Photo: Courtesy Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Robinson Peeteknows how to pull off a surprise of epic proportions.
When the actress was planning her 1995 nuptials to her NFL quarterback husband Rodney Peete, she knew she wanted to go big.
“In 1994 Rodney shocked and surprised me with what I think is arguably the best proposal ever on the set ofHangin' with Mr. Cooper,” Peete, 58, exclusively tells PEOPLE. “I was determined to get him back! Well, I did on our wedding day.”
“I got his entire beloved USC marching band to show up for us. It was an impossible feat to pull off, because there are so many of them. (Peete, 56, is a former University of Southern California quarterback.)
Courtesy Holly Robinson Peete
“They waited down the hill way up the street from the venue in a bus for about an hour before they had to come up. He was shocked. I got my Trojan QB back good!” she recalls. “They played the USC fight song up and down the aisle, and I think Rodney and his Trojan groomsmen all got teary-eyed! I will never stop being grateful to Mr. Art Bartner, USC and this band for that moment! ‘Fight On!'”
The pair, who areparentsto 25-year-old twins Ryan Elizabeth Peete and Rodney Peete, Jr., and sons Robinson, 20, and Roman, 17, exchanged vows June 10, 1995, in Brentwood, California.
In September 2022, Rodney wished his wife of 27 years a happy birthday on Instagram.
In 2021, Holly revealed the couple keeps their marriage strong with a simple ritual —the 20-second hug.
“The rule is you have to give each other a hug for 20 full seconds when one or the other asks for it no matter what you’re feeling in that moment,” she told First for Women. “There’s something about the first 15 seconds [that] are just being held, but after that, the pheromones take over and it really works for us.”
source: people.com
