Though married for nearly five years, the two have known each other for more than a decade.
According to People, Porter and Porter-Smith met at a dinner party in February 2009.
“I was cruisin’ him as he walked up the street, and he stopped, and he was with us!” the Emmy winner said to the outlet before joking, “I was like, ‘Oh, well, I’ll be sittin’ next to this handsome specimen tonight!'”
After dating for seven months, the pair split in 2010, but remained in contact. Turns out, absence does make the heart grow fonder, and Porter quickly realized Porter-Smith was the one that got away.
“I remember saying to my therapist, ‘Now I know what love looks like, and it just walked out the door,’” says Porter. “I didn’t know what it looked like before, and it was after that that I realized: ‘Oh, s**t, that’s the one that got away! But now that I know what it looks like, the next time it shows up, I will be ready.’ I didn’t realize it was gonna show up as the same person — but I’m grateful that it did!”
