I sorry to say the Suzanne Sommers bashing makes me sick! Perhaps Suzanne Sommers may have gone somewhat overboard during Threes's Company BUT the TV Show was STIILL a BUSINESS! she had every right to fight for what she felt she was was worth like everyone else
When Threes Company started Dewitt and Sommer's contacts were the same and Ritter made more money. Yet Sommers started to be noticed more then Dewitt for obivous reasons. Naturally the Producers used Sommers body on the advertisements more so then Dewitt and Ritter. I am sure Dewitt was bitter about this but this Hollywood after all. No one says life is fair!
This goes back to the contact dispute with the producers using Sommers sex appeal as part of the tv show, and more attention paid to Sommers by Hollywood it probably did encourage Sommers to overboard with her demands.
That goes back to Dewitt, in most of the interviews I have seen she tends to blame Sommers and the producers for her ill feelings. Perhaps some is justified but not of it. Instead of going with her life all she plays the victim that her career did not go any place after the show. She feels victimized that the producers cut her out of Three's A crowd. I am sorry but Hollywood is not fair she should have realized that.
Looking at Sommers and Dewitt in recent years it is not hard to see who really overcame. Sommers became a business woman, Las Vegas entertainer, sitcom star. Dewitt ended up in a police photo.

People have a right to their opinions. A lot of us are just calling it as we see it because Suzanne comes off as a self-absorbed brat. I find it funny that you say Joyce is the one blaming Suzanne in these interviews because I have yet to see this. All I ever see is Suzanne whining about how she's so innocent and can't understand why anyone was mad at her, and then she goes on to make some snippy comment about Joyce or someone else. The same woman who wouldn't even bother to make some nice comments about the late John Ritter on the TC DVD's because she wouldn't be getting the right amount of money. What a sweetheart.

Joyce wasn't jealous of Suzanne. She's said time and time again she didn't want any of that attention. She could have had it if she wanted it, she just didn't. And you're saying she plays the victim because she stopped acting after Three's Company? Are you kidding me? She CHOSE to do that. She was sick of Hollywood because she DID realize it was unfair. Take it or leave it...and she chose to leave it. That's not playing the victim. If anyone is playing the victim, it's Suzanne and I could give you so many examples.

No, you misunderstand. People don't dislike her solely because of the trouble she caused on the show; they dislike her because of her personality. I'm not saying you can't be a fan, but leave the rest of us to our own opinions. I love Chrissy Snow, and I think Suzanne did a good job portraying her...but as a person, I just do not care for her and I have every right to feel that way.

People have a right to their opinions. A lot of us are just calling it as we see it because Suzanne comes off as a self-absorbed brat. I find it funny that you say Joyce is the one blaming Suzanne in these interviews because I have yet to see this. All I ever see is Suzanne whining about how she's so innocent and can't understand why anyone was mad at her, and then she goes on to make some snippy comment about Joyce or someone else. The same woman who wouldn't even bother to make some nice comments about the late John Ritter on the TC DVD's because she wouldn't be getting the right amount of money. What a sweetheart.

Joyce wasn't jealous of Suzanne. She's said time and time again she didn't want any of that attention. She could have had it if she wanted it, she just didn't. And you're saying she plays the victim because she stopped acting after Three's Company? Are you kidding me? She CHOSE to do that. She was sick of Hollywood because she DID realize it was unfair. Take it or leave it...and she chose to leave it. That's not playing the victim. If anyone is playing the victim, it's Suzanne and I could give you so many examples.

No, you misunderstand. People don't dislike her solely because of the trouble she caused on the show; they dislike her because of her personality. I'm not saying you can't be a fan, but leave the rest of us to our own opinions. I love Chrissy Snow, and I think Suzanne did a good job portraying her...but as a person, I just do not care for her and I have every right to feel that way.


thank you. could'nt agree anymore

People have a right to their opinions. A lot of us are just calling it as we see it because Suzanne comes off as a self-absorbed brat. I find it funny that you say Joyce is the one blaming Suzanne in these interviews because I have yet to see this. All I ever see is Suzanne whining about how she's so innocent and can't understand why anyone was mad at her, and then she goes on to make some snippy comment about Joyce or someone else. The same woman who wouldn't even bother to make some nice comments about the late John Ritter on the TC DVD's because she wouldn't be getting the right amount of money. What a sweetheart.

