According to Screen Rant, actress Drew Sidora was promoting her Lifetime television film, "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story," in which she played TLC's T-Boz, when she met Pittman.
At the time, the actress — who had appeared in films such as "White Chicks," "Step Up," and "Sister Code" — had a 2-year-old son, Josiah, from a previous relationship, according to People magazine.
Sidora recalled that as they were pulling up to their Los Angeles hotel, Josiah's football tumbled out of their car.
The actress said her future husband "saw all this and said, 'Let me help this woman. She needs my help.' He ran and got the football and said, 'Aw, little man. You got a football? I played football. Let's play football,' " she remembered. "So, I'm was just standing there, and he didn't even see me."
The two eventually went on a first date that lasted 12 hours, People reported.