Beverly Johnson, a groundbreaking model, got married to her longtime beau Brian Maillian as a special gift for her 71st birthday. She shared in an interview that two days before her birthday, she told him she wanted to get married, and he agreed. They got married on October 13, making her birthday extra special.
“Two days before my birthday, Oct. 13, he kept saying ‘What do you want for your birthday?” she recalled. “I literally sat up in the bed on October 11 and said, ‘I know what I want for my birthday.’ He said, ‘What?’ I said, ‘I want to get married.’ He went, ‘Okay.’ And I went, ‘Did he say okay? Oh sh-t.’ And we got married.”
They got married in Las Vegas, and Beverly Johnson shared that Brian Maillian had actually proposed before on her OWN series, Beverly’s Full House. However, at that time, she felt she didn’t know him well enough after only 12 years together.
He had wanted a big wedding, but she preferred something smaller at home since they already shared a life together. Despite her initial reservations, she felt it was the right moment for them to tie the knot, even though she had worried they might get into a fight.
“I said, ‘I don’t know you that well.’ And then this was like 12 years in. He’s like, I want bout 1500 people and I said, I’m not having no 1500 people, giving my money away. I’d rather do something in the house because you know we have a home together and we were basically married. “It was just the right moment,” she said. “And I’m thinking the whole time, ‘Oh, we’re gonna get into a fight.’”
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Beverly Johnson, in her third marriage, tied the knot at a chapel with support from her best friends. She shared that she prefers property over a ring, emphasizing that she has plenty of rings. In her previous marriages in her early 20s, she got married for the third time in her 70s. Reflecting on marriage at this stage, she expressed that the love is deeper and more profound, especially on a spiritual level.
Johnson sees each day and moment as precious, particularly when spending time with her grandchildren. Her first marriage was to real estate agent Billy Potter (1971-1974), and her second marriage was to music producer Danny Sims (1977-1979), with whom she shares a daughter named Anansa.
