Suzanne Somers: 50 Year Love Affair, Three's Company, Pay Disparity in Hollywood, & MORE!

[@kimprimatic]

Suzanne has been a trailblazer her entire life. What a treat to hear her today, and how lucky are you to have met her early on. You said that she was kind and she replied, "Why wouldn't I be?" She's a master class in resilience, success on her own terms, the power of a great marriage and grace.

[@redrobin1991]

I could listen to Suzannes stories all day long.

[@kathywellerart]

Suzanne Somers is a national treasure!!! Thank you so much bringing us this interview! Suzanne, thank you for sharing your incredible stories and wisdom!

[@melindamonroe527]

This was a great interview, Heather! You could tell she felt totally at ease with you, therefore was so forthcoming. My daughter and I love watching you! 😘

[@Totallysamsays]

THIS: Was sooooo good!! Powerful, Inspirational and informative. I ❤️ Susanna Somers. It's so nice to actually hear a guest talk and not be cut off due to time. Heather this was such amazing interview. I liked how you let her go on and on without any reactions. Bravo! ❤️👍🏾

[@juliecooper8115]

Suzanne looks so youthful and pretty. Her eyes without the dark makeup makes her look so much younger. Great interview.

[@erinboyd9274]

I feel like I just did something good for myself by watching this interview - Suzanne Somers is a true inspiration!

[@carolinehowell1364]

OMG - 73! She is so business smart and I so admire her commitment to organic health. Great interview!

[@febytorres1152]

Heather, you are KILLING it with these interviews! This is GREAT! Love Suzanne! Tell the booking department, they're doing awesome ;)

[@ScubaSteve3560]

This was a great get Heather! Nicely done, Suzanne Summers is a big deal. I'll have a watch before bed, keep up the good work!

[@purpleice7277]

Suzanne was meant to be a star, plain and simple. 🤩

[@nwad3322]

Wonderful interview...I love in this “stay at home” time I get to see a glimpse inside everyone’s home.

[@mariana.willinghamlmft3455]

Suzanne is my inspiration!!! Heather this was a great interview and thank you for allowing her to talk and not interjecting.

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@Smileyson58]

Three’s company was always something we watched when I was a kid and I know it was rude that’s why us kids loved it. Suzanne is an ikon. She looks amazing and she always has. I’m 47, she was a big part of my childhood TV

[@myzenlife1]

Woah Suzanne looks so, so good and I love seeing her without the heavy eye makeup. Thanks Heather!

[@rongreen2976]

Great guest! I love that quote she says, Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. I'll have to remember that.

[@cathypaul5349]

Great Interview! You let her talk.

[@JuicyScoop]

Haha...thanks

[@ceekerr8413]

Exactly what I was thinking Cathy Paul! When you have someone as interesting as Suzanne, let her talk. Loved it Heather!

[@the4rtistandtheproduc3r]

Inspiration, icon, constant trail blazer.

[@isabellastambolis6484]

I remember her being one of the first talking about an alcoholic parent.

[@m.anastasiabucskova893]

Finally, an interview on Juicy Scoop that Heather allowed the guest to speak almost uninterrupted. I wish all of Heather's interviews would be like this.

[@robingrl23]

That was greatest interview. She was fantastic. Thank you. I’m going to get the book.

[@doreendaykin6693]

AMAZING INTERVIEW!!!! GRATITUDE HEATHER👏👏👏

[@G_mpDWLe111]

This was such a wonderful interview! Thanks for sharing!

[@franklinwilliamson4972]

Great interview. At least Heather knows when to just let the guest talk and share their story uninterrupted.

[@pirilu2371]

Such an inspiring interview! Wish it had been much longer

[@donelenakata1139]

I think this is one of the best Juicy Scoops yet! Great interview with Suzanne - I didn't want it to end.

[@lauralaskowski3333]

Thank you so much Suzanne for All you do to educate people on health matters. I will continue to watch your 3 Live shows a week. A New Way to Age is a Great book. Love your products. Love your stories and so glad you spoke up for yourself regarding Three's Company...a sitcom I still watch daily..Best episodes with you and Mr. Roper. Hope to meet you someday. God Bless you. You are such a Smart talented person.. you look younger every time I see you. Your cocktail parties are so entertaining. I look forward to your Live shows. I wish I could go to Big Al's Bar. I Love how positive you are and please continue to write books. I must set aside some time each day to finish reading a New Way to Age and I have 2 other books of yours to read. Great video!! Thanks for sharing.❤

[@katherinem2512]

I love that while she looked like a silly blonde bc of her character actually she was super smart and ahead of her time in terms of her mind for business

[@bellabouton6994]

Really enjoyed this interview. I have admired Suzanne for many years.💖 Going to check out her Facebook page.💯

[@anelam71]

I loved this! Been watching her since I was a little girl. She looks amazing. Gotta buy her book.

