“The show’s response was, ‘Who do you think you are?'”
“They said, ‘John Ritter is the star.'”
However, the tension started earlier than that when the trio appeared on the cover of Newsweek.
“Joyce wanted to be known as an actor and not a celebrity.
She had other shots of her in front of the pink or blue screen in a nightie.
It also further conflicted Joyce about doing publicity, because she felt lied to.”
But, decades later, that changed.
“I’m at the beauty salon.
So, I say, ‘Thanks.'”
Next, Somers got an invite to work with Ritter, something she thought would never happen again.
So, we decided to do that … and then a month later he died."
