Peter Gallagher has been a married man for almost four decades as of this writing, but he still remembers the day he met his wife Paula Harwood for the first time.
Since that day, Peter Gallagher and his wife have put together a beautiful family of their own with a daughter, Kathryn Gallagher, and a son, James Gallagher.
However, the couple’s days of having children running around the house are long gone. Both of their children are now adults in their own right.
Even so, when it came time for an interview, Gallagher could easily recall the day he first laid eyes on the love of his life.
The Secret to a Long-Lasting Marriage According to Peter Gallagher
The talk show host brought up the One December Night star’s marriage during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2020.
Clarkson appeared to be genuinely surprised that the actor had been married for nearly 37 years. As a wife, she was naturally curious about how this amazing couple had managed to keep their bond so strong for so long.
Gallagher’s dark secret:
We drive each other insane, but we don’t divorce.
Aside from the jokes, the actor believed that the reason their marriage lasted so long was because both he and his wife were stubborn.
Whatever the issue was in their marriage, they opted to resolve it and had an unspoken resolution that the only way they would get out of the relationship would be if they were in a casket.
Peter Gallagher’s Relationship with His Wife
While on the subject, Gallager quickly drifted to talking about how he met his wife for the first time as a freshman in college.
He explained they didn’t go out right away because he was too nervous to take the first step; only then did he recall how he met his wife for the first time.
Ironically, he was running up the college stairway to see another girl while she was running down the same flight of stairs to see another guy.
“We passed. Not a word was spoken,” the actor recalled.
What’s surprising is that even after all those years, Gallager could recall that the woman he would one day call his wife was donning platform shoes and tight bell-bottom pants.
He could even recall her wearing one of those glitter belts from the disco era. He later admitted he felt the sparks fly at that moment, although they didn’t hit it off then.
About Their Kids
The couple’s eldest, their daughter, Kathryn, followed her father’s footsteps to become an actress, best known for her role in the Netflix hit You.
As of this writing, the starlet already has ten acting credits to her name, with possibly more in the pipeline. Besides acting, she is also known to have dabbled in music and musical production.
Her brother, James, also took the artistic route and found himself in the filmmaking industry.
However, unlike his talented father and sibling, he chose to stay behind the camera and become a director, writer, and cinematographer.
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