Phil Donahue's marriage to Marlo Thomas built on love




"I call it the three Ls: love, listening and lust," she told the outlet at the Women In Media Foundation’s 48th annual Gracie Awards Gala.

"Those are the three L's. You have to listen, and then you'll know what the other person is really thinking and going through. You have to love each other. And without lust, you don't have anything."

The "Friends" star also happily told the outlet, "He’s the best. I’m very lucky."

Donahue and Thomas first met on his eponymous talk show, "The Phil Donahue Show," in 1977, where it was clear to everyone in the audience and at home there was a connection between the two.

"Everybody called me and said, ‘What was that about?’" Thomas said on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in 2021 about the interview, recalling even a neighbor of Donahue’s asked him what was going on with her.

"I guess it was obvious," he added, "We didn’t think so at the time."

Thomas said he called her the next day and asked her out, and "that was it."

Initially, they had a long-distance relationship, with Thomas in Los Angeles and Donahue in Winnetka, Ill.




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