Overview

• In an interview with Cosmopolitan published Aug. 12, Jacinto recommended that couples begin therapy before serious problems arise to improve communication and understanding.
• He explained that a neutral therapist provides an “extra person” to help partners figure each other out and address issues early.
• Jacinto shared a practical self-check method of pausing to ask whether hunger, fatigue or emotions are driving a reaction rather than responding to a partner’s words.
• He emphasized that marriage requires ongoing work, time and communication, noting that real relationships extend beyond the “happy ending” portrayed in films.
• Jacinto’s advice arrives as he promotes his new film Freakier Friday in theaters and reflects on his marriage to actress Dianne Doan, to whom he became engaged in November 2019.