Northshire Live: Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas discuss What Makes a Marriage Last
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Power couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue joined Northshire Live to discuss their new book WHAT MAKES A MARRIAGE LAST in conversation with Joe Donahue of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio host of "The Book Show" and "Roundtable."
Phil Donahue was a great talk show host. I loved him. Hope he’s still well.
Marlo never shuts up. She barely lets Phil get a word in. She completely dominates him.
Doesn't seem as though Phil is upset with Marlo, nor that he kowtows to her in any way, however. To me, I was impressed with how they seem to "just fit."
On his show on the day they met you could see and feel it was real, sparks flew through the TV!
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Awww! I'll have to try and find video of that one. Thank you for this, Louie! 👏🎁👏
Looks like they are both still alive.
I love Phil's voice and Marlo is and always was a doll. They surely make a wonderful couple.
Agreed. He has a commanding voice. Makes one sit up and take notice
Boy, does Donahue look old! Marlo looks great, in her cosmetic surgery way.
She is like a doll. Made out of plastic
Im not crazy about her appearance. I think she would be so much prettier if she hadn’t done anything. Cosmetic surgery makes old women look creepy and weird
@@lizziedssg8643 I find Marlo's look a bit startling, but I haven't seen her in a hundred years, so she looks different. Hey, it's her money if she wants to spend it on a new face.
The test is not to see how much abuse you can put up with in a marriage, it’s having the strength and bravery to get out before the marriage destroys you. If you think you get brownie points for being a punching bag, you’re in denial.
I totally agree. If the other person is trying to destroy you and is unwilling to get any counseling, save yourself or you both may go down.
Ohh your so right. I use to think staying as long as I did it meant I wasn't a quitter!! Such foolishness to think like that. But I got out
I was emotionally abused and walked on eggshells in my marriage for nearly 40 years. When he passed away last year, a huge weight was finally lifted from my shoulders. I wish I had made better choices in my past, but I live now enjoying the freedom of today.
My X punched me and beat me to death mentally.
That’s exactly what I did- I got out!
This is so great to see Phil Donahue after all theses years. I never missed an episode of his talk show.
Hello Ann
How are you doing today?
My favorite show. I watched it every day , we miss you Phil Donahue
My wonderful husband and I are 69 and celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on June 24th 2022. We met in the month of July and got married the following June. We've never been to marriage counseling either even though I have many health issues. My sweet husband helps me so much. We are a Christian couple and are blessed with two sons and two daughters. Tem grandchildren and a precious new great granddaughter. True love is a precious gift from God💞🙏
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Maybe you'll be asked to do a Ted talk.
@@annemwhirewhite4968 🤭
What a fantastic achievement! Praise the Lord and Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄
Just because your Christian you are imperfect..does not mean marriages do not fall apart and many who are think they don't need to seek help with therapist to give them tools!
Loved Phil n his show! Have always loved Marlo.. Especially her and her Father's legacy with St. Judes!! Blessings to you both and thank you!!!!
Let Phil speak!
Hi 👋how are you doing?
I agree..
I so wish that Phil would have had the opportunity to finish his thoughts and input without being cut off, interrupted, and talked over.
I so want to hear his perspective and thoughts to the contributors interviewed on this subject.
In my own opinion allowing your spouse to talk, share, and speak fully, freely…. is respectful, loving, and so valuable. I share this from 41 years married.
James 1:19 amp
Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving];
All this said….. I’m very happy I found this video. I really appreciate and admire them both so much!
Phil Donahue is unrecognizable to me. I only recognized him after he spoke.
Donahue is 86 and Thomas is 85. A lovely couple.
They are amazing!
Wow, he looks his age, we know why she doesn’t 😉
@@acookslar she looks ridic
It feels fortunate to have found this interview with Phil and Marlo Donahue. These are two of my favorite people, and it was a privilege to watch this video..
Very interesting and enjoyable. Not a bunch of " celebrity chit-chat", very real and down to Earth. I actually learned a bit , unexpectedly. Thank you to Phil ND Marlo for such a professional endeavor and interview.
