Stronger Together: How Fame, Failure and Faith Transformed Our Lives

by Terry Crews, Rebecca King Crews

America’s Got Talent host and comic personality Terry Crews and his wife, singer Rebecca King Crews, share the staggering ups and downs of their relationship and how they weathered the myriad crises that have rocked their marriage.

In a unique narrative, Stronger Together begins on the day everything fell apart. In their own voices, Terry and Rebecca recount D-Day, as they call it - the moment that Terry admitted his unfaithfulness and addiction to porn, and Rebecca told him not to come home. Charting a course back to their earliest days, each one shares more about their difficult childhoods. Growing up in Flint with a devout mother and abusive father, Terry became fascinated by superheroes, landed a career in the NFL, then in Hollywood, while hiding an addiction to porn that fueled a toxic masculinity that led to that awful day. Rebecca, whose father died when she was a child, recounts being the only biracial child in Gary, Indiana, her passion for singing, her early pregnancy, her devotion to God, and her blind faith in Terry despite the challenges of being an NFL wife, her passion for motherhood, and the emotional pain when Terry’s hidden addiction was exposed.

As they share their journey, the mistakes they made, the moments that shifted their worlds, and ultimately, what put them back together, they provide hope, reflection and comfort. In this audiobook, you will also hear the kindness in their voices, and what it sounds like to have a partner who truly listens, respects and loves. The book includes a final coda about the year 2020 when the couple endured Rebecca’s breast cancer diagnosis and controversy around Terry’s social media comments.

Honest, intimate and filled with hope, Terry and Rebecca make you feel if they can survive it, you and your partner can, too.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Audiobook

Audiobook

Published April 15, 2021

About the author

Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor and former American football player. He is best known for playing Julius on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, Sergeant Terry Jeffords on the NBC comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and for his appearances in Old Spice commercials, as well as films such as Friday After Next, Idiocracy, and The Expendables series. He is a host of America's Got Talent.

Reviews

[Naty Villegas · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's refreshing to see the common human struggles behind successful known people, not only they inspire you with their work, but with the way they overcome their own battles and show you how love is much more than loving the other, you need to love and take care of yourself too.

Great book, easy to read, sort of a fast listen if you try the audiobook. 100% recommended.

[Dasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful testimony to marriage reconciliation and personal change. Great insights and vulnerable details that personally helped me to come to terms with certain things in my life. Highly recommended!

[Peggy · Rating 3 out of 5]

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I’ve been a fan of Terry Crews after seeing him on AGT. I didn’t know his back-story nor anything about Terry’s wife, Rebecca. They are no different from many Hollywood couples. How they went about changing the lifestyle and renewing their marriage commitment ent, left me with a sense of hope! ~ peg

[Paige Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting because Terry’s a great guy but lets his Jada-esque batsh!t wife control his life. Like anything, porn should be kept in moderation or lower but his wife seems so entitled, attributing her blandness to his success. She treats finding out he bought hotel soft core after a long day of work like he was drowning kittens, threatening to immediately run away w/ the kids.

[Richard Joya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know I am biased because Terry Crews is one of my favorite actors. I really enjoyed this. You can tell Terry and Rebecca rehearsed this over and over, and it must have been painful. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[Cassandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a quick listen and an enjoyed the dual narration. I don’t know much about the couple beyond the movie white girls and same random clips of Brooklyn 99. It was in this book I learned Terry Crews played football…

I have read many memoirs I would consider more enjoyable, but this was almost a marriage guide or self help book. I am not a fan of the self help books but for as much as this book came across that way it was not overly pushy.

[Nicole Largent]

This one was good. I’ve always loved Terry Crews and hearing he and Rebecca task their story with honesty makes me love him all the more. I admire the way he’s willing to lay out his secrets and struggles in hopes of helping others, even when it means being criticized.

[Katie Harder-schauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm working on writing my review now and will have it posted here after it goes live on my blog. I will say I liked that the authors narrated the book, and how they at least seemed to be in the studio together to do it as there were occasional laughs or interjections from the non-speaking party.

[Amanda Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was well worth the listen. It's hopeful, honest, and encouraging for the current world and the issues with pornography. I'd recommend it to everyone.

[Jennifer Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a good listen and I really enjoyed getting to know more about Terry.