Steve Harvey has been a comedy staple for decades! The comedian has been entertaining audiences whether it’s through his standup, hosting Showtime At The Apollo, Family Feud, or any of his other shows like The Steve Harvey Show and Judge Steve Harvey, for generations. Steve has long made his fans laugh in a plethora of different roles over the years. Throughout his career, Steve has been married on three separate occasions, but his marriage to his third wife Marjorie Elaine Harvey (née Bridges) has been his longest relationship. The pair have been married since 2007, and they’re still going strong.
Find out everything you need to know about Marjorie and Steve’s past two wives here.
Marjorie and Steve first met at a comedy club in Memphis in 1990. The pair recounted their first meeting during a 2018 episode of Steve’s talk show. The comedian’s wife revealed that she was “late” to the comedy show, which she attended with a girlfriend. Steve said he was immediately awestruck. “She came down front with her girlfriend. When I saw her, I quit breathing,” he said. Marjorie said she was afraid that he was going to call her out onstage for being late. “I thought I was going to become part of the show,” she said. Marjorie explained that he stopped the show and just stared at her. “He was like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry. I don’t know who this is, but I’m gonna marry her,’” she recalled.
Shortly after they first connected, Marjorie also said that the connection was instant. “I knew he was The One shortly after I started dated him… but then he just left. Disappeared,” she told Essence in 2014. Even though the connection in the 90s was instant, why did it fizzle it? Steve explained to the outlet that he wanted to make sure he was earning enough to support them, and they reconnected in 2005. “Before a man can be of use to a woman…he’s got to know who he is, what he does and how much he’s going to make,” he said.
As they managed to reconnect after years, both Steve and Marjorie were both parents when they met, and Steve became a stepfather to Marjorie’s three kids Morgan, Jason, and Lori. Marjorie has also become a stepmom to Steve’s four children from his past relationships.
Nearly 20 years after marrying (and over 30 after first connecting at a comedy club), the pair are still head over heels for one another. Steve opened up about how Marjorie changed his life for the better in a 2012 interview with People. “Marjorie changed the way I existed. I’d never been in a healthy adult relationship. I’d never been loyal, I’d never been fully respected,” he said.
Marjorie has also gushed about Steve on plenty of occasions and regularly shares photos of them together on her Instagram. During the comic’s infamous 2015 Miss Universe flub, she wrote a sweet message praising him on social media. “You are a Stand Up Man and A True Class Act the way you went back out on the stage on live TV and took full responsibility alone. I am so proud to be your wife! I love you,” she wrote.