Hello 👋 Kathy, how's it going today? I hope you're okay, and everyone around you, as well 🤗
Love seeing you both and hearing your thoughts about marriage. My husband is Irish, I am Italian. We are both from memphis. Lots of good advice. Thank you Both.
I had 17 years of a man who couldn't stop having affairs...and even ruined several of our friends marriages..he thought vwhat he was doing was ok..and now he's on marriage three and still hasn't changed...you can't fix that or live with it
Hi Lynn how are you doing?
I am on my 3rd Marriage and married 35 years. I have the the same frictions but
He has so much Love and he makes me laugh everyday. He is wound tight and I am loose as a goose. IT WORKS
Hello 👋 Sarah how are you doing?
Marlo is probably the only person alive that can out-talk Phil Donahue.
Phil is a great respectful listener and Marlo is so positive and animated !! ❤❤
Love Phil Donahue, great talk show host!
This is the best I'm so glad I stumbled across this page I'm 64 and I used to watch them both thank you thank you
Completely agree... At 66. Blessings!
You both look great! Marlo always with that winning, beautiful smile and Phil with his handsome eyes! :)
Marlo unfortunately like many celebrities had a lot of unnecessary facial plastic surgeries and she looks horrible for years now because she ruined her once very pretty face.
Oh Phil…. We miss you and your show so much! Yours was the best! You made it the best. Good to see you !
Ditto!!!
My late mother used to watch Donahue all the time in the 70s and 80s
LOVE Marlo and Phil ❤️🙏🏼
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
Marlo is so energetic and quick witted I’d never guess she was 85 years old! I don’t recognize Phil at all except when he talks not just because he is older but he lost so much weight. I really enjoyed this.
Marlo clearly has a great plastic surgeon. Saw her in a recent Hallmark movie and she looks fabulous. Phil’s from my area so I know him when he was a humble nobody. Great couple.
@@fallon12 More like terrible plastic surgeons Phil obviously really loved her for her intelligence and kindness.
Thank you Phil and Marlo for the insights of relationships. I really enjoyed your interview! Please ignore the ugly comments that have nothing to do with the subject. Just goes to show how many mean people there are in the world.
Beautiful Marlo! So many attacked her after comments she made on Sherri,I defended her with everything I had! A woman who fought her whole life for woman’s rights & every thing else! I adore her,Mr. Donahue too!👏🏿👏🏼👏👏🏻👏🏽🌈💙❤️💓
Sherri who?
I copied this from an article to answer the above 👆 question.
The Ally McBeal actress, 84, reportedly stunned staff on the hit talk show when she said Sherri, 55, used to be a 'big woman' before losing 35lbs, and then placed her hands in front of her body and blew out her cheeks in a bid to imitate her former size. “Sherri Shepherd”.
Think of us for Volume 2. Just celebrated our 40 th anniversary. My husband is in construction, which is a tricky life style. Sticking through all our troubles made us stronger. Made us understand and love each other more. Life just gets better in our marriage. I miss the days when Marlo and Phil were on TV.
It’s great to see you two. Last time I saw you guy was in Madison Sq Garden when Ralph Nader filled the place. After that night witnessing the News never mentioned Nader and guest filling the Garden. Keeping Nader popularity under raps. I stoped watching the news, I didn’t want the “news” picking and choosing what I’m allowed to know.
A very thoughtful and mature conversation about marriage and commitment.
Just keep in mind : expectations are pre-meditated resentments…..always!
Hi
Thank you both for making this video. When my husband cheated on me and had a baby with another woman, I asked my “ Christian “ family for help ( not money, just advice or counseling) since they are missionaries and they told me they couldn’t help or even listen to me talk to them because they were in a different place and were too far away. Really? REALLY! You may not consider yourself religious but you are closer than you realize. You are capable of love and understanding ❤️
I’ve always loved these two ❤
me, too!
