Sing Sing star Colman Domingo‘s recent red carpet appearance at the 2025 Oscars with husband Raul Domingo seems to have caught everyone’s attention. The pair donned complementing red and black suits at the event and effectively stole the limelight while posing for the paparazzi. As such, fans have showcased an interest in knowing about their prolonged relationship, especially regarding how Colman Domingo came to meet his eventual spouse, Raul.
Here are all the available details about the celebrity couple’s initial encounter with one another.
Colman Domingo and Raul Domingo’s meet-cute story
Colman Domingo opened up about how he met Raul Domingo during his 2024 appearance on The Graham Norton Show. Domingo first locked eyes with Raul in 2005 at a Walgreens establishment in Berkeley, California. The Primetime Emmy Award recipient recalled that he was in his own zone when a stranger happened to catch his attention. “I see someone walking out. [He] has beautiful hair down to here, lip-piercing. Beautiful, beautiful,” the actor explained.
The two soon acknowledged each other’s presence while Domingo continued to operate his phone. “I come outside, and we look at each other. He’s talking to this young woman, and she seems to be angry about something,” Domingo stated. Although he eventually put his phone away, by then, Raul had begun walking away from the actor. Domingo recalled, “He keeps looking back, and I wave, but he just keeps going.”
Passionate about meeting Raul again, Colman Domingo decided to seek Craigslist’s help, thinking, “Maybe, I’ll place one of those misconnection ads. I wonder if they work.” As fate would have it, his prayers were answered in the most unexpected manner. Domingo exclaimed, “I go to page two of them as I’m reading, and I see ‘saw you outside of Walgreens – Berkeley.’ He placed an ad for me two hours before.”
The two soon embarked on a date, which culminated in a major epiphany for Colman Domingo. While cuddling with Raul in the morning, the Oscar-nominated actor admitted to his partner, “I think I love you, and you’re about to change my life.” Since then, the couple has progressed steadily, even tying the knot in 2014.
