A sweet gesture could have turned sour for Niecy Nash.
On Tuesday’s episode of “The Tamron Hall Show,” the actress appeared with wife Jessica Betts — and discussed some awkward ink.
Nash, 52, explained that when she told Betts that her real name is Carol, Betts misheard it as “Cora” and then called her by the wrong name “almost two years” while they were dating.
‘One day she said, ‘Why are you calling me Cora?’ And I was like, ‘That’s your name!’” Betts, 40, recalled.
“No, that’s not it!” Nash responded. “I thought it was something the cool kids called each other in New York on the street!”
“I said, ‘My name is not Cora’ and she said, ‘It is now'”, the “Reno 911!” star joked.
Nevertheless, the misunderstood name became an inside joke between the couple, and Betts had “Cora” tattooed on her neck as a tribute to her wife.
“It’s stuck and it’s stuck…. JB, I’m Always & Forever your ‘Cora’❤️❤️❤️ @jessicabettsmusic #IYKYK,” Nash wrote in an Instagram post revealing the ink on Wednesday.
In the same clip, the “Clean House” host showed off her own tattoo – which reads: “Mrs. Cora Betts” – on her thigh.
The couple married in a surprise ceremony at their California home in August 2020, just a few months after Nash finalized her divorce from Jay Tucker.
Nash shone in a strapless wedding dress from local boutique Lili Bridals (which she paired with Pride-themed Converse sneakers for the reception), while Betts wore a tailored cream three-piece suit from Rocky’s Custom Clothing.
“I don’t feel like my marriage is my coming out,” Nash said shortly after, “but more about going into myself and being honest about who I love. And I don’t limit myself to what that love should look like.”
She doesn’t seem to limit the nicknames either.