Memphian Marjorie Harvey & Husband Steve Harvey Cover Essence Magazine

Memphian Marjorie Harvey is covering Essence magazine for the month of February. Steve and Marjorie look peaceful, happy and in love as the cover the Love month cover. Marjorie and Steve open up in this issue to discuss how they meet and some challenges they faced early on. Steve and Marjorie married in June 2007.

Steve shared this pic on IG of Marjorie checking out the feature.

Here are some highlights:

On meeting at a Memphis comedy club:

Steve said he stood on stage and said, “I don’t know who you are but I’m going to marry you.” Marjorie’s said, “I knew he was The One shortly after I started dated him…but then he just left. Disappeared.”

Steve on working on himself BEFORE committing to Marjorie:

“Before a man can be of use to a woman…he’s got to know who he is, what he does and how much he’s going to make.”

Steve on how EVERY great man has a woman:

“Every great man has a woman… I didn’t say successful man, I said great man. Yeah, maybe you’re successful if you sign a $16 million NBA contract. But greatness is when you’re the husband and father you’re supposed to be. When everyone surrounding you looks up to you, depends on you, and you come through for them. That’s greatness.

Do you think Dr. Martin Luther King was anything without Coretta? You take Michelle out of Barack Obama’s equation, and he is a whole other dude out there.”