Married 44 years this December. ❤
Me too! Dec. 16, 1978
They've learned to accept each other's differences, and work with them.
Individual people differences but I'm sure they were more similar than different and had more in common than different. Their life experiences and treatment as female and male people certainly was very different from birth on.
I only recognize Phil by his voice. Wow!
Same thing happened with an old USAF pal. In youth he was muscularly proportionate and now he's obese.
Only his voice is still recognizable.
I haven't seen the other bits, but you know what I'm sayin'.
Marlo Thomas and her late husband Phil Donahue’s philosophy on marriage is outstanding.
It would be good to cherish each moment in wonder and love. But it doesn't always work out that way. My husband passed almost 10 years ago. Miss him ever so much💗
I met Marlo many years ago (early 80s) and spent some time talking with her and her lovely mother backstage during the St. Jude Telethon on which my daughter was appearing. Such a lovely lady- kind and sweet. I was so happy when she and Phil fell in love and married. Love them both!
I was so happy when they first met
They are both cerebral people....genuinely so. I love it ❤
Too cerebral....
@@HestiaBHN1
Agree to disagree.
Two American Icons 💛
Oh my goodness you both look wonderful miss seeing you Phil and you both look awesome together
My husband is a marriage therapist and we don’t consider divorce as an option. Forgiveness is the key and we can forgive because God forgives us through Christ alone.
What about actual abuse? You can be forgiving once you get safely away.
I love the Phil Donahue show back in the day!!
Love Phil and Marlo beautiful couple😁🇨🇦🇨🇦
Well, my ex didnt want the marriage after 30 years, stopped talking, sat at the counselor said nothing. He had plan B already waiting. Destroyed a family, broke me.
Hello 👋 how are you doing Helen?
Women leave because they’re unhappy. Men leave because there’s someone waiting for them.
@@denisepaulsenful
Per largest study on divorce by law prof and economist in US: women file for divorce 2x more then men and more likely to use self-help books, counseling, and couples therapy. Women #1 reason: craving cnxn but not knowing how to ask. #2 tried fixing marriage to her breaking point.
Men#1 reason: lack of sex #2 felt like wife turning into mom #3 feeling of being used.
But billions of humans in world w/many millions of divorces/break ups for diff reasons incl ones above, culture, sickness, addiction, abuse etc. Women also leave for other person and men who leave w/no person waiting.
@@jmc8076 and don’t forget about narcissistic personalities. If you knock them off their pedestal, they become extremely angry and vengeful. If you ask for or strive for something on your own, and they don’t get attention, that’s it, they are out.
What a blessing you both are! We are all in it together! God made us in His likeness!
God bless you both!❤
Marlo Thomas, I enjoyed you as That Girl. 🤗😁😁👏👏👏👏
Great interview, I enjoyed it and am buying a few copies of the book to give to friends whose marriages have continued for decades … to applaud them and to let them hear from other people with long marriages .
My favorite couple, Phil and Marlo, admire your careers.
It's like my grandparents. Grandma was serious as a heart attack. Grandpa was more at ease. He wore hearing aids. When she was calling him, I'd tell grandpa. Grandma wants you. He said I know. When I want to hear her I turn her back on. He was so funny.
Hello 👋 how's it going today Marilyn?
Goo6
@@marilynreyes1065 Oh, it's my pleasure to meet you.
@@marilynreyes1065 Well, I'm Alexender, by name. I am originally from apeldoorn Netherlands but I currently live in Brooklyn NY
@@marilynreyes1065 What about you my dear? what's your name, and where are you from?
You are right I’ve been married over 50 years and it hasn’t always been easy but I want to be in this married so I stick it out. It’s not that my husband really bad I shouldn’t make it sound like it’s as bad as that. He doesn’t drink he doesn’t smoke he doesn’t take drugs he doesn’t beat me he always came home after work and we have work together as a team when it comes to our finances to appoint so I think we’ve done pretty good we do fight a lot but most of the fighting is over the stupidest things you’ve ever heard of. But we’re still together after 50 some years
You both still sound and look great!! Thank you for such sound advice!! 💜 ❤️
You are both amazing and inspirational ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a great couple. Love them both! Two very strong opinionated and able to make it work.
