Ted Danson is being honest about his past.
In a new interview NPR and The “Cheers” star admitted that she was emotionally immature for the first half of her life.
“…I won’t go into too much detail, but I didn’t grow up emotionally until I was in my 40s and I was a bit of a liar in relationships, so I’ll just say it,” Danson said. “And that’s when I really started to work on myself. I went to clinics, I talked to psychologists, I talked to mentors. I tried really hard to not be that person who hides their feelings and runs out the back door.”
Danson admitted that the situation has been tough for his parents, and it seems like that has come out in public.
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Ted Danson admitted in a new interview with NPR that he “didn’t grow up emotionally” until he was in his 40s. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images, courtesy of the Environmental Media Association)
“So the press covered it like crazy and my poor parents were like, ‘What?’ So I finally called them and they were so sweet and came over to support me,” he said.
He added: “The presses were awful, but working under the presses was invaluable. I’m so grateful I had that time, even though it was so, so messy.”
Danson would have been in his 40s in the early 1990s, and following the end of his marriage to Cassandra “Casey” Coates in 1993, he had a brief relationship with Whoopi Goldberg.
His hit sitcom, “Cheers,” was also nearing its end, having aired its final episode in 1993.
Speaking at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Danson said his life was “a mess” when “Cheers” ended. (ATX Television Festival)
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“My life was a mess at that time, and if I hadn’t stopped and picked myself up, I never would have met my wife,” Danson said during a panel discussion about the show at the ATX Television Festival in Austin last year.
In 1995, Danson married Mary Steenburgen, who was previously married to Malcolm McDowell, and became stepfather to Charlie McDowell and Lily Walton from that marriage.
In an interview with NPR, Danson said that despite everything that’s happened, he wouldn’t change anything.
“I wouldn’t choose to do it over again. If I had done things differently and taken a different path, my wife Mary Steenburgen and I would not be together. I am deeply ashamed and embarrassed about many of the events of my past, but that is my life,” he said.
Despite his past mistakes, Danson said he wouldn’t change anything: “If I had done things differently, taken a different path, I wouldn’t be with my wife, Mary Steenburgen.” (Robin Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Good Place star added, “I wish I hadn’t become a liar and walked out the back door at a young age. I wish it hadn’t happened to me. But even scars can be endearing if you’ve lived through them and acknowledged them and made amends and done things like that.”
He also revealed that Steenburgen had embraced his past “from day one.”
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“I’ve kind of been a convert to the truth, and there are no secrets in our life,” Danson said. “If I don’t tell the truth for even a moment, it’s such a shock to me that I immediately stop and say, ‘I need to talk to you.’ Telling the truth makes life glide by. But our life is full of laughter and joy. We are very blessed.”