[@mirandam5746]

I’m kinda too young to know much about Suzanne but I like her vibe. So I googled her and we have the same bday. 😊

[@AllegedlyMaybe]

Suzanne really drops serious "gems" everytime she talks.....and her ticket sales have always been consistent no matter what she does! Great interview Heather!

[@prettyhappymakeup]

Suzanne Somers looks amazing still! Good for her for standing up for herself. Suzanne is very business savvy I don’t think people realize. Great job Heather.

[@hairdresser1300]

I remember 3 is company as a young person...it sucked when Chrissy Snow wasn't not on. Still till this day I will not watch a rerun without Susanne

[@jacquesrichard3835]

Great interview! Thanks heather

[@muziklvrnfl2835]

Suzanne Somers is NO dumb blonde! She's a brilliant business woman. I've always loved her and everything she does. She made a movie years ago with Donald Sutherland, called Nothing Personal, I love that movie, I was a collector of seal and sea lion's and it struck a nerve in me. I absolutely love the way she views life and how she lives life and love.

[@shantaef2724]

Great interview! Thanks!

[@coreylevi2328]

YAAAAAAAAASSSS! Damn, Bootch. You're going to make me join Patreon! I'm broke right now, but I promise a portion of any future Stimulus $$$ to Juicy Scoop.... And I don't lie that much anymore.

[@alexisr5199]

WOW, that was great! Great interviewer #JuicyScoop. Could tell she liked you. Suzanne is a great woman, a woman's, woman.

[@the4rtistandtheproduc3r]

This needs more views

[@MakeupByDiana529]

Omg I loveeeeddd this episode!

[@Marnarose4433]

She is so beautiful!! What an incredible story.

[@MsTee7475]

Literally using the thigh master as I listen to this, without one thought of it being her creation lol 😂 That was a fun coincidence 👍🏻😘

[@vintagebodymindsoulradley9151]

Best show ever Heather!! great job

[@marcnadeau4657]

Heather is quiet and listening, wow lol!

[@chriscreekmore210]

I love Susanne! Thank u Heather great interview!

[@patricialevi3190]

My Dr., had me doing physio the first week of having surgery for my broken hip. I wonder why she wasn’t allowed to move for six weeks? That actually sounds very dangerous to not move for that length of time because of blood clots, etc.

[@purpleice7277]

Great interview! I wonder who Suzanne named her son after?

[@melissawerra8162]

Great interview. Love her!

[@ald668]

Wow! Perhaps, Suzanne's best interview!

[@rebekkad.2092]

I love that Suzanne fought for equal pay. Back then it was probably impossibly difficult but she went forward. I am also glad that she's been successful independent of Hollywood. She got everything good that she deserves. Plus she's worth a lot more than Joyce Dewitt, which makes me happy.

[@myzenlife1]

Getting the book STAT!!

[@blandinavalerio6197]

No dumb blond here... amazing stories, really enjoyed this interview

[@katherinexolouise]

Crying! Love her!

[@007nadineL]

*It's so funny she got her husband to pretend she had another appointment. Funny funny.* .

[@ShartySpice]

I worked for the call center that took calls for Suzanne's infomercial products back in the late '90s/early 2000s. Her shit was so overpriced that they wouldn't even disclose the prices on the infomercials because if they did, no one would bother to pick up their phone and call in. So it was my job to drop the bomb on the callers and then beat the credit card info out of them. This woman was so cheap, we made less than 1% commission on her products. Her stupid Torso Track was nearly $400 after tax and up-sells and we'd get $3.00 for making the sale. Insulting. And she's STILL selling shit from her home at this age? Doesn't a person ever have enough money??? Anyway, RIP to all those Torso Tracks that are now cluttering landfills.

[@Mike-fp5rc]

Yeah she's shrewd, but think of all the women who got beautiful legs from her Thighmaster!

[@raptureready5004]

I thought thighmasters were around $29.00

[@kimdelk1181]

She has so much wisdom wow.

[@AllegedlyMaybe]

I love women who really show how dimensional women really are!

[@hairdresser1300]

perfectly stated

[@Julie-rg8zl]

Weird ending with Alan saying interview was done. Ugh

[@mjbrownlee7979]

Sooo she was with a game show host,producer and actor(alan) and she didn't know she had to have an agent?? 🤔

[@laurawas661]

I think the truth usually lies somewhere between our perceptions. I respect every woman who became an adult in the 60s and came out a feminist on a healing journey. IMO she has a self-important chilliness *in this video.* I don't remember her that way otherwise.

[@laurawas661]

OMG just found out she's into Trump. What the hell...

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

The interviewer has two different tv movies confused. One movie was based on Suzanne’s book “Keeping Secrets”, the other is based on Chris Mann’s book “Come And Knock On My Door”

[@karenmarkowitz8083]

Love her!!