Joyce wasn't jealous of Suzanne. She's said time and time again she didn't want any of that attention. She could have had it if she wanted it, she just didn't. And you're saying she plays the victim because she stopped acting after Three's Company? Are you kidding me? She CHOSE to do that. She was sick of Hollywood because she DID realize it was unfair. Take it or leave it...and she chose to leave it. That's not playing the victim. If anyone is playing the victim, it's Suzanne and I could give you so many examples.

No, you misunderstand. People don't dislike her solely because of the trouble she caused on the show; they dislike her because of her personality. I'm not saying you can't be a fan, but leave the rest of us to our own opinions. I love Chrissy Snow, and I think Suzanne did a good job portraying her...but as a person, I just do not care for her and I have every right to feel that way.


I do not know what interviews that you watched with Joyce Dewitt but from the interviews I have seen including the Hollywood True Story (1998). Joyce comes off as a bitter person and attacks suzanne sommers and the show. I never claimed Suzanne Sommers was perfect and innocent in the Three's Company feud. She should NOT be blamed for the whole mess that started with inequalties in the show. The producers set up the contact system unfair to the people involved in the show especially giving more money to Ritter. The producers later came to use Sommer's sex appeal to sell the show through advertisements and commercials. This feud was started by how the show was set up and run. Still Hollywood is a cut throat town and if you cannot stomach it stay away.

People have a right to their opinions. A lot of us are just calling it as we see it because Suzanne comes off as a self-absorbed brat. I find it funny that you say Joyce is the one blaming Suzanne in these interviews because I have yet to see this. All I ever see is Suzanne whining about how she's so innocent and can't understand why anyone was mad at her, and then she goes on to make some snippy comment about Joyce or someone else. The same woman who wouldn't even bother to make some nice comments about the late John Ritter on the TC DVD's because she wouldn't be getting the right amount of money. What a sweetheart.

Joyce wasn't jealous of Suzanne. She's said time and time again she didn't want any of that attention. She could have had it if she wanted it, she just didn't. And you're saying she plays the victim because she stopped acting after Three's Company? Are you kidding me? She CHOSE to do that. She was sick of Hollywood because she DID realize it was unfair. Take it or leave it...and she chose to leave it. That's not playing the victim. If anyone is playing the victim, it's Suzanne and I could give you so many examples.

No, you misunderstand. People don't dislike her solely because of the trouble she caused on the show; they dislike her because of her personality. I'm not saying you can't be a fan, but leave the rest of us to our own opinions. I love Chrissy Snow, and I think Suzanne did a good job portraying her...but as a person, I just do not care for her and I have every right to feel that way.


I almost forgot but Ritter was also known to have made crude jokes about sommer's body.

I sorry to say the Suzanne Sommers bashing makes me sick! Perhaps Suzanne Sommers may have gone somewhat overboard during Threes's Company BUT the TV Show was STIILL a BUSINESS! she had every right to fight for what she felt she was was worth like everyone else
When Threes Company started Dewitt and Sommer's contacts were the same and Ritter made more money. Yet Sommers started to be noticed more then Dewitt for obivous reasons. Naturally the Producers used Sommers body on the advertisements more so then Dewitt and Ritter. I am sure Dewitt was bitter about this but this Hollywood after all. No one says life is fair!
This goes back to the contact dispute with the producers using Sommers sex appeal as part of the tv show, and more attention paid to Sommers by Hollywood it probably did encourage Sommers to overboard with her demands.
That goes back to Dewitt, in most of the interviews I have seen she tends to blame Sommers and the producers for her ill feelings. Perhaps some is justified but not of it. Instead of going with her life all she plays the victim that her career did not go any place after the show. She feels victimized that the producers cut her out of Three's A crowd. I am sorry but Hollywood is not fair she should have realized that.
Looking at Sommers and Dewitt in recent years it is not hard to see who really overcame. Sommers became a business woman, Las Vegas entertainer, sitcom star. Dewitt ended up in a police photo.
Well I have pretty much given up on trying to defend Suzanne on these boards. It's pretty hopeless. I remember one time some members even wanted to remove Suzanne's photo from the top of the page. :rolleyes:. I don't know Suzanne and I don't know Joyce. It seems like the feud boils down to who you like more. Suzanne was greedy back then and was very wrong to hold up the show like she did. I have heard her comment about those times and she doesn't seem very remorseful. On the other hand I have seen Joyce in interviews and she does come off as very bitter. I'm sure she was jealous of Suzanne's popularity back them. She was always the 3rd star on TC until Suzanne left. I know. I was in school when TC aired and practically nobody talked about Joyce. She obviously has quite a lot of fans now. Well anyway, I think they both have issues and if they want to continue to hate each other then that's their business. I no longer care. Everybody has their sides and nobody's changing anybody's opinions. I don't care to read a bunch of bashing either but what can you do? Just enjoy the show because no matter what ,a great comedy came out of all this chaos.

