has revealed he tried to end his relationship with several times because he was worried about the 21-year age gap.
Citadel star Tucci, 62, was first introduced to literary agent Felicity, 41, by his The Devil Wears Prada co-star Emily Blunt after she brought her sister along to .
The couple later reconnected in 2010 at Emily’s wedding to John Krasinski following the .
However, the star has now admitted he thought he was too old to date Felicity, and their relationship because of it.
‘I was afraid to get into a relationship and I kept trying to break it off. I’m 21 years older than she is and I didn’t want to feel old for the rest of my life! But I knew that this was an incredibly special person,’ he said during an interview with .
Tucci’s first wife Kate died after a battle with leaving him to raise their three daughters Isabel and Nicolo, both 23 and Camilla, 21, alone, but he credits Felicity with helping make all their lives better.
‘Felicity has been so incredible taking on a widower and three children whose mother died,’ he continued.
‘That’s a huge thing, at a very young age too. If anybody made things better for all of us, it’s her. She’s the one.’
The couple married in 2012 and they now have two children together, son Matteo, eight, and daughter Emilia, five.
He also spoke about losing his wife to cancer, admitting he will never truly get over it.
‘I didn’t work for almost a year. It was hard. It was awful. Still is, in a way. You never really get over it … [I felt guilty] because I couldn’t help her, and I thought I could help her,’ he added.
During his appearance on the show, he was asked to pick three songs which have a special meaning to him. One of the tunes he chose was Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World which Kate had asked to be played at her memorial service.
