Davis and Tennon's romance began when they first connected on the set of CBS's "City of Angels" series in 1999. According to Davis, she met her now-husband while she was snacking on a bagel. "He was like, 'Hey,' because we had just did a scene," she recalled during an appearance on "The Jess Cagle Interview" show in 2016 (via People). "The only thing I thought was, 'He's good-looking. He's really good-looking.'"
The EGOT winner, who was new to Los Angeles at the time, also shared that she was initially hesitant to accept Tennon's offer to go out on a date to the Santa Monica Pier. "I didn't call him for six weeks," she said. "I had bad credit at the time. I had anxiety attacks from driving. I had to work out some personal issues first."
Tennon later told his side of the couple's meet-cute story during a joint appearance with his wife on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in March 2023. "I noticed her and I said, 'Hey, how ya doin,'" he recalled. "Then, later on, we went to the set. I passed blood to her, and I [thought], 'This seems like a pretty nice lady. At the end of the day, I'm going to give her my card.'"
He continued to Davis, "That's what I did. I gave you my card only because my mom told me, 'If you want to meet a girl, don't ask for her phone number, give her your card. If she's interested, she'll call you.' She promptly called me a month later."