Harvey was excellent in front of the camera and the radio studio, but he wanted to do even more. So he started writing, and in 2009, he became a best-selling author with the relationship advice book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. He followed up with the sequel Straight Talk, No Chaser in 2010, which also became a best-seller.

Steve Harvey and wife Marjorie – love story

Steve Harvey became known worldwide after becoming the next host of the iconic game show Family Feud. With his funny approach to questions and answers from contestants on the show, Harvey became a phenomenon on the internet as social media spread worldwide.

However, nothing was more important than when Steve Harvey met the love of his life. In 2007, he married Marjorie Bridges. –later Marjorie Harvey – and the two are still happily married. However, their union also came under some controversy.

Harvey and Marjorie met for the first time back in 1986. They briefly dated for some years, however, the stars weren’t aligned just yet.

Still, already back then, Marjorie saw how good of a guy Steve was.

“Steve was always a sweetheart — he was a sweetheart then. Steve just gets a bad rap sometimes. He had a lot of people that just mistreated him, but he was such a sweetheart. … He’s got a heart of gold, and it would just break my heart to see those that would mistreat him and take advantage of him, but we have to go through it. It’s one of those things; you have to accept the good with the bad,” Marjorie Harvey told Essence.

“We dated years ago, and I think it was the long distance more than anything with Steve and I [that made us go] our separate ways,” she added. “Nothing happened. He didn’t break my heart. I didn’t break his heart. It just was a long-distance relationship, and someone would have had to make a decision back then. No one made a move. But it didn’t mean we didn’t care, it’s just sometimes life gets in the way. Obviously, it wasn’t the perfect timing, or it would have happened. We sometimes kick ourselves now because we’re so perfect for each other. If only we had just done something about it back then.”

After divorcing his wife in 2005, Harvey and his wife found each other again. But what he had with her was nothing like he had experienced before.

“Marjorie changed the way I existed,” Steve Harvey told People Magazine in 2012. “I’d never been in a healthy adult relationship. I’d never been loyal, I’d never been fully respected.”

Marjorie was accused of destroying his previous marriage – it made their union stronger

Sadly, when the couple began dating again, Marjorie was accused of being the one breaking up Steve Harvey’s previous marriage. The talk show host wouldn’t stand for any negative comments or rumors about his beloved wife. She had three children, Morgan, Jason, and Lori, from a previous marriage, and after their wedding, Steve legally adopted them.

But as mentioned, their relationship received bad press because of how Marjorie allegedly sabotaged Steve’s marriage. He wouldn’t have any of it, saying they didn’t get together until after the divorce was finalized.

“Y’all quit talking about ‘she was in my other marriage and ruined it. She didn’t. She was nowhere around that. I got divorced in 2005,” Harvey said on his radio show, Steve Harvey FM, adding that she didn’t marry him for his success.

“Steve Harvey had nothing [then],” he continued. “I’m telling you, this woman got in the hole and built this with me. She didn’t steal nothing. And I’m tired of y’all talking about my girl because my girl is one of the best women I’ve ever met.”

Moreover, Harvey concluded that the negative narrative around him and his wife strengthened their union.

“We’re a tighter two-hand circle now. So thank you for doing that. You’re not gonna split us up, we’re not going anywhere, and she is none of what you say she is, and she’s the best chick I know,” Steve Harvey said.

Steve and Marjorie Harvey have created a wonderful life with their children – and now grandchildren. They run The Steve Harvey and Marjorie Harvey Foundation together, “which helps under-resourced communities receive the tools for success.”

Meanwhile, Marjorie has another program within the foundation that helps young girls get better self-esteem, mentoring them through their education, giving out scholarships, and hosting meet-ups.

Steve Harvey’s emotional words to his beloved wife

On November 25, Steve Harvey was honored at TheGrio Awards, receiving the Television Icon Award for his longtime work in Hollywood. The Family Feud host went onstage to accept the award and decided to praise his wife in his acceptance speech.

His declaration of love for her didn’t leave an eye dry, telling the crowd how she had been with him through all his highs and lows in life.

“That woman right there, she’s been down with me like four flat tires,” an emotional Steve Harvey said. “That woman right there has been faithful to me, loyal to me. 85% of what y’all up here talking to me about happened after I married that girl right there.”

He continued, “We’ve been 18 years strong — I don’t know what y’all been trying to do, but we’re covered though … Imma give this to you. I love you, Marjorie Harvey. I appreciate you riding with me.”

As reported by Good Housekeeping, fans quickly turned to social media to share their love and appreciation of Steve Harvey’s beautiful words to his wife.

“I teared up watching this! I love Steve,” one person wrote on X ( previously known as Twitter).

“That’s what I’m talking about!! Much [love] to your family!!” another shared.

A third concluded, “Love this! Steve is the real deal! Love him. He’s showing he [100 percent] loves his wife! What an awesome man.”

Steve Harvey and his wife, Marjorie, have a magnificent love story. We wish them all the best in the future and hope that their union will last for decades and decades.

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