Well I have pretty much given up on trying to defend Suzanne on these boards. It's pretty hopeless. I remember one time some members even wanted to remove Suzanne's photo from the top of the page. :rolleyes:. I don't know Suzanne and I don't know Joyce. It seems like the feud boils down to who you like more. Suzanne was greedy back then and was very wrong to hold up the show like she did. I have heard her comment about those times and she doesn't seem very remorseful. On the other hand I have seen Joyce in interviews and she does come off as very bitter. I'm sure she was jealous of Suzanne's popularity back them. She was always the 3rd star on TC until Suzanne left. I know. I was in school when TC aired and practically nobody talked about Joyce. She obviously has quite a lot of fans now. Well anyway, I think they both have issues and if they want to continue to hate each other then that's their business. I no longer care. Everybody has their sides and nobody's changing anybody's opinions. I don't care to read a bunch of bashing either but what can you do? Just enjoy the show because no matter what ,a great comedy came out of all this chaos.

I agree that Sommers went overboard with her contact demands and let Hollywood go to her head. She probably thought and to certain degree was correct that she was breaking out in popularity. She was clearly more popular then Joyce and was more on the level of John Ritter. That is why I never believed Joyce when she claimed she was never jealous. Clearly she is a 1970s icon on the level of Farrah.

I agree that Sommers went overboard with her contact demands and let Hollywood go to her head. She probably thought and to certain degree was correct that she was breaking out in popularity. She was clearly more popular then Joyce and was more on the level of John Ritter. That is why I never believed Joyce when she claimed she was never jealous. Clearly she is a 1970s icon on the level of Farrah.
Yea you are right about that. Suzanne was everywhere in the late 70's.She was very big. I think it did go to her head but unknown to her, ABC was determined to make an example of the next star who came to them in a contract dispute. It just so happens it was her. The producers even forced her to stay on the show that extra year because they were afraid that ratings would suffer.

I do not know what interviews that you watched with Joyce Dewitt but from the interviews I have seen including the Hollywood True Story (1998). Joyce comes off as a bitter person and attacks suzanne sommers and the show. I never claimed Suzanne Sommers was perfect and innocent in the Three's Company feud. She should NOT be blamed for the whole mess that started with inequalties in the show. The producers set up the contact system unfair to the people involved in the show especially giving more money to Ritter. The producers later came to use Sommer's sex appeal to sell the show through advertisements and commercials. This feud was started by how the show was set up and run. Still Hollywood is a cut throat town and if you cannot stomach it stay away.
I disagree that Joyce appears bitter about Suzanne. The show and the producers more so. Agree to disagree.

You're missing my point though. I honestly don't see anyone here bashing Suzanne to death. The thread someone posted about disliking her is the most I've seen of it recently. I've only ever posted my feelings about her as a person. And that's what I'm talking about...no one's even talking about what she did in the past, just her personality and the fact that we don't care for it. Last time I checked, that wasn't a crime.

When Suzanne Somers stopped showing up for work, she broke the rules in her contract. When she did that it gave the producers the legal right to fire her after her contract expired. But this is a free country and we all have the right to our own opinions. :)

Well I have pretty much given up on trying to defend Suzanne on these boards. It's pretty hopeless. I remember one time some members even wanted to remove Suzanne's photo from the top of the page. :rolleyes:. I don't know Suzanne and I don't know Joyce. It seems like the feud boils down to who you like more. Suzanne was greedy back then and was very wrong to hold up the show like she did. I have heard her comment about those times and she doesn't seem very remorseful. On the other hand I have seen Joyce in interviews and she does come off as very bitter. I'm sure she was jealous of Suzanne's popularity back them. She was always the 3rd star on TC until Suzanne left. I know. I was in school when TC aired and practically nobody talked about Joyce. She obviously has quite a lot of fans now. Well anyway, I think they both have issues and if they want to continue to hate each other then that's their business. I no longer care. Everybody has their sides and nobody's changing anybody's opinions. I don't care to read a bunch of bashing either but what can you do? Just enjoy the show because no matter what ,a great comedy came out of all this chaos.I haven't really seen any Suzanne bashing on the level that you're describing anytime recently. Not saying it didn't happen, but it isn't so bad anymore. Like I said, all I've seen recently is the one thread where the poster says they don't care for Suzanne. I don't see that as bashing, just an opinion.

