JamesG
02-03-2025, 10:24 PM
Kelsey Grammer Reveals why He and Ted Danson Didn't Talk for 30 Years
by Sydney Bucksbaum
February 3, 2025
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came. But sometimes an argument can lead to a 30-year unspoken issue, and Kelsey Grammer is now revealing the reason why he and "Cheers" costar Ted Danson didn't talk for three decades.
"It got a little blown out of proportion. There really wasn’t an argument," Grammer told the NYPost. "It was at a time in my life when I was actually going through a lot of self-doubt, self-loathing, honestly. It was when I was drinking a lot."
Grammer explained that Danson had approached him with a grievance, and that essentially ended their friendship — although he didn't realize it at the time.
"Ted had just come up and said, 'You know, I’m kind of mad at you that sometimes you don’t show up ready to go,'" Grammer said. "And I said, 'Okay, I respect that.' And that actually was sort of it."
According to Grammer, he thought that exchange ended whatever issue they had. But it turned into a 30-year silence on Danson's part.
"Now, maybe what happened for Ted was he stepped away from what might have been a better friendship," Grammer said. "Maybe he just had to protect himself. I don’t really know. But, I said, 'Thanks.' We were fine with that."
https://ew.com/kelsey-grammer-reveals-why-cheers-costar-ted-danson-didnt-talk-to-him-for-30-years-8785200
by Sydney Bucksbaum
February 3, 2025
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came. But sometimes an argument can lead to a 30-year unspoken issue, and Kelsey Grammer is now revealing the reason why he and "Cheers" costar Ted Danson didn't talk for three decades.
"It got a little blown out of proportion. There really wasn’t an argument," Grammer told the NYPost. "It was at a time in my life when I was actually going through a lot of self-doubt, self-loathing, honestly. It was when I was drinking a lot."
Grammer explained that Danson had approached him with a grievance, and that essentially ended their friendship — although he didn't realize it at the time.
"Ted had just come up and said, 'You know, I’m kind of mad at you that sometimes you don’t show up ready to go,'" Grammer said. "And I said, 'Okay, I respect that.' And that actually was sort of it."
According to Grammer, he thought that exchange ended whatever issue they had. But it turned into a 30-year silence on Danson's part.
"Now, maybe what happened for Ted was he stepped away from what might have been a better friendship," Grammer said. "Maybe he just had to protect himself. I don’t really know. But, I said, 'Thanks.' We were fine with that."
https://ew.com/kelsey-grammer-reveals-why-cheers-costar-ted-danson-didnt-talk-to-him-for-30-years-8785200