08-05-2025
'Divorce Court' Judge Star Jones Shares Her Best Advice for Newlyweds to Help Keep a Marriage Strong
Star Jones, the judge on Divorce Court, shared her tips for newlyweds to help ensure a healthy marriage
Jones has been married to Ricardo Lugo since 2018
She said the pandemic only strengthened their relationship thanks to their close proximity and time to bondStar Jones has some words of wisdom for newlyweds.
The Divorce Court personality has seen her fair share of failed marriages, but not all unions have to end in, well... divorce court. On a recent episode of ABC'sThe View: Behind the Table podcast, Jones shared her best advice for newlyweds to keep that wedded bliss strong.
Jones married her husband, Ricardo Lugo, just two years before the COVID-19 pandemic when "we were forced to be together pretty much all the time," she said. Quarantine was its own beast, but Jones is also immunocompromised due to heart disease and thus had to take extra care to limit outside exposure.
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"My husband was overly protective in not allowing me outside, and in wrapping me in sort of a cocoon of fun and activity in our home, in a safe space," she shared.
"He wanted to take care of me, and I just realized, that's what I always wanted," Jones added. "Somebody that I could just exhale [around], and not have to think of it all. And he does do that for me."
All that time they spent together really strengthened their relationship, Jones said, though she recognizes for some couples, the constant close proximity had the opposite effect.
But, pandemic or otherwise, Jones' advice to newly married couples remains the same: take time to bond with each other.
"Spend that quality time together, and for romance, take care of each other," she said.
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Jones and Lugo recently celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary on March 25. In a touching tribute to her husband, Jones shared their love "only deepens with time."
"Life brings its challenges, but when you are blessed to find your person, you walk through them together, stronger, hand in hand," Jones wrote in the post's caption.
"Ricardo, you are my joy, my peace, my safe place," she continued. "Every day with you is a reminder of God's grace and the beauty of love that never fails. Seven years later, and somehow, we are more in love—if that's even possible."
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