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“We could not contain this any longer!” Williams says of finally sharing the happy news to People Magazine

Williams met her husband-to-be in March 2017 when she attended a spiritual retreat in Arizona run by the pastor and life coach. “I was in a horrible, dark place,” says Williams who had recently ended a relationship and opened up about a cheating ex on The Real. “I just needed to go somewhere where I could get a message of hope and restoration, rejuvenation and get connected to God.”

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“When we met, both of us were in very similar places on a personal level,” says Johnson, who at the time had all but given up on dating. “Michelle was coming off the heels of a really bad relationship, and I was just in a place of despair as well.”

He continued, “We spent almost three months without even seeing each other, just building a strong foundation on the phone and through FaceTime; it was really built on friendship and communication.”

Much of their courtship happened long distance, as Johnson was travelling with for work. But both felt they had found a potential life partner.