And I also don't think that either Suzanne and Joyce are completely innocent in this, and at the same time I don't really think there's this huge fued anymore that people like to think there is. Joyce seems pretty over it, and I thought Suzanne seemed over it too until I saw that recent interview where she rags on Joyce a bit. If anything, to me that's bitter. I haven't seen Joyce make any comments that directly attack Suzanne like that. Correct me if I'm wrong. I just don't get where people get that Joyce is so bitter. I'm open to examples, honestly. I've seen or read in interviews where she seems a bit bitter, but it's really more so about the producers and the way they treated her and Suzanne as well...not bitter toward Suzanne herself.

I don't know, call it taking sides but I'm just trying to call it like I see it.

When Suzanne Somers stopped showing up for work, she broke the rules in her contract. When she did that it gave the producers the legal right to fire her after her contract expired. But this is a free country and we all have the right to our own opinions. :)
and in the end I do think the cast changes kept the show fresh.

I almost forgot but Ritter was also known to have made crude jokes about sommer's body.

What an ignorant statement.

I haven't really seen any Suzanne bashing on the level that you're describing anytime recently. Not saying it didn't happen, but it isn't so bad anymore. Like I said, all I've seen recently is the one thread where the poster says they don't care for Suzanne. I don't see that as bashing, just an opinion.

And I also don't think that either Suzanne and Joyce are completely innocent in this, and at the same time I don't really think there's this huge fued anymore that people like to think there is. Joyce seems pretty over it, and I thought Suzanne seemed over it too until I saw that recent interview where she rags on Joyce a bit. If anything, to me that's bitter. I haven't seen Joyce make any comments that directly attack Suzanne like that. Correct me if I'm wrong. I just don't get where people get that Joyce is so bitter. I'm open to examples, honestly. I've seen or read in interviews where she seems a bit bitter, but it's really more so about the producers and the way they treated her and Suzanne as well...not bitter toward Suzanne herself.

I don't know, call it taking sides but I'm just trying to call it like I see it.
It's been pretty quiet lately but a few years ago that's all that was on this board...that and members who wanted to see Jack and Janet together. I'm over all that now. I did get into it with a few people...like I said...some wanted to even replace Chrissy's photo at the top of the page with one that had Priscilla and it had nothing to do with just wanting a change. It was because they hated Suzanne.

The one interview I do remember that Joyce made that was real bitter about Suzanne was the E True Hollywood Story on TC. That was quite a few years ago and maybe she's not as bitter anymore. It sounded like hate coming out of her mouth. She was also very angry at the producers of course. I've also heard some people say that Joyce and Suzanne were never really close anyway so maybe the fans are making too much out of it. I don't know.

It's been pretty quiet lately but a few years ago that's all that was on this board...that and members who wanted to see Jack and Janet together. I'm over all that now. I did get into it with a few people...like I said...some wanted to even replace Chrissy's photo at the top of the page with one that had Priscilla and it had nothing to do with just wanting a change. It was because they hated Suzanne.

The one interview I do remember that Joyce made that was real bitter about Suzanne was the E True Hollywood Story on TC. That was quite a few years ago and maybe she's not as bitter anymore. It sounded like hate coming out of her mouth. She was also very angry at the producers of course. I've also heard some people say that Joyce and Suzanne were never really close anyway so maybe the fans are making too much out of it. I don't know.
Well those people certainly behaved immaturely, and I (and I'm sure most of the rest of us) can honestly say we don't hate Suzanne...we just don't care for her.

I haven't seen the E THS in years so I really don't remember a lot of what they said...but it seems to me now that they're over it (although, again, I don't know now after certain remarks Suzanne made recently). But I do agree that fans are making too much out of it.

Well those people certainly behaved immaturely, and I (and I'm sure most of the rest of us) can honestly say we don't hate Suzanne...we just don't care for her.

