Carrie Preston Thought Husband Michael Emerson Was Gay When They 1st Met

Elsbeth star Carrie Preston and husband Michael Emerson have been going strong for over three decades, but their relationship was almost a non-starter. The couple met 31 years ago while costarring in a production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Preston, 58, recalled on the Tuesday, October 7, episode of the “Dinner’s On Me With Jesse Tyler Ferguson” podcast. However, despite finding him attractive, the actress admitted she initially thought Emerson, 71, was gay. “I got cast and, the first day of rehearsal, in walks this guy in a three-piece suit. I was like