From 2012 to 2015, the names Key and Peele were synonymous with sketch comedy (viaIMDb).

“It was creative love at first sight.

A mutual friend, Rebecca Drysdale, introduced us.

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele at Emmy awards

We all went out to a diner.

Then I went home and told my wife I was in love,” Key recalled.

It’s a menage a trois.

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele promo shoot

One of our vows has been to forsake all others for comedy.

By ‘all others,’ I mean our egos.

You’ve got to ask yourself every day,Am I being petty?

Why am I arguing?It’s the same thing in a marriage."

“It was just time for us to explore other things, together and apart.

I compare it to Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.

Since then, the two have seen their careers flourish in various ways.

He’ll soon appear in Apple TV’s new show “Schmigadoon!”

Key watched with tears in his eyes as his friend took home the honor.

“Congrats to my partner in laughs @JordanPeele on his first Oscar.

#oscarssopeele #VFOscars,” Keytweetedupon the momentous occasion.