Ted Danson cryptically referred to having recently undergone a ‘health scare,’ which he described as a ‘wake-up call.’
‘The last thing that kind of hit me that was very liberating was I had a bit of a health scare. I’m totally fine, but it was like, “Oh, well, that’s real,”‘ the 78-year-old Cheers alum revealed on his podcast Where Everybody Knows Your Name on Wednesday.
‘And it was humbling. “Oh, mortality is uh it’s the real deal, you know. It’s not just a rumor. Ted Danson doesn’t get a free pass. Love his work, but…” And I hadn’t f***ed up in some way. So, I couldn’t go, “Oh, Ted, [wags finger].”‘
Danson went on to say the health scare was ‘the best thing that could have happened to me’ and he’s since made changes to his lifestyle.
‘I am meditating now twice a day with Mary,’ the two-time Emmy winner said of his third wife Mary Steenburgen.
‘It’s like, wow, I’ve always talked about it and lied about it, [laughs]. But what it’s done for me, the biggest gift of all [is] you can be curious about other people.
Ted Danson cryptically referred to having recently undergone a ‘health scare,’ which he described as a ‘wake-up call’ (pictured November 17)
‘You can listen and you can be supportive, caring, you can witness them and I do believe that that’s the rest of my life is to be curious and listen. That’s the best thing I can offer.’
Danson added: ‘It just means but you have experienced allowing so much pain to get to the joy and all that.’
Last year, the married couple of 30 years were jointly awarded the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Danson originally met the 73-year-old Oscar winner on the set of Peter Medak’s adventure film Pontiac Moon in 1993 – the same year he divorced second wife Cassandra Coates after 15 years of marriage.
Steenburgen is stepmother to the Go the F*** to College narrator’s two daughters – Kate, 46, and Alexis, 40 – with Coates.
And Danson is stepfather to the Last Train to Fortune actress’ two children – Lilly, 45, and Charlie, 42 – from her decade-long marriage to her Time After Time co-star Malcolm McDowell, which ended in 1990.
On February 3, Netflix renewed Michael Schur’s critically-acclaimed comedy A Man on the Inside for a third season, so the inseparable pair should reprise their roles as private investigator Charles Nieuwendyk and college professor Mona Margadoff.
The 78-year-old Cheers alum revealed on his podcast Where Everybody Knows Your Name on Wednesday: ‘The last thing that kind of hit me that was very liberating was I had a bit of a health scare. I’m totally fine, but it was like, “Oh, well, that’s real”‘
Danson continued: ‘And it was humbling. “Oh, mortality is uh it’s the real deal, you know. It’s not just a rumor. Ted Danson doesn’t get a free pass. Love his work, but…” And I hadn’t f***ed up in some way. So, I couldn’t go, “Oh, Ted, [wags finger]”‘
The two-time Emmy winner went on to say the health scare was ‘the best thing that could have happened to me’ and he’s since made changes to his lifestyle: ‘I am meditating now twice a day with Mary’
Last year, Danson and the 73-year-old Oscar winner were jointly awarded the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (pictured January 6)
The married couple of 30 years (pictured in 1994) originally met on the set of Peter Medak’s adventure film Pontiac Moon in 1993 – the same year he divorced second wife Cassandra Coates after 15 years of marriage
Steenburgen is now stepmother to the Go the F*** to College narrator’s two daughters with Coates and he is stepfather to her two children with ex-husband Malcolm McDowell
On February 3, Netflix renewed Michael Schur’s critically-acclaimed comedy A Man on the Inside for a third season, so the inseparable pair should reprise their roles as private investigator Charles Nieuwendyk and college professor Mona Margadoff
Danson will host The History Channel’s upcoming 10-episode docuseries – Extraordinary Origins with Ted Danson – about ‘the innovations, inventions and discoveries that helped shape the modern world.’
The Cali-born Arizona-raised actor will also voice Sean’s Dad in Roger Holzberg’s seven-episode animated children’s series The Magic 7, which will reportedly be released in December.
Danson is best known for his role as bartender Sam Malone in Glen Charles, Les Charles and James Burrows’ iconic Boston-set sitcom Cheers, which aired for 11 seasons spanning 1982-1993 on NBC.
The Three Men and a Baby alum is also known for his work in HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), FX legal drama Damages (2007–2010), NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020) and CBS sitcom Becker (1998–2004).
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