Eva Longoria had fans rubbing their eyes and checking the calendar after she reunited with her ex-husband Tony Parker nearly 15 years after their headline-grabbing divorce. For a brief moment, the internet thought it had somehow traveled back to 2010.
The former couple crossed paths recently, proving that time really does heal wounds, or at least makes awkward encounters a little less awkward.
For those who need a refresher, Eva and Tony were once one of Hollywood’s favorite power couples. She was a TV superstar. He was an NBA champion. Together, they looked like they had stepped out of a celebrity fairy tale.
Then came the divorce.
Unlike her 2004 split from General Hospital actor Tyler Christopher, in which the Desperate Housewives alum had managed to keep things relatively low-key, her 2010 breakup from the NBA star played out very publicly.
Shortly after the separation was announced, cheating rumors quickly took hold, with reports at the time claiming the actress had discovered ‘hundreds’ of text messages from another woman on Parker’s phone.
Adding fuel to the fire, that woman was allegedly a mutual friend of the couple.
But all of that appeared to be firmly in the past on Tuesday, when Longoria took to Instagram to share a surprise reunion snap with Parker.
‘Look who came to visit… the one and only TP! @tonyparker09,’ she wrote alongside a group photo from her culinary series Searching for France, seemingly revealing a visit from Parker on set.
The exes looked notably happy and amicable, flashing megawatt smiles as they posed together.
A source told the Daily Mail that the former couple remain on friendly terms and that their respective families are also said to get along well.
Will this reunion lead to anything more? Probably not.
But it did remind everyone that time has a funny way of turning yesterday’s scandals into today’s awkward but harmless photo opportunities.
And honestly, that’s a much better ending than most people expected back in 2010.
