Overview
- Preston shared the story on the October 7 episode of the Dinner's On Me podcast hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
- She and Emerson met while costarring in Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival about 31 years ago.
- Preston said she initially assumed Emerson was gay based on style and demeanor, acknowledging she was stereotyping.
- Her brother, actor John G. Preston, told her Emerson was not gay, after which Emerson began courting her with small gifts such as flowers and peaches.
- Preston realized within a month she would marry Emerson; they wed in 1998 and have since worked together, including his 2024 turn as Judge Milton Crawford on CBS's Elsbeth.