Phil and Marlo I enjoyed your discussion so much. Marlo I also wanted to say how much I enjoyed your performance in "It Happened One Christmas."
Wonderful Show. So Inspiring.
Hello Tina
How are you doing today?
Thank You for taking the time to create and share this wonderfully informational, useful, and helpful video with us all ❤️.
Married 33 years and we have joy in our relationship . My granddaughter and her husband are going through marriage counseling and they really love each other.
Hello 👋 Helen how are you doing?
So well put! "Don't go to therapy for a referee but an interpurter" (spelling?)
So good to see Phil!!!!
Good seeing Phil and Marla great topic!
How inspirational
Love you Marlo, but let Phil get a word in......
So good seeing these two together. Grew up watching both of them back before television had so many channels. They both have aged quite well!
Wow!!? 85 and 86 I'm flabbergasted OMG they not only look great ,they are so on top of life
I MISS WATCHING PHIL ‘S SHOW…….. MARLO YOU ARE AMAZING. I am grateful that I am old enough to know who Danny Thomas was and still lives with the work at the children’s hospital …. ❤️ the two of you. I remember the when Marlo came onto your show….and presto look at the two of you now.
Omg I haven’t seen this couple for a long time heaved more than her
These two are so amazing great advice for everyone
2 amazing people Phil and Marlo bless u.
Marriages that last are often ones that have the benefit of having had a good courtship of sufficient length to see if it’s a match. Courtships are long gone. Chaste courtships are almost a sure bet. Too bad they didn’t mention this.
It so good to see Phil Donahue still around! I didn't recognize him! I didn't know he was married to Marlo Thomas!
Phil's (private) funeral was held in St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC! Why was his funeral in a church? Marlo clearly said they were NOT practicing Christians! And that FACT was very obvious by the things they advocated for!
I love Marlo grew up on That Girl. Loved her dad too, Danny Thomas, would have loved to have met him, he was a comedy and production genius! Im sure she misses him as we do too. RIP Danny, you did so much good, there will never be another like him.
She interrupts him way too.much.
Today is our 24th anniversary ❤
I am so glad to see you both together still. I remember how you all firlt.
I've been married 33+ years..
Having seperate bedrooms helps -- especially when you're in an argument. It gives each person a place to retreat to, and time to cool off.
Not every argument can be resolved immediately, and the solution to the argument may be to just to let your anger subside over a day or two or three, and come back together when your in a calmer state of mind.
Also, not all arguments need to be rehashed or discussed.
You can simply drop the matter, and move on.
Doing something nice - making your spouses favorite meal, or picking up their favorite candybar at the grocery store, or some other small kind gesture can help smooth things over too.
It's just saying: Yes, we had an argument, but I still love you, and this too will pass....
We love you guy ! ❤❤❤❤❤Your daddy ! The children 👶 ❤. So many heart you help ! God blessed your big heart 💜 Merry Christmas and a happy new year🎉
Goodness, I wouldn't have recognized Phil Donahue right away. I remember when they met on his show. It was love at first sight. They forgot about the audience and were focused on each other. If people didn't see what was happening between them, it was only because they're blind!
I didn't recognize either. I think it's sad that Hollywood women ( and some men) feel the need to "stay young." Her surgery really shows, as well as the died hair and heavy makeup. Glad to see Phil is aging more naturally.
@@HestiaBHN1 The only reason I can still recognize her is from seeing her on Friends. I think she was in something else recently, too. I enjoyed her as Anne On That Girl when I was a child.
Love them!!
Paul Simon sang, "I know a woman who became a wife....Those are the very words she uses to describe her life!". That line probably destroyed a lot of marriages, but in fact it's true and positive and empowering, because you DO become new entities when you get married! BTW, it's so nice to see these two, still awesome after all these years!
