Tim Daly on Téa Leoni: “I Fell in Love in Four Minutes”

When you know, you know. And Tim Daily and Téa Leoni knew it instantly. Or at least he did. 

When asked by LifeMinute, Daly said he realized he was in love with Leoni “about four minutes after I met her at the office of ‘Madame Secretary.’” While in the same interview, he admits that Téa wanted to take a beat before taking it to the next level… and so she waited nine years before proposing to him. Apparently she was worth the wait! And the patience! 

How They Met

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The couple first met on the set of their CBS show, “Madam Secretary,” in 2014. The duo played husband and wife, Henry and Elizabeth McCord, in the political drama, which aired for six seasons. 

According to Daly, though they tried to keep their relationship hush hush, everyone on set couldn’t help but notice their undeniable chemistry. Everyone except “Madam Secretary” costar, Geoffrey Arend, who told People that the couple’s off-screen romance came as a total surprise.

The secrecy eventually became too much, and they went public at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. in April 2015. Their table at the esteemed event included veteran journalist Bob Schieffer and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

They then married in a small, intimate ceremony in New York, which was attended only by immediate family. 

Fate Finds a Way

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Leoni and Daly actually attended the same high school, admittedly ten years apart. Not only that, but prior to acting in “Madame Secretary” together, they met twice prior to 2014. The first was when Daly was at Paramount for a fundraiser and he noticed a gorgeous, 23-year-old Téa. The second was through Leoni’s then-husband, David Duchovny, who was friend’s with Daly’s first cousin. He estimated that he had shaken Leoni’s hand a couple times in passing… but then when they stepped onto the “Madame Secretary” set in 2014, it was a whole new ballgame.

But don’t worry, falling head over heels wasn’t just a one-sided occurrence. In fact, Daly repeated an anecdote that when Leoni first saw Daly’s movie, “Diner,” she immediately turned to her roommate and said that she was going to marry him someday — without ever having met! 

And while we’re unable to corroborate this story with Leoni’s roommate, it’s more fun to believe in the magic and manifestation of love. 

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