Tulsi Gabbard and her second husband, Abraham Williams, said “I do” in 2015. Their romance had bloomed months after they established a business relationship birthed from her political career. The would-be couple first met while Gabbard was gunning for her seat as the U.S. representative of Hawaii in 2012. During an interview with People, Gabbard revealed that Williams, a cinematographer, stepped up to shoot promotional material for her campaign efforts. “He volunteered to help out on the shoots for my campaign commercials,” said Gabbard a few days before their wedding. “It wasn’t until about a year after I was in office that he asked me out for the first time. It was a connection that was immediate and natural, but we didn’t really see it before that point.”
While speaking to KHON 2, Gabbard detailed one of their early dates, along with the qualities about Williams that she loved. “A little over a year ago, when he first asked me out, we had a chance to just talk story, hang out, chill out for a little bit,” said Gabbard. That encounter made Gabbard realize that she had made more than a friend in Williams, whom she described as “somebody who is genuinely kind and a good person who every day I see him put other people before himself.”
She continued, “He’s incredibly optimistic and positive, so I could go on and on. I could continue gushing, but I just feel grateful because I get to marry a wonderful person who’s also my best friend.”
