Don Johnson went all out to have fun his twenty fifth anniversary with spouse Kelley Phleger.
Talking solely to PEOPLE on the Los Angeles premiere of ABC’s Physician Odyssey on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Johnson, 74, mentioned his marriage to Phleger, whom he tied the knot with in April 1999.
“Oh my gosh. We had a giant dinner and a giant get together… and I purchased her bling, man,” Johnson tells PEOPLE on the Bel-Air Bay Membership. “A number of completely different blings.”
Johnson went on to disclose the important thing to their long-standing relationship.
“Oh, we’re simply so in tune with one another that there is an unstated like belief and kindness and respect with us. And people are the keys,” he tells PEOPLE.
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The actor — who shares youngsters Atherton Grace, 24, Jasper, 22, and Deacon Johnson, 18 with Phleger — beforehand known as his associate “a saint” in an interview with Parade in Might 2023.
“I used to be with Bob Dylan one time, and I used to be having relationship points, and Bob appears to be like up at me and goes, ‘Nicely, see, love is about kindness, belief and respect, isn’t it?’ And that’s the embodiment of Kelley,” the actor informed the outlet.
“It’s kindness, belief and respect, and we now have that with one another. We’re lovers and buddies and it’s enjoyable. She’s a tremendous girl,” Johnson added.
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Johnson and Phleger are mentioned to have been launched by producer Jo Schuman Silver at a party for then-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown within the mid-90s, however reportedly did not begin courting till the autumn of 1997. Phleger was then noticed sporting a 5 1/2-carat diamond engagement ring in April 1998.
“Don got here as much as me at Willie’s party and mentioned that the minute he laid eyes on Kelley, he knew he was going to marry her,” Schuman Silver informed PEOPLE in 1999. “I do not know what she thought, however I am certain she discovered him very engaging.”
The actor was beforehand married to actress Melanie Griffith, 67; first in 1976 earlier than splitting the identical 12 months, and once more from 1989 to 1996. The pair share daughter Dakota Johnson, 34, collectively.
Along with his children with Phleger and Griffith, Johnson additionally shares a son, Jesse Johnson, 41, with ex Patti D’Arbanville, 73.
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The Miami Vice alum’s newest crimson carpet look comes after he spoke to PEOPLE for this week’s difficulty in regards to the consideration he bought from ladies after taking pictures to fame taking part in Detective James “Sonny” Crockett on the cop present within the mid-’80s.
“I needed to isolate. The [women] know the place you’re. We had safety 24/7,” he mentioned. “Someday, I mirrored on Elvis and thought, ‘Isn’t this type of the way in which Elvis lived and died?’ Not that I’m evaluating myself to Elvis, however by way of him not having the ability to have a private life. So I realized to handle it and vowed to not let it imprison me.”
