Harry Connick Jr and his wife Jill Goodacre certainly have not lost that loving feeling even though they have been wed for 25 years.
On Wednesday the crooner – best known for his hit songs, his appearance on Will & Grace and his judging duties on American Idol – shared a sweet photo where he was kissing the beauty, who is a former Victoria’s Secret model, on the head.
‘For you and i have a guardian angel on high with nothing to do,’ said the former talk show host. He added a hashtag for ‘true love.’
Smooch session: Harry Connick Jr and his wife Jill Goodacre certainly have not lost that loving feeling even though they have been wed for 25 years. On Wednesday the crooner – best known for his hit songs, his appearance on Will & Grace and his judging duties on American Idol – shared a sweet photo where he was kissing the beauty
Harry, 51, also noted they were in Santa Fe, New Mexico and their daughter Georgia Connick took the image.
Together the power couple have Georgia, aged 23, Sarah, aged 21, and Charlotte, aged 17.
They started dating when she was at the height of her career as a lingerie model and Cosmopolitan cover girl and he had sung the music for the movie When Harry Met Sally… with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal.
And ever since the two have thrived as they have spent time in New Orleans, Connecticut and Los Angeles.
Still dazzling: In the new image, Jill looks slender as she models a black shawl over a black tank top with sunglasses on her head. The cover girl has a summer tan and her makeup is beautifully done
Always a beauty: The Texas native – who also appeared on an episode of Friends – seen modeling Victoria’s Secret in the late 1980s
In the new image, Jill, 55, looks slender as she models a black shawl over a black tank top with sunglasses on her head.
The cover girl has a summer tan and her makeup is beautifully done with pink eyeshadow and lipstick. Diamond earrings and necklace made her look glamorous.
Jill has bounced back nicely after battling breast cancer for five years. In 2017 she told People a lump was spotted in a sonogram causing her to have to back-to-back surgeries.
Later the drug Tamoxifen made her gain weight.
‘I’ve always been a pretty fit person, and so to be just rounder and heavier and not to really be able to do much about it — that’s been hard. It’s taken a lot out of my self-confidence,’ said Jill.
Good-looking family: Together the power couple have Georgia, aged 23, Sarah, aged 21, and Charlotte, aged 17
With his girls: Connick with his daughters Georgia, left, and Charlotte at a special screening of Pavarotti at the iPic Theater in NYC in May
In October 2012 Goodacre had a routine annual mammogram. The results were fine. But then she was told to get a sonogram as well because she had ‘dense breasts.’
During the sonogram ‘something was detected’ and Jill was asked to undergo a biopsy.
The results were hard to hear: the bikini model had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma.
‘I was scared I was going to lose her, absolutely. I wasn’t going to let her see that, but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen. She’s my best friend, and I really don’t know what I would do without her,’ said the crooner.
Lady in red: Here Jill is seen in Beverly Hills at the Golden Globe Awards with Harry in 1991
Harry lost his mother to ovarian cancer when he was only 13-years-old.
Telling their kids was not easy and she said it ‘broke’ her heart.
‘I’ve always been a pretty fit person, and so to be just rounder and heavier and not to really be able to do much about it — that’s been hard. It’s taken a lot out of my self-confidence,’ said Jill.
In October 2012 Goodacre had a routine annual mammogram. The results were fine. But then she was told to get a sonogram as well because she had ‘dense breasts.’
During the sonogram ‘something was detected’ and Jill was asked to undergo a biopsy.
The results were hard to hear: the bikini model had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma.
‘I was scared I was going to lose her, absolutely. I wasn’t going to let her see that, but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen. She’s my best friend, and I really don’t know what I would do without her,’ said the crooner.
His career has been long and varied: After making it as a singer Harry went on to star on Will & Grace then got his own talk show. Next came American Idol with Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez; seen in 2016
Harry lost his mother to ovarian cancer when he was only 13-years-old.
‘I’ve always been a pretty fit person, and so to be just rounder and heavier and not to really be able to do much about it — that’s been hard. It’s taken a lot out of my self-confidence,’ said Jill.
In October 2012 Goodacre had a routine annual mammogram. The results were fine. But then she was told to get a sonogram as well because she had ‘dense breasts.’
During the sonogram ‘something was detected’ and Jill was asked to undergo a biopsy.
The results were hard to hear: the bikini model had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma.
‘I was scared I was going to lose her, absolutely. I wasn’t going to let her see that, but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen. She’s my best friend, and I really don’t know what I would do without her,’ said the crooner.
Harry lost his mother to ovarian cancer when he was only 13-years-old.