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Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus shared a decades-long romance. Poitier first married Juanita Hardy in and they divorced in They shared four daughters: Beverly, Pamela, Sherri and Gina. He later wed Shimkus, a Canadian actress, in , and they went on to have two daughters together: Anika and Sydney.

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I cook every night. I take good care of him. In an emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey for O, The Oprah Magazine 's October issue, Poitier discussed his marriage and parenting style, admitting his kids "would be unlikely to say that I'm easy" as a dad. As for Shimkus: "She would tell you that I'm a perfectionist to a degree and that I ask of others a certain kind of loyalty to and respect for relationships.

My wife would say that, on occasion, I'm a little tough on the children. He continued at the time, "In what I expect and demand of them in terms of values. My children respect my values, and I can see some of those values in them.

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That pleases me, because my values are not constricting. They are human values. My kids are quite intelligent — all six of them. When asked about whether navigating an interracial relationship provided issues in their day-to-day lives, she said it wasn't an issue with them. I just never had those feelings.