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Everyone was like, "Why do you need to meet someone on Match.com?" My response was, "I certainly don't need to meet more of the same broke, acting class guys that I'd been dating my whole life." I needed to change that whole paradigm. So, I decided to meet some corporate guys and see how that worked. So, I went on Match, but I didn't put a picture up, because I'm on television, and I didn't want anybody contacting me for the wrong reasons. So, I had to do the hunting, as it were. I didn't anticipate meeting my husband online, but there he was. And it all worked out!

"Essence Atkins - The "Are We There Yet?" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.
Everyone was like, Why do you need to meet someone on Match.com? My response was, I certainly don't need to meet more of the same broke, acting class guys that I'd been dating my whole life. I needed to change that