Denzel Washington Sends Wife Pauletta Loving Thanksgiving Message

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Denzel Washington is most thankful for his wife Pauletta this holiday season. During a conversation on Tom Brady’s radio show Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald, and Jim Gray on SiriusXM, the acclaimed actor expressed deep gratitude for his partner’s commitment to providing an excellent meal.

“The Missus is getting everything ready. The long table is out. People come from all over. She told me she had an 11th-hour issue this morning that was, like, they brought the wrong-size turkey or something,” detailed the 68-year-old per PEOPLE. “So she had to go get an extra turkey or something.”

He continued to explain, “And I don’t do anything in the kitchen but eat,” he said with a laugh. “She kicked me outta there. She’s like, ‘You have nothing to do with this. Just go make some money and get out the way.'”

Denzel Washington and Pauletta
Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta Washington attend the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Denzel Washington After Party at Sunset Tower Hotel on June 06, 2019 in Hollywood, California.

The Training Day star also shared a heartwarming message for his wife’s hard work, letting it known that the 73-year-old’s contributions are not unnoticed.

“I’m thankful and I have been blessed beyond measure with the greatest woman in the world, who not only is a beautiful woman and a great wife and I love her, great mother of our children, but she holds everything together,” he added.

Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta
01/23/00 Los Angeles, CA Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta at the Golden Globe Awards.

Denzel and Pauletta Washington have been married since 1983 and together share four kids: John David, Katia, and twins Malcolm and Olivia.

In 2018, shared the key to longevity in marriage, jokingly admitting, “I do what I’m told. I keep my mouth shut.”

He continued to elaborate, “You can buy a house, but that doesn’t make it a home – and not to say a man can’t make a home a home, but my wife has made our house a home, and raised these beautiful kids and protected them and sacrificed for them, she did the heavy-lifting.”

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