I was terrified because he told me exactly who he was.
He was absolutely honest about his past.
And then he brought me home.
And he just said, you are a very beautiful and nice woman.
And it was a pleasure spending time with you.
And he shook my hand--
I remember you shook my hand--
and then I went in the house.
20 minutes later, he called again.
And I said, you got home already?
He said, no, I'm at the Ralph's down the street.
But I just want to tell you again what a great time I had
and what a beautiful woman you are.
And I said, oh, OK.
20 minutes later, he called again.
I just want to tell you I got home.
And you are a beautiful woman.
I'm about to go to sleep and I just wanted to tell
you to have a good night.
Four o'clock in the morning called again because there
was an earthquake.
[CAMERA SHUTTER]
[LAUGHS]
My first impression of Cory.
We did this movie called "Hollywood Whore"--
that's all I'm gonna say about that.
Yeah.
And I remember looking at him and seeing
the type of shoes he had on.
They were terrible.
They were horrible.
And it was wardrobe.
They were like the Birkenstocks.
Like, who puts a brother in Birkenstocks?
It was a low budget movie.
They gave me what they had in like size 11s.
And it was sandals.
- I was like-- - That's the truth.
What kind of shoes are you wearing?
Do you remember that? - Yeah.
- When we were shooting that-- - I remember that, yeah.
- Yep. - I had the open-toed sandals--
Uh-huh.
My feet were out, but I was just excited to be working.
- He was. - Yeah.
He was. Yep.
That was the first time I met Mr. Hardrict.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CODIE OLIVER (VOICEOVER): We're Tommy and Codie Oliver.
We're filmmakers who got engaged after six months, married
11 months after that, and at the time of this recording,
we're a month away from having our first child.
We move fast.
We've spent pretty much our entire relationship
interviewing married couples about how
they've stayed in love--
10, 20, 30, some even 60 years.
I just overheard her talking to a girl
in front of her saying, I don't like LA--
- Complaining. - I don't know anybody here.
She was kind of complaining.
And I was kind of like, I was dating a girl who
was a little bit of a monster.
And I was kind of like, oh wow.
She seems like a nice lady, she doesn't know anybody.
I'm kind of ready to meet somebody else.
So at the end of the day, I gave her my, uh--
Card.
--my card.
And And he had his shirt on.
That was a big deal.
A lot of actors have their shirts
off in their little cards.
My card, I had my shirt on.
I gave her my card.
And she called me a month later.
And I wasn't interested at first.
I was like, no, it's Meagan Good.
It's Meagan Good. I don't-- no.
It's fine, baby.
It's because it--
my job at the time when we met, I was an executive
for Columbia Pictures.
And so we met at a general meeting.
Whereas you know, as an actress, I meet with a lot of talent
all the time.
That's just part of the job.
And so when she came in to me for the first time,
I knew she who was. So it was cool.
It was like, hey, you know, it's just-- it's Meagan Good.
Like, cool.
And it wasn't until years later when
we were making "Jumping the Broom"
that the right opportunity presented itself.
But again, it was just like, that's Meagan Good.
You know, nothing happening there.
And we made the film.
And it was great.
And while we were making the film, I would come to set.
And we would talk.
And you know, she was way more into the church
than I realized.
And so that was cool because we actually
had something to talk about.
Where she had been, and you know, what--
you know, who she liked to hear preach, and all that kind
of stuff, which is great.
And I was like, all right.
This is cool.
Like, hey, Meagan Good's talking to me, this is cool.
Like, this is nice.
Meanwhile, I was telling my friend, Joelle,
that was visiting with me--
I was like, wow.
He's such an awesome guy.
And I remember saying to her specifically,
I was like, that's the kind of guy I wish I could marry
because he loves the Lord, he has a great personality,
he's fun to be around.
Like, I respect his point of view.
We enjoy being around each other in general.
And there was one night when the whole cast went out.
And someone-- some guy had walked up to me and, you know,
tried to hit on me.
And DeVon was right next to me, and I grabbed him like,
oh yeah, I'm with my husband.
And I remember feeling something in that moment.
Well what happened was, I was meeting my friends at a party.
And so there was a long line outside the club.
And they were lost and they couldn't
find their way to the party.
So I was on my phone with my buddies,
you know, trying to explain to him the address
and where I was because he was lost.
So while I was on the phone trying to give him
directions to where I was, Aonika and her friend
came up into the line.
And so her friend introduced me to Aonika
while I was still on the phone talking to somebody else.
Which is somebody you knew.
You know, I think she felt blown off.
But really, I was just focused on something else
at the time-- at that moment. - Unacceptable.
You know.
Because you're supposed to be in the moment of what's
happening in front of you not a phone.
And if a beautiful lady is standing in front of you,
excuse me.
And then at least greet the person.
Take in the person that you're meeting,
and then give your little directions afterwards.
Right?
So that's what happened.
When we met again, like three months later-- was it three?--
yeah, about three months later, when I saw her I thought,
I know I've met you.
And I know we've crossed paths before.
And you know, and then we just kind of
got reacquainted at that party.
CODIE OLIVER: Did you speak?
Did you say that?
But that's not what quite happened.
I was I was at the party.
And I was squeezing into the kitchen
to get something to drink or something to eat.
And it was kind of like a narrow opening to the kitchen,
so we kind of squeezed past each other.
And as we were squeezing past each other I was like,
I'm in love with her.
Well, you know, I was like, she's, you know, mm-hmm.
Well, first of all, I'm not the type of guy that approaches
women, generally speaking.
But for whatever reason, in that moment, everything inside of me
said, you absolutely have to say something to is woman.
You know, you know, you only have
a few seconds, or a few seconds to really
think about what that is.
So she was passing me by.
I approached her and asked for directions.
We walked, and we talked.
And he asked me where I was going.
And I was like, oh, I have an eyebrow--
eyebrow appointment.
I was like, don't look.
I am married, if that's what you're asking me.
And I just could see him like, deflate.
And I was like, well what about you?
And he's like, I'm divorced.
Yeah, that's about right.
And then it got a little tricky because in that moment,
I like grabbed his forearm.
And I was like, when did you know?
When did you know?
Like, when did you know to pick up the phone,
and call the lawyer, and just like make it happen?
When? When?
And he was like--
Yeah, I wasn't expecting that.
Crazy chick, get off my arm.
To be honest, we went to the movies.
Yeah we went to the movies.
And, um, I started feeling on her leg.
And I didn't stop him.
It was like, just soft.
And then, oh my goodness.
I was like-- and she was just--
I was always looking for that, you know, a brown, just
chocolate, and just with a--
I called it a sub-compact body.
And she just had it all.
We laughed.
We stayed up all night just laughing and talking.
And it was just, once we found that bond, I mean literally,
that was a--
that was a Friday.
He took me to the airport that Monday.
We stayed together all weekend.
Oops.
He took me to the airport that Monday.
I did exactly what I told my girls not to do.
But anyway, he took me to the airport.
And it was on.
I wanted to live a healthy life.
So I said, I'm going to be this healthy woman.
I'm going to be different than what my parents were.
I'm going to, you know, I'm going
to be healthy inside so I can attract the right sort of man.
ANNOUNCER: "Black Love", Tuesday,
August 29, 10/9 Central.