Why Terry Bradshaw Went to Therapy Before Marrying Wife Tammy

Terry Bradshaw, NFL Hall of Famer, has been happily wed to wife Tammy Bradshaw since 2014 and calls marrying her a “grand slam.”

But Bradshaw, 77, also said he knows “exactly why” he got divorced three times before Tammy, he told Craig Melvin on the July 7 episode of the “Glass Half Full” podcast. So with wife Tammy, he took extra precaution to not repeat the same mistakes.

“I know exactly why I married those women, and I only know that because I spent three years in therapy. Seriously, to try to figure out what the hell is wrong with me,” Bradshaw told Craig.

“I realized after my third divorce … I started thinking about my first wife, and I went, ‘I wasn’t in love with her.’ I didn’t realize I had been dealing with depression, and I would make terrible decisions in the bottom of depression,” he added.

Bradshaw said he realized his first three marriages “were just alike,” making him the common denominator.

“It wasn’t them, it was me. And I started working on me, and that’s what changed my life,” he said.

He turned to a counselor, a preacher and a psychologist until he found a therapist who could help, he told Craig. When things started to get serious with Tammy, he tried to not let his emotions get ahead of him.

“I figured it out, and so I dated Tammy, fell in love, and said, ‘Not so fast, Terry, let’s make sure here,’” he said.

They waited 12 years before finally tying the knot in 2014.

Since though, the couple has traveled together, launched a family cookbook and supported one another through difficult times, including Bradshaw’s cancer journey, TODAY previously reported.

Now, his marriage with Tammy is what he’s most proud of, he said.

“I finally got it right. Do you know what it’s like to marry someone who is your partner, that you would rather play golf with her, you’d rather fish with her, you’d rather do everything in the world with her?” he said. “I never thought that my buddies would take second place, but they do.”