Suzanne Somers’ Widower Alan Hamel is Dating Her Former Co-Star Joanna Cassidy | Alan Hamel, Joanna Cassidy, suzanne somers | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Suzanne Somers‘ widower Alan Hamel has found love again with one of the late actress’ former co-stars.
Earlier this week, the 88-year-old producer, who was married to Suzanne from 1977 until her death in 2023, was photographed walking arm-in-arm with actress Joanna Cassidy during a day out in Malibu, Calif.
If you didn’t know, Suzanne and Joanna, 79, starred together in the 1985 miniseries Hollywood Wives.
In a new interview published on Wednesday, June 25, Alan confirmed that he and Joanna are in fact dating.
Keep reading to find out more…“I don’t know where this relationship is going,” Alan told Page Six.
“I have known Joanna Cassidy for over 45 years,” he continued. “Joanna was a guest star on [daytime talk show] The Alan Hamel Show in Canada in the ’70s. She was a great guest and it was a dynamic show, and we liked each other, not romantically, but mainly with respect. Both of us were married at the time.”
They then crossed paths again in the ’80s when Joanna worked with Suzanne on the miniseries.
“I ran into her in the mid-’80s many times during the production of Jackie Collins’ Hollywood Wives,” Alan recalled. “It was very cordial.”
As for how they reconnected, Alan said that his son Stephen played matchmaker.
“My son met Joanna at a screening and after a long conversation suggested to Joanna that she and me would get along and should meet,” he shared. “Stephen did not know we knew each other.”
Suzanne died of cancer in October 2023, just one day before her 77th birthday.
Also in the interview, Alan said that in her final days, Suzanne encouraged him to move on from her.
“Don’t mope around,” Alan recalled Suzanne telling him. “Live your life. We will see one another after you cross over.”
While he isn’t sure where their relationship will go, Alan sang his praises for Joanna.
“Joanna is extremely accomplished,” he gushed. “She is easily the hardest-working and most active actress in Hollywood for well over 50 years. She’s a great mother to her adult children, turns up for many fundraisers for first responders and is staff for her four cats. She is no Hollywood BS, and we laugh a lot.”
Alan continued, “I’m fortunate to have Joanna in my life. Most men would love to have a Joanna in their life. I do not know where this relationship is going, but what I do know is that being in the cocktail hour of my life, I am blessed with a magnificent family — thanks to incredible Suzanne — a privileged life, and our business that we created 50 years ago.”
Shortly after her death, Alan explained why Suzanne was buried in Timberland boots.