[@amyjacquelineg.9541]

For such a self educated confident woman , she needs to learn the definition of /what “organic” matter consists of. It’s used in so much advertising under healthy, natural, clean beauty( all b.s marketing) Anyone can “google” it! 🙄

[@shawnmcqueen7538]

so mean

[@kathrynoneill5862]

Suzanne is so beautiful. She was so funny on Three's Company. They never showed have let her go from that show that was really stupid.

[@BobSmith-mz1uo]

There goes Suzanne again completely rewriting history.

[@AJ-dq6tm]

what do you mean? what's she lying about

[@kathrynoneill5862]

It's her truth. Were you there?

[@BobSmith-mz1uo]

@@kathrynoneill5862 I'm sorry I can't provide a link on my tablet I don't know how to do that but there are documentaries here on KZbin with numerous people telling the story from behind-the-scenes, including John and Joyce. It's true that Suzanne had incredible popularity on TV. It's also true that Laverne & Shirley had gotten huge pay raises that the network was resentful of. What she's leaving out about the negotiation is that her, John and Joyce had "Favored Nations" status (which means what one got, all got). Suzanne was making $30,000 per episode. The negotiations were opened with an offer of an additional five-thousand, (which of course would have been a total low ball amount). Instead of countering with an amount like 20 thousand increase per episode, her husband announced he wanted 150 thousand per episode-- plus 10% ownership of the syndication! That automatically meant that John and Joyce would also get $150,000 EACH per episode PLUS 10% ownership of syndication. (The truth was actually that John as the star was getting even more than the girls so it would have been more like $200,000 per episode for him, but Suzanne didn't know that yet). Now does that seem like a reasonable opening negotiation to you? From $30,000 to $150,000 plus 10% ownership? For EVERYONE? So the negotiations immediately broke down. What did Suzanne do next? She began missing rehearsals, claiming she had broken a rib on The Tonight Show, although she was still performing her Vegas Act without any problems. Eventually she didn't show up for a taping day. That means they couldn't produce the show they had all been preparing for a week. There is insurance to cover exactly this situation. They needed to have the company doctor examine Suzanne so that the insurance would pay. Suzanne refused to let the company doctor look at her rib. So they lost an incredible amount of money on that one episode because the insurance would not pay. Basically, Suzanne was holding the show hostage on the theory that they would never let Chrissy go based on her popularity. By the way, her Three's Company costume fitter lied for her when the company asked him if he had ever seen her wearing a back brace. He claimed he was never in the room when she gotten undressed. He admitted on the documentary that that was a lie. He HAD been there when she was getting undressed and she had NO back brace. Anyway, this was what turned John and Joyce against her. It was the fact that she was taking the show down to get what she wanted. It wasn't like they turned against her for nothing. Their attitude was: Go ahead and fight as hard as you want when negotiation time comes, but then we all come back to the set and do the show that we are here to do. Don't kill the show to get what you want. So the producers wanted to fire her but the network wouldn't let them because they were worried about the ratings. That's why they invented the little end section where she calls from her mother's house. They had to find a way to use her so that if she didn't show up, it wouldn't destroy the entire episode. Along with the documentary here on KZbin there was also a book written: "Come and Knock on Our Door". It was co written by Jorce DeWitt.

[@ms.frenchhen6501]

Love your story about your story about your father. I am going to ask for some apologies

[@johnnyborealis]

smartest woman in hollywood

[@eryahjames8898]

Hahah I see she asked u to snip a little piece out there when she talks about her hip and the pandemic 🤪

[@mjbrownlee7979]

I don't know🤔🤔I like her ! But then I don't ! ..seems kinda braggadocious at times not very humble and I know she's a big star but I don't know ...also wasn't her husband married when they met .? I thought I heard that on tv ?

[@lorireece1970]

So, am I understanding this correctly? She wasn’t trying to get the most money for herself, but just trying to level the playing field to make things equal with her costars?

[@cherylgrace6131]

Geez, Suzanne is so self absorbed and borderline obnoxious 🙄😳. Heather let her roll. 👍

[@aleatuago2170]

Omg heather

[@wrenwinged460]

Snooze fest, I kept dozing off. It's all recycled stories and info. I'm also surprised you didn't edit out how you didn't get what she meant about "selling tickets." I was frankly embarrassed for you. Selling tickets to live shows in the off season? lol Are you sure you work in showbiz?

[@laurawas661]

When I heard that, all I noticed was that SS explained it as a "euphemism." I wanted to yell "Metaphor! You mean metaphor." Or idiom, expression, figure of speech, analogy, etc. Not euphemism.

[@leahhart3585]

❤️ ❄️

[@stevenroby1667]

If the producer of sex in city gave her millions in free publicity you think she could bother to at least learn his name,

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

Suzanne has received a lot of criticism. Likely from people that really don’t know or understand Suzanne Somers. She is an ambitious woman who achieves her goals. 💪👩‍🦳❤