I haven't seen the E THS in years so I really don't remember a lot of what they said...but it seems to me now that they're over it (although, again, I don't know now after certain remarks Suzanne made recently). But I do agree that fans are making too much out of it.
Yea and we can both agree that the show was great. Like Lucille Ball said,all it did was make us laugh and that's why we love it. I think a lot of fans wish that because the characters were so great and they felt like family that they hoped the actors and the people involved in making the show could have gotten along better. It's sad that they can't. It isn't just Joyce and Suzanne either. Nobody seemed to like the producers. Priscilla has said that her TC years were the worse of her life. It's just too bad that all this negative stuff happened because when they filmed the show in front of the live audience, they were magic. :)

Yea and we can both agree that the show was great. Like Lucille Ball said,all it did was make us laugh and that's why we love it. I think a lot of fans wish that because the characters were so great and they felt like family that they hoped the actors and the people involved in making the show could have gotten along better. It's sad that they can't. It isn't just Joyce and Suzanne either. Nobody seemed to like the producers. Priscilla has said that her TC years were the worse of her life. It's just too bad that all this negative stuff happened because when they filmed the show in front of the live audience, they were magic. :)
I agree, very well said. That Lucille Ball quote pops into my mind once in awhile. She said it perfectly. They really were magic...to the point that when I watch the show, it makes me forget the actors' flaws and I just focus on the characters and the joy they bring us.

I try not to get into the actors personal lives too much. Usually it ends up depressing me. I have no feelings about Suzanne Sommers as far as her personality goes. Crissy did annoy me on Three's Company but she was written that way. I've watched many episodes of Step By Step and Suzanne's character in that show never bothered me at all. It was just the character and not her.

I don't care for Joyce now that I've learned of her drunk driving episode, but if one of my favorite performers were to be in that situation, I would lose respect for them as well. Being a celebrity is no excuse for acting irresponsibly and risking killing someone in the process.

Three's Company was a great show and I think it's better to separate the characters from the actors.

So what now are ppl gonna stop liking Joyce now because of her 1 little "Drunken Act" ?? Come on so what she took the neccessary action ;At least Dewitt actually takes responisibility for her actions. And at least shes not a mean, bitter, full of herself woman like that of Somers all because of money.

TEAM DEWITT!!

So what now are ppl gonna stop liking Joyce now because of her 1 little "Drunken Act" ?? Come on so what she took the neccessary action ;At least Dewitt actually takes responisibility for her actions. And at least shes not a mean, bitter, full of herself woman like that of Somers all because of money.

TEAM DEWITT!!
She could have killed herself or somebody else. What she did was against the law and dangerous. She's lucky it didn't turn out any worse. I'm not against her. I'll always be a fan of hers because of TC but that doesn't mean I have to agree with everything she does. Look what happened to Dante Stallworth of the Cleveland Browns? He drove drunk and killed a man. Now he has to live with that the rest of his life. Drunk driving should not be taken lightly.
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She could have killed herself or somebody else. What she did was against the law and dangerous. She's lucky it didn't turn out any worse. I'm not against her. I'll always be a fan of hers because of TC but that doesn't mean I have to agree with everything she does. Look what happened to Dante Stallworth of the Cleveland Browns? He drove drunk and killed a man. Now he has to live with that the rest of his life. Drunk driving should not be taken lightly.
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I have to agree with you there. As much as I love Joyce, the whole incident really did disappoint me as I never expected that out of her. A celebrity shouldn't be given a break because of who they are. But at the same time, I don't think she's a horrible person for it. As far as I know she's never been in trouble with the law before this. So I too am still a fan and still think she's a good person, but I won't sit there and say "oh, no big" just because of who she is. It is pretty terrible and not a little incident. But at the same time, I don't doubt she regrets it or feels horribly about it.

I can't believe her and Pam Anderson of people, are friends!! That can't be right.... now Pams gonna turn into a nasty, rude, snobby b...

I have been a huge Joyce DeWitt fan and I was lucky enough to meet her a few years ago. I was really upset and disappointed about the whole "drunk driving" incident but I thnk that Joyce regrets it and will learn from her mistake. And I also think that she hasn't used the excuse that she's a celebrity to get out of anything...she has owned up to it like she should. She is the sweetest person I have ever met who has come a long way since 1980 when all that drama went down..they have all come a long way. And I don't think she's bitter or angry at Suzanne...in many interviews she has nothing but the nicest things to say about her. They don't have to be friends to be civil around each other and when speaking of one another. Joyce loves that she was a part of TC and says so every chance she gets. They were all lucky to be a part of it but honestly I think people, as well as Suzanne, are giving her more credit than she deserves. She may have been the sex symbol of the show but John Ritter was the heart of it and to compare those two isn't fair. I think the show would have gone on without Joyce and it certainly went on without Suzanne, but without John, I believe it would have fallen apart over night. I think people respect Suzanne for all she brought to the table with that show but that doesn't mean they agree with her decisions, just like many don't agree with what Joyce did. I understand that bashing gets obnoxious, but just be careful not to bash Joyce when your telling people to stop bashing Suzanne..it seems hypocritical. That's all :)

i love joyce nor am i not telling ppl to stop the bashing! ..I wanna see Joyce do more things..

