I been saying, relationships need booster shots!! If Jason Mamoa and Lisa Bonet couldn’t make it through the pandemmy what hope do any of us have!!!
— Naomi Ekperigin (@Blacktress) January 13, 2022
Bonet rose to fame in the ’80s and ’90s, playing the character Denise on The Cosby Show before playing in the college-themed spin-off, A Different World.
The couple was introduced at a jazz club by mutual friends in 2005. Momoa recalled their first date on The Late Late Show with James Corden saying, “We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
“I actually had dreaded my hair for her. I had dreadlocks, she had dreadlocks. I literally turned around and I see her and she goes, ‘I’m Lisa.’ I turned around to my friend and I [pretended to scream]. I had f**ing fireworks going off inside, man,” he said of their first meeting. “I convinced her to take me home, because I was living in a hotel.”
The two went on to have a meal at Cafe 101, where the sparks flew between the two actors.
“We sat down, she ordered a Guinness, and that was it,” he continued. “I beyond love Guinness. We had Guinness and grits, and the rest is history.”
The two have two children together, son Nakoa-Wolf and daughter Lola. Bonet shares an older daughter, Zoe, with musician Lenny Kravitz.
The couple’s decision to divorce threw fans into a frenzy as many were shocked and confused at the couple’s announcement.