Marlo Thomas is a beautiful woman she does not need that filler in her lips
Thank you for your advice! I've always loved both of you! I would like to give a make-up tip for Marlo. I'm no expert. But, I suggest to darken your eyebrows. I use NYX defining eyebrow pencil. Then, I use NYX eyebrow mascara. These days it's all about the eyebrows. I feel they help define and lift our faces. I also think it can make us look younger.
Hello 👋 Linda how are you doing?
Aren’t they just doing fab in their 80’s??
@@alexanderbenjamin1522 Hi Alexander. I'm doing fine, thank you!
@@lindaw.2565 It's my pleasure to meet you here.
@@lindaw.2565 Well, I'm Alexander, by name. I am originally from apeldoorn Netherlands but I currently live in Brooklyn NY
I LOVE "That Girl" she's so cute still. She really loves him deeply.
And Phil really loved Marlo deeply.
Most times marriages last because each picked the right person. If you married the wrong person, no strong desire to keep the marriage together will work.
Phil kept getting interrupted. It would be nice to hear his complete input. His background is a great talk show host.
Interesting subject. Phil looks gaunt while Marlo's much too pulled and filled...oy, those lips.
Too much paint for older woman
Marlo has had lots of facial surgeries & Phil has not!
I hardly recognized her, having not seen her in so many years
Yeah. He could use some of her filler. Why did she do that? It's so awful.
He's 86. She's 85.
They both look great! 💕
Marlo needs to let Phil talk more. She seens to wear the pants in their marriage.
I noticed when he does talk she doesn't interrupt him. That's sweet.
'wow! 'People need to listen this 'whole 'stream!, 'this 'is a very deep conversation--
'get past the introduction, 'and, you 'hear 'both voices,
'Phil, 'being 'Phil Donahue...
and, 'Marlo, 'totally 'Marlo!
Watching old reruns of Father’s Know Best, I have a crush on Phil’s sister Elinor of 65 years ago!
What?! I didn’t know this-thanks for the information….
@@bonniewischmeier9813 what information?
@@bonniewischmeier9813 what information?
Great information!!!!
Marlo is 84 here? Amazing. Being realistic, it's a stretch for a woman to be even modestly attractive at 84.
Well plastics help alot
It is a "stretch" alright.
She doesn’t look even slightly like herself……so sad
@@ejack4961 Because she is pickled. More cuts on her face than a Thanksgiving turkey. She is a phony. Husband stealing narcissist. Buy her book, I DON'T THINK SO.
I agree. I wish she had left her face alone.
Did they interview any plumber’s assistants who make $30,000/yr, or was it all millionaires?
I totally agree with : Uninsurable point of view 💫🌹
An interesting interview would be with the person with marriage success after failed marriages.
Hello from Ireland!!!
I Love the both of you. I have a question. Do you feel that over a long relationship do you feel that you see a different person at different trauma situations ?
Hi 👋how are you doing Mary?
You can only find true happiness with a relationship with JesusChrist.
Agree sex starts from how your partner acts towards you during the entire day. If there is no touching or softened throughout the day in bed I’m not going to feel like being physical
Barbara de angelis making love all the time was just about loving behavior before the sex ..that creates the chain of knots leading to sex..most important every day without that interaction you have no real intimacy before sex..
The Book of Ephesians has all you need to know about marriage. It has Torah foundations and is perfect. Also Proverbs 31. Good Christian counseling is also important for detail Jesus said God hates divorce and adultery.
I didn't even know that was Donahue until I heard his voice. And her comedic surgery is too much. But their marriage is strong and that's good.
I saw a movie recently with her in it & thought this woman’s got a mask on surely ! Sorry not meaning to offend anyone 😬😩
How could anyone do this to her face?
Where are her eyebrows?
Face!
She went through a lot of pain to look that good.
@@a.amanning7631 Not to mention $$.
She had MAJOR plastic surgery...she is almist completely unrecognizable - her voice is her. She slightly resembles some facets of Michael Jackson's extreme surgeries.
Hi Marlo! Hi Phil!