Carrie Preston is the good wife.

But before falling in love and walking down the aisle with husband Michael Emerson, in 1998, the now Emmy-winning actress had some reservations.

The couple first met while performing in “Hamlet” at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival 31 years ago. 7

Though immediately smitten, Preston initially thought Emerson was gay.

“I was like, ‘Who the hell’s that guy?’” the “Claws” alum recalled on Tuesday’s episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast .

“He walked into rehearsal with the three-piece suit, and I was like, ‘Oh, he’s gay.’ I was like, ‘He’s gay. Oh, no, OK, I have another crush on the gay guys,’ because they’re the coolest ones, and they’re always well-dressed and so polite.”

Since she assumed he wouldn’t be interested in her rom

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