I have been a huge Joyce DeWitt fan and I was lucky enough to meet her a few years ago. I was really upset and disappointed about the whole "drunk driving" incident but I thnk that Joyce regrets it and will learn from her mistake. And I also think that she hasn't used the excuse that she's a celebrity to get out of anything...she has owned up to it like she should. She is the sweetest person I have ever met who has come a long way since 1980 when all that drama went down..they have all come a long way. And I don't think she's bitter or angry at Suzanne...in many interviews she has nothing but the nicest things to say about her. They don't have to be friends to be civil around each other and when speaking of one another. Joyce loves that she was a part of TC and says so every chance she gets. They were all lucky to be a part of it but honestly I think people, as well as Suzanne, are giving her more credit than she deserves. She may have been the sex symbol of the show but John Ritter was the heart of it and to compare those two isn't fair. I think the show would have gone on without Joyce and it certainly went on without Suzanne, but without John, I believe it would have fallen apart over night. I think people respect Suzanne for all she brought to the table with that show but that doesn't mean they agree with her decisions, just like many don't agree with what Joyce did. I understand that bashing gets obnoxious, but just be careful not to bash Joyce when your telling people to stop bashing Suzanne..it seems hypocritical. That's all :)Very well said. Welcome to the boards, btw. :wave:

Very well said. Welcome to the boards, btw. :wave:

Thank you, and thank you :wave:

I sorry to say the Suzanne Sommers bashing makes me sick! Perhaps Suzanne Sommers may have gone somewhat overboard during Threes's Company BUT the TV Show was STIILL a BUSINESS! she had every right to fight for what she felt she was was worth like everyone else
When Threes Company started Dewitt and Sommer's contacts were the same and Ritter made more money. Yet Sommers started to be noticed more then Dewitt for obivous reasons. Naturally the Producers used Sommers body on the advertisements more so then Dewitt and Ritter. I am sure Dewitt was bitter about this but this Hollywood after all. No one says life is fair!
This goes back to the contact dispute with the producers using Sommers sex appeal as part of the tv show, and more attention paid to Sommers by Hollywood it probably did encourage Sommers to overboard with her demands.
That goes back to Dewitt, in most of the interviews I have seen she tends to blame Sommers and the producers for her ill feelings. Perhaps some is justified but not of it. Instead of going with her life all she plays the victim that her career did not go any place after the show. She feels victimized that the producers cut her out of Three's A crowd. I am sorry but Hollywood is not fair she should have realized that.
Looking at Sommers and Dewitt in recent years it is not hard to see who really overcame. Sommers became a business woman, Las Vegas entertainer, sitcom star. Dewitt ended up in a police photo.

... but yet you can talk **** about Joyce??

I'd like to chime in on the Suzanne debate.

Many dislike her not merely for what she did with the show back then but for what she continues to do to this very day.

Initially, when the DVDs of the show started coming out, I noticed that former cast members were offering tributes to the late, great John Ritter, but that Suzanne was not one of them. I mistakenly assumed that she was not allowed to participate. I later learned that she was approached directly and refused to participate unless she was paid mucho bucks. Ann Wedgeworth actually flew on her own dime halfway across the country for the honor of speaking about John, and here was Suzanne, using it as a way to cash in. All involved were paid a standard fee for appearing so it's not like she was expected to do it for nada. She's a billionaire several times over. How much more does she need and why would she use the death of her "friend" that she was grateful to have made amends with as a means of making more money?

Also, when John passed away, she was making the rounds on several talk shows and refused to appear unless she was given air time to peddle her wares that she was selling. Again, she used John's death as a means to cash in.

Suzanne had cancer prior to John's death. If she had succombed to her illness, do you think John would've done the same? He had much more class than that.

She also has rewritten much of what went on during her days on the show. So many from the cast and crew refute what she has to say and they all consistently say the same thing while her story changes.

