The 47-year-old rapper tied with knot with entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper in June 2014, and the pair are parents to four-year-old son Wilde Wolf, while Eve is also stepmother to her husband’s four children from a previous relationship.
Eve believes the reason her marriage is as strong as ever 12 years down the line is because she and her husband are so “honest” with each other.
The 47-year-old rapper tied with knot with entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper in June 2014, and the pair are parents to four-year-old son Wilde Wolf, while Eve is also stepmother to her husband’s four children from a previous relationship.
In an interview with People, Eve opened up about her top tips for a long-lasting, happy marriage, insisting that honesty is paramount.
She said: “We enjoy seeing each other do what we love. We step back when we need to, we come forward when we need to, and we try to be as honest with each other as we can.
“That really helps us. Just allowing each other to be who they are and also just being really communicative and honest when you need to be.”
Their work couldn’t be more different, as Maximillion is the founder of the Gumball 3000 motor rally while Eve is an award-winning musician.
But her husband is always in the wings at her shows, with Eve explaining: “He loves it. It is nice having a partner that really celebrates you doing the thing that you love.
“You can step back a little bit, and also you have something to talk about.
“Not to say that people who are in the same industries don’t, but I do think it’s nice when you come together and can explain, or there are questions that might come from someone who’s not in your same industry, and you have interesting discussions about it.”
Another reason they work so well is they had already found themselves by the time they walked down the aisle.
She said: “I was already mid-thirties by the time we got married, and this is his second marriage. I think we both came into the relationship fully ourselves.”
Things are moving fast in Eve’s life, as her son Wilde starts “big school” in London in the near future, meaning that she’s unsure whether she will take her tour of U.K. and Europe – kicking off in October to mark the 25th anniversary of her 2001 album Scorpion – Stateside too.
Eve credits ‘honesty’ for happy, long marriage
