Coco Austin is spilling the tea on how she maintains her marriage with Ice-T healthy – and fun – after more than two decades.

The reality TV star met the Law & Order: SVU star in 2001 and married the following year. As they approach their 23rd year of marriage, Austin, 45, said a “healthy” sex life is one of the secrets to their success.

“I think you should continue like this,” she said E! News of her intimacy with her husband, before revealing how often they have sex these days.

“I would say it’s good and healthy three times a week. I think it’s good after 23,” she said.

Austin, who shares her daughter Chanel, 8 years old with Ice-T, also told the outlet that the couple would sometimes “wear a mask” in the bedroom to spice things up.

They also “do a lot of date nights,” which also helps keep the spark alive. “Go to dinner, dress up for each other and choose what he wants me to wear.”

Ice-T, 66, also weighed in, telling the outlet, “When you first date someone, you want to have sex, right? If it ever ends, It’s over. When this feeling disappears, forget it.”

This isn’t the first time the longtime couple has opened up about their bedtime habits. Earlier this year, Ice-T admitted that he and his wife have “jungle sex” as another way to keep things interesting.

“That flame has to stay lit. When that flame goes out and you’re not really attracted to each other anymore, you have to remedy that very quickly because it’s something necessary,” he said. he declared. E! News.

Sex aside, he said their relationship has lasted because they “like each other.”

“We have to be teammates, not adversaries, neither assets nor liabilities. I appreciate what she brings to me, and I think it’s vice versa,” he said.

“Getting married is like casting for a movie,” he explained. “You have to cast someone who is ready for all the scenes. Now there are going to be funny scenes. There are going to be sad scenes. There are going to be difficult scenes. There are going to be fight scenes. A lot of people don’t sign up for the whole movie. They just sign up for the good part.

Sharing a child also brought the couple closer together. Ice-T told PEOPLE last year that Austin “is a great momas he praised her for being a stay-at-home mom.

“We don’t have nannies. She doesn’t do that,” he said. “If you are lucky enough to be able to stay home with your children, the most incredible and admirable thing you can do is raise a child.”

“So don’t let any woman make you feel anything. Do that work. So she picks up Chanel, goes to school, takes her back, takes her to Kung Fu, takes her to all that,” a- he added. .

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The rapper is also father to daughter LeTesha, 48, whom he shares with high school sweetheart Adrienne, and son Tracy, 32, with Darlene Ortiz.