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Coco Austin and Ice-T are still hot and heavy 23 years into their marriage.
The actress revealed to E! News on Thursday that she considers it “good and healthy” to get intimate “three times a week.”
The 45-year-old gushed, “I think that’s good after 23 years. I think you have to keep it up.”
The couple get intimate “three times a week.” coco/Instagram The actress called this frequency “good and healthy.” Getty Images for The Recording AcademyAustin clarified that they keep the romance alive with “date nights,” which include “going to dinner, getting dressed up for each other and [Ice-T] picking out what he wants [his wife] to wear.”
The “Law & Order: SVU” star, 66, chimed in to explain how a lack of intimacy can lead to “a wrap” on a relationship.
“When you first get with somebody, you want to have sex, right?” the actor said. “If that ever ends … when that feeling goes away, forget about it.”
“I think that’s good after 23 years,” she said on Thursday. Andrew H. Walker/Shutterstock Ice-T noted that a lack of intimacy can put “a wrap” on a relationship. Getty ImagesWant more celebrity and pop culture news?
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The couple began dating in 2001 and tied the knot in Las Vegas in January of the following year.
At the time, Ice-T was already the father of daughter Letesha, 48, and son Tracy, 32, from previous relationships. He went on to welcome daughter Chanel, 8, in November 2015 with Austin.
The couple frequently make headlines for their racy admissions about their marriage.
“When that feeling goes away, forget about it,” the actor said Thursday. GC Images The couple have been married since 2002. Instagram/ Baby Chanel Nicole“That flame has to stay lit,” the rapper said in January (via the Daily Mail), crediting their success with “jungle sex.”
He added, “When that flame goes out and you’re not really attracted to each other anymore, you have to address that very quickly because it’s something that’s necessary.”
Ice-T went on to say that he and Austin are “teammates” who “value” and “appreciate” each other — “not opponents, not assets, not liabilities.”
The duo welcomed daughter Chanel in 2015. Getty Images Ice-T and Austin frequently clap back at online trolls while parenting. Instagram/ Baby Chanel NicoleHe gushed, “I value what she brings to me, and I think it’s vice versa.”
In addition to being outspoken about their sex life, Ice-T and Austin also often clap back at the parenting police.
The couple have defended breast-feeding Chanel until at least age 5, bathing her in the kitchen sink, pushing her in a stroller and more in recent years.