEOPLE. “And I just think it was necessary for me to do it that way, you know what I mean? I mean, I’m basically a showgirl. How can I keep anything a secret or keep it in a closet?”
“Anytime I can get a chance for us to work together, I love it so much,” she added.
Betts told PEOPLE it’s “amazing loving” Nash-Betts, whom she said she affectionately calls “Cora.”
“It’s one of the greatest gifts that I could have ever gotten from the most high, yeah,” she added of marryingThe Rookie: Fedsstar.
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Jessica Betts (left) and Niecy Nash-Betts take a dip in the pool after the 2024 Emmy Awards.Niecy Nash/Instagram
Niecy Nash/Instagram
Shortly after the couple’s surprise nuptials in 2020, Nash-Betts told PEOPLE her marriage wasa “going into myself,” not a “coming out.”
“I’m not limiting myself on what that love is supposed to look like,” she said at the time. “I love who I love.”
“At one point in my life, I married twice and I love those people. And today I love this person,” she continued, referring to Betts. “I’ve done everything I wanted to do on my own terms and my own way. So my choice now in a partner has nothing to do with who I’ve always been. It’s a matter of who I am in this moment.”
source: people.com
