Cincinnati, Ohio — If Shacole Fox's wedding processional last month in Cincinnati, Ohio, had been typical, the man walking her down the aisle would have been her father, a close relative, or even a good friend. Not Fox's landlord.

"Right? I wouldn't have thought in a million years," Fox told CBS News of her decision to have her landlord, 79-year-old Gil Pulliam, do the honor.

Gil Pulliam walks Shacole Fox down the aisle at her wedding in Cincinnati, Ohio. August 2025. YH Photography

Fox works as a makeup artist with a studio space in Cincinnati that is owned by Pulliam, a no-nonsense man.

And yet, he can also be incredibly tender-hearted.

Fox never knew her father. She thought she didn't care and wouldn't miss something she never felt she had. But as her wedding day approached, Fo

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