I think she's trying to depict herself as a heroine who went against the industry and championed the cause for women, righting a wrong. The thing is, many of the wrongs that she now claims to have tackled she brought about herself. She caused her own exile (no argument there) but she continues to sanitize the part she played in her firing with revisionist history. She puts words in other people's mouths and completely makes things up in other areas.

Joyce and company are well aware of all of this and thus have chosen to let things stay as they are. In a lot of ways, it's a lost cause. Just understand that those formerly involved with the show (as well as fans who become aware of what happened) see this as Suzanne continuing the same type of behavior that caused her to be fired in the first place. It's one thing for her business drive to almost damage the show, but to try to capitalize on the passing of a friend who was dearly loved by everyone is another thing entirely.

For me, I like Suzanne as an actress (I loved her as Carole Foster) and as an author, but as a person, I'm afraid she leaves a lot to be desired. If anyone like douglasjc is offended by that, so be it. You're going to have to suck it up just like many have had to when it comes to her. What goes around, comes around...


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I don't hate Suzanne Somers. I am not a fan of her as a person for many of the reasons stated by other members, especially the fact that she wouldn't participate in the John Ritter tributes on the Three's Company DVDs unless she was paid a lot of $$. For someone that she supposedly considered a friend, why would she need to get paid a bunch of money to pay tribute to him? Doesn't make sense to me. Edster said it best.

That being said, I do love Chrissy and Suzanne's acting was the reason for that. Chrissy was my favorite blonde and one of my favorite characters.

To the original poster - John Ritter was paid more because HE was the star of the show. That simple. It wasn't Joyce, Suzanne, or any of the other blondes. Yes, they all played characters we all loved and contributed greatly to the show, but Jack Tripper was the star and the main character. Janet and the present blonde were main characters as well, but Jack was always the main lead (this isn't like Supernatural where they are two main roles). I have yet to hear of any TC fan that dislikes Jack Tripper. What would be the point, right? If that were the case, then why would they be watching the show? They changed blondes and the show continued and did fine. But if you get rid of Jack Tripper, the show doesn't exist anymore. He was Three's Company.

I'd like to chime in on the Suzanne debate.

Many dislike her not merely for what she did with the show back then but for what she continues to do to this very day.

Initially, when the DVDs of the show started coming out, I noticed that former cast members were offering tributes to the late, great John Ritter, but that Suzanne was not one of them. I mistakenly assumed that she was not allowed to participate. I later learned that she was approached directly and refused to participate unless she was paid mucho bucks. Ann Wedgeworth actually flew on her own dime halfway across the country for the honor of speaking about John, and here was Suzanne, using it as a way to cash in. All involved were paid a standard fee for appearing so it's not like she was expected to do it for nada. She's a billionaire several times over. How much more does she need and why would she use the death of her "friend" that she was grateful to have made amends with as a means of making more money?

Also, when John passed away, she was making the rounds on several talk shows and refused to appear unless she was given air time to peddle her wares that she was selling. Again, she used John's death as a means to cash in.

Suzanne had cancer prior to John's death. If she had succombed to her illness, do you think John would've done the same? He had much more class than that.

She also has rewritten much of what went on during her days on the show. So many from the cast and crew refute what she has to say and they all consistently say the same thing while her story changes.

I think she's trying to depict herself as a heroine who went against the industry and championed the cause for women, righting a wrong. The thing is, many of the wrongs that she now claims to have tackled she brought about herself. She caused her own exile (no argument there) but she continues to sanitize the part she played in her firing with revisionist history. She puts words in other people's mouths and completely makes things up in other areas.

Joyce and company are well aware of all of this and thus have chosen to let things stay as they are. In a lot of ways, it's a lost cause. Just understand that those formerly involved with the show (as well as fans who become aware of what happened) see this as Suzanne continuing the same type of behavior that caused her to be fired in the first place. It's one thing for her business drive to almost damage the show, but to try to capitalize on the passing of a friend who was dearly loved by everyone is another thing entirely.

For me, I like Suzanne as an actress (I loved her as Carole Foster) and as an author, but as a person, I'm afraid she leaves a lot to be desired. If anyone like douglasjc is offended by that, so be it. You're going to have to suck it up just like many have had to when it comes to her. What goes around, comes around...


EdThank you. You really summed it up quite well.

Thank you. You really summed it up quite well